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Re: Keep or Trade Rozier?
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2018, 03:24:21 PM »

Offline celticsclay

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In the modern NBA, paying middle class players what they are worth is a deathtrap, and we have 5 middle class players:

Rozier
Smart
Morris
Baynes
Munroe

We will probably have to say goodbye to three of those guys next year to avoid the luxury tax threshold.  Smart will be exposed to the market next year. Rozier and Morris have one more year under cost control. There will be a minutes crunch as Hayward and Theis return.

Keeping Rozier will probably also mean Smart(probably) or Morris must go.

This is definitely true, if you don't have the 3-4 cornerstones on your roster.

For instance, the Warriors paid middle-tier players like Iggy and Bogut a lot money. They still pay Livingston a good chunk of money. They would have been paying Barnes a lot of money if Durant had not come along at the perfect freaking time.

The Cs have their cornerstones established - Irving, Hayward, and Horford. They also have Brown and Tatum under contract for essentially the next 7-8 years.

At that point, it's ok to pay Smart, Rozier, Baynes, Morris, or Moose those middle (10-18 million) money contracts, as long as the owners are willing to pay the luxury tax.
Of course if they want to pay the tax, but they probably don't. The Warriors are going to get absolutely crushed by the tax.

Yes, but in the mean time, the Warriors have not only won 3 championships, but have established themselves as THE NBA basketball team of this generation.

From a brand point of view, what do you think the Warriors franchise is worth? In that case, the luxury is worth it.

When the luxury tax is not worth it is when you have 1 star and overpay to put 4-5 role players around them (Bucks, Blazers, etc.). Paying the luxury tax for that not only limits the franchise's potential to win a championship, but ultimately shorts out the brands potential as well.

Are you counting them as a win for this year? They have won 2 so far