Ayton signs offer sheet with Indiana: 133 max offer sheet: Suns match offer

[CrimsonTider]

Why not?

He’s young and good, matches their timeline and they should be able to flip Myles

Why not

He’s nowhere near $30 million a year good. He’s serviceable

 

[Windows 91]

He making as much as Embiid this season.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Why not

He’s nowhere near $30 million a year good. He’s serviceable

you're right, but do you have a better alternative for them as far as what they can add talent-wise?

 

[Silkk]

#1 pick and not a bust. They had no choice

 

[calh45]

This whole situation is why the NBA is slightly goofy. Phoenix didn't want to pay him. The coach didn't really want him. Their highest paid player don't like him. The owner doesn't want to actually pay the luxury tax. He found a spot that wanted to pay him, but then Phoenix matched just to not lose a trade asset.

Silver was popping fly about the KD situation, but this ain't good either on the other side of it.

 

[Theo Penn]

KD and Kyrie gotta run it back now

 

[THE 101]

Sarver gonna trade Booker to get off the tax

 

[Braman]

So how does this work out? Ayton and the Suns can't stand each other

Aight this bout the 5th comment like this…I think y’all need a reminder/PSA: stop taking media for gospel and stop gassin these riffs. These are grown ass men and y’all are using lingo like they’re high schoolers ‘they can’t stand each other’.

 

[pete clemenza]

Aight this bout the 5th comment like this…I think y’all need a reminder/PSA: stop taking media for gospel and stop gassin these riffs. These are grown ass men and y’all are using lingo like they’re high schoolers ‘they can’t stand each other’.

Ayton and Monty Williams got into on the sideline of that game 7 blowout and Monty said he quit on the team. Sure they can probably come to an agreement and squash things but this isn't no fantasy rumor shyt.

 

[SPACE IS FAKE]

Monty spent his whole time in Phoenix little broing Ayton. Always taking shots at him and making little remarks about what he needs to do. I'm pretty sure when Monty first got their he was playing Aaron fukking Baynes over Ayton.

But this all stems from Monty not having the balls to tell Chris Paul to stop being a p*ssy when it matters most and to tell Booker to play actual defense when it matters most. Luka and Brunson were running circles around both to the point that you can see all these gifs and memes of Luka laughing right in booker face while he sonning him, but somehow Ayton is the one Monty tries to clown and take out the game and say he got to play better when they down by 50. Monty trying to paint it as the 23 year old player fault and not the thousand year old point guard fault or the guy you just paid a supermax contract fault.

Classic coach aint got the balls to go out the star players so he going to go at someone else.

ayton got fed up being the scapegoat

 

[NoMorePie]

That was anticlimactic

 

[T.he I.nformant]

A max from the suns would be around $180mil

I think the suns match it.. you save $50mil from doing this

You called it.

If this is right this is cold as hell. Seems like a loophole for the Suns to not have to give Ayton all his paper. Feels dirty. Wonder how Ayton looking at it.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

You called it.

If this is right this is cold as hell. Seems like a loophole for the Suns to not have to give Ayton all his paper. Feels dirty. Wonder how Ayton looking at it.

Phoenix was always going to have the leverage in the situation considering that they could offer him the 5th year and more money, while other teams could only offer him for. It's no different than other situations where a team has a players bird rights. The only difference being that Ayton in RFA.

With that being said, he was screwed either way as even if he took the QO and forced his way into UFA, the most he could have gotten elsewhere was still the 4 years essentially being a major gamble and waste of time.

 

[Hypris]

When the hell did they make it clear they were keeping him? Shams just be tweeting whatever these players and teams tell him to tweet.

It's bullshyt. The Suns have been shopping Ayton since last season. They almost traded him for Sabonis at the deadline. They never offered him a contract in free agency. They will look to trade him the second they have the chance. That's why it's hard for me to be excited about DA staying even as a Suns fan. It's not going to last. Sarver is not paying the luxury tax long term.

 

[L&HH]

Suns didn't want Ayton on a max contract and Ayton didn't want to be in Phoenix but somehow Ayton ends up in Phoenix and the suns in end signing him to a max

The rare contract where everyone loses

Unless Ayton straight up goes Ben Simmons on them there’s no way the Suns “lose” in this. The moment he goes on hot streak he automatically becomes a pretty good trade asset for them. And he’s only making $30 million a year which won’t be so crazy as the salary cap goes up. This was the smartest move for the Suns. They avoided paying him $190 million and didn’t lose him for nothing. And will most likely be contenders next year again so that cap hit going get repair to them in ticket sales and concesssions.