the timing is weird to me...53 isn't THAT far from 60 especially considering they could have taken the entire year to keep negotiating...like someone said, their window is now. even though they're setting up to be good long term with young players locked up, etc. but you can't predict the future.

they've already hit homeruns with 4 draft picks (KD, Russ, Harden, Ibaka)which, while the result of great GM work, is also part luck. losing one of those guys in hopes that you hit two more homeruns (lamb & the toronto pick) seems iffy to me. they have to be confident that their team now can still compete, but they're obviously not on the same level they were (unless lamb & PJ3 ball out this year).