which is very very limited.

I think the NBA is not in a great spot right now with how max contracts work. But I also don't think Portland has any choice but to sign him.

I also think everything about the NBA is extremely strange because there's just a few players who decide absolutely everything.

If you don't have one of the three best players in the league on your team, you have a nearly non-existent statistical chance of challenging for a title, let alone winning one.

It's a very, very unique sport in that regard.