Traded it all for entirely expiring deals and picks. Without making that trade, they're definitely capped in 2020 and only able to sign players using the mid-level exception or vet minimums. So they definitely can't afford Randle without that trade imo. I suppose one could argue they could've made a different trade to deal those players away... but there aren't many times you're offered 60 mil worth of expiring contracts in a single deal.

But fair enough re: the 2019 tank. I was arguing that ditching THJ, their leading scorer at the time by a lot, helped guarantee that Top 3 pick... but looking back, their win percentage was basically the same before and after that trade, so strike that argument from the record.