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one, you're capped out and will be for at least the duration of the horford contract (and probably longer, if you give tatum or brown their money).
two, unless you're willing to pay a massive, massive luxury tax bill, you probably won't be able to afford to keep tatum, brown, and hayward.
three, scary terry may have already played himself out of your price range. Someone will absolutely pay that guy at least ten million per year, and no team can spend that money on backups for very long.
four, the limited number of teams with cap space might keep the price tag for terry low, and it will definitely keep smart's pricetag low.
five, based on smart and his agent's comments, he seems like the kind of guy who would carry a grudge if boston doesn't give him what he wants, to the point of going somewhere else for the same money boston offers him.
since some of these guys are going to have to leave the team eventually, danny might want to load up on guys like terry and marcus as solid guys on decent contracts who can offer immediate help to trade partners and salaries to balance a superstar trade.
of course, that assumes ownership is willing to go into the luxury tax a year or two early, before tatum and/or brown get their money. i have no doubt they'll go into it at that point, but getting started on the repeater clock before then means it gets really big really quick.
my guess: smart walks, rozier sign and trade for a top five protected first rounder (assuming you can sign and trade restricted guys, I always forget that).
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bshelly
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