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Philly was over the salary cap going into the 2018 offseason when LeBron was a free agent. LeBron isn’t a free agent now and won’t be a free agent after the season, so I don’t see why you are speaking as if he was. Seeing as they were over the salary cap and they did not have Lebron’s bird rights, they would have had to do a sign and trade w Cleveland. After that sign and trade, they would have been minus assets and still over the cap thus making it hard to add talent around him. Also, $113m is approximately $12 million over the soft cap, so you essentially have no idea what you’re talking about.
Also, Harden is on record saying he’d like to play with Lebron, I don’t think there’s anything pointing to Harden being a diva and he did play behind Durant and Westbrook for some time. So saying they couldn’t make it work doesn’t make much sense unless you want to make up something else to back it up.
mantis. Philly's payroll was just 84 million in the 2017/2018 season. I'm not sure what you're looking at. Philly was near the top of the list of teams who were thought to be able to afford Lebron.
Your argument seems even more ridiculous when you consider Houston's financial situation was far worse in reality. Just 4 players on The Rockets roster, Harden, Paul, Capela and Gordon ate up over 95 million in cap space.
They resigned a slew of there players before free agency opened up. They were above the cap when it did open up. Houston would have to give up assets in a side and trade just like the philly hypothetical, but they had moveable contracts on their bench. They couldve kept Harden, CP3, PJ, and Capela and still add Lebron. Surrounding him with the reigning MVP, an elite point guard, a capable 3&D forward, and a talented young center creates a nucleus that fits his style of play better than surrounding him with JJ Redick and 3 guys that aren’t factors off the ball.
mantis,If by ''they re-signed a slew of players'' you mean Philly, I'd have to see where you're correct. That was not the narrative at the time and I don't find anything to substantiate your claims. I've looked at both their 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 payrolls. That plus articles from that period suggests to me Philly was in far better shape than Houston to take on Lebron's contract. Again, Houston had 95 million committed to just 4 players.
Hunter officially announced he is declaring for the Draft and he is trending to Atlanta.
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