I'm guessing the best possible resolution will be to resign Williams and then trade him. He could bring back some draft capital, or help the Suns move up this year. It would also free them from having to worry about his health next year and every other year going forward.
If I were the Suns, I would consider that.
Baloney.
Really? I agree we can't count on him and that we probably have to move on from him but when he was at his best, we were a real threat to anyone. We aren't getting a better center than Mark at his best.
I'm not disagreeing. But the perennial injury issues are pretty much established as a given and not a fluke at this point. Add the fact that he would (hopefully) eventually inevitably be losing his starting role to Maluach, and it's not really reasonable for the Suns to sink much of the cap into him long term.
Yeah I've said before I think his future path is likely similar to Biyombo's who was good enough to start but health relegated him to 3rd center. If we could expect 65 games from him, I'd pay him what it takes and he'd be worth it. But since he's averaged only 41 games a season in his 4 years, I don't think he's a risk we can afford.
Now that’s interesting.
The wolves get morant.
In my opinion Malawach was just as good as his early season games by the end of the season.
The Suns have way too many annual injury cases as it is, even without Williams. You can count on Booker and Allen to miss time, at minimum. Maybe even Green now with the problems he had last year, who knows. With a resigned Williams, that would be about 80% of the current payroll tied up in guys you can just about be sure would miss time throughout the season.
13-15m per year for CG would be overpay, IMO. Around 9-10m per would be fair.
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