Yeah, that remains to be seen. Pretty sure they haven't turned a profit thus far, and commercial real estate has probably hit its peak value nationwide.
There are a number of things we could do but shouldn’t.
DL doesn’t have any more second rounders to pair with him in a deal, and DL doesn’t think he can make deals without throwing in second rounders.
I'm just talking about what the Warriors are paying now. They are currently 20 million (plus cap fees) over what the Jazz would be paying if they signed Conley to a 26 million dollar extension.
Well yeah I agree with you and I love Bogey. I'm just saying if the front office thinks Conley should stay that there are ways of making it happen if owners want to avoid the luxury tax. Obviously it would take some hard decision making, but it could be done. I'm holding out for the life long Jazz fan owner Ryan to invest in the current team even if he takes a hit for a couple years. This has been the funnest year to be a fan and by far the most talented team we've put on the floor in a LONG TIME.
The Warrior are in an above-average-sized market, with a much higher income-per-capita than some areas with a larger population.
And compete with the Niners, A's, and Giants. They have priced out their traditional fans. Tell me how well those new luxury seats are going to sell out after a couple of years of fighting .500?
I think the odds of Conley returning are less than 10% unless the jazz make the WCF and either advance or come within a whisker of advancing. And if he does, even in this rosy scenario, then I think it would cost us another key rotation player (in a salary-dump move to carve off some the tax).
I don’t see any scenario where Conley returns and we avoid the LT. The question would be how much tax Ryan is willing to pay. And my wager would be that he’d offload a player like Favors or even Royce before he’d just pay the total bill.
About a million more than it is now. Plus we also lose Niang if we do not sign him again.
