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[Marks] Barring a trade, Minnesota is entering second apron territory next season. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by CazOnReddit@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Source: https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1716547513950273871

Here’s what I wrote about Jaden McDaniels in Minnesota. Barring a trade, Minnesota is entering second apron territory next season.

With Gobert's trade value being at an all-time low and the Timberwolves looking to head straight into the overly restrictive *second* tax apron after nearly two decades of avoiding the tax, it's looking more and more like a KAT trade is on the horizon.

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[–] AdulasMoonblade@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The problem with paying big bucks for high-quality role players you need your actual stars to be SUPERstars. And this is double so when you're investing $77m into two defense first guys like Gobert/McDaniels. You need superstar offensive production from Ant/KAT because there will no other great offensive pieces to surround them with when you have that much cap tied up to 4 players.

Problem is Ant and KAT are not superstars. Ant can probably get there in due time, but KAT? He's 27 years old and not even a top 25 player.