TheRealKraken

[quote] They are entering into a black hole because James Harden doesn’t want to be there. Not because they gave anyone the max. [/quote] Yes and no. There would be far more teams interested if he wasn’t on a max/years left. Just the salary match in the trade is hard enough. For exam...

[quote]Maybe have it count for cap purposes but not lux tax purposes or something, but only for players that you drafted.[/quote] That’s exactly what I thought I wrote. Lol A team like Milwaukee shouldn’t be penalized for finding a Yannis, developing him, and then rewarding him. What’s ev...

Disagree. What they need to to do is adjust the way a max contract affects luxury tax. Drafting and developing a superstar should be a reward not a detriment, which it becomes once the max is signed (for a lot of players). If you sign your own player to a max deal they should figure out a wa...