The Ayton Plan

[TJ]

Indiana doesnt do offer sheets. Something happened the past few days for IND to say F it

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns had to exhaust sign-and-trade options. Also they had to see this coming. I hope they are prepared to match the Pacers offer.

 

[95pro]

Easy call suns FO, match and put an end to this quickly. Dont let it drag the full 48hours.

FO is dumb. Pacers have Halli, Stix and are trying to get DA.

 

[TJ]

Match.

Trade Bridges/Cam and a bajillion picks for KD.

Win the next two titles.

Ayton would love nothing more than to be the 4th option on offense....

FTR - in a vacuum, a team w/ KD and DA would be unstoppable.

 

[Rab]

Match.

Trade Bridges/Cam and a bajillion picks for KD.

Win the next two titles.

Yup

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Match.

Trade Bridges/Cam and a bajillion picks for KD.

Win the next two titles.

This is the only answer at present.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Ayton would love nothing more than to be the 4th option on offense....

FTR - in a vacuum, a team w/ KD and DA would be unstoppable.

True. But he wouldn’t have a choice. He’d be getting paid which, let’s face it, was his primary concern since he got drafted.

 

[Finito]

You match and trade him at the deadline but you absolutely do not let him walk for nothing

 

[Mainstreet]

I wonder if the Suns will announce their intention to match and match the offer right away or let this drag on for 48 hours.

 

[AZ Native]

This is the only answer at present.

True, but will the Suns do it?

 

[TJ]

Deandre Ayton, Bennedict Mathurin, and TJ McConnell about to make Gainbridge Fieldhouse McKale Midwest

 

[Finito]

Match, trade mid season.

If you really don’t want him this is flat out the only option

 

[Cheesebeef]

Ayton would love nothing more than to be the 4th option on offense....

FTR - in a vacuum, a team w/ KD and DA would be unstoppable.

I don’t care what Ayton wants. He gets his bag and if winning a title doesn’t matter to him, he can **********.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Ayton would love nothing more than to be the 4th option on offense....

FTR - in a vacuum, a team w/ KD and DA would be unstoppable.

Actually, he wouldn’t be. He’d be third. Last year he took one more shot per game than Paul. I wouldn’t expect that to decrease. I would expect Paul’s numbers to decrease.

 

[Finito]

I wonder if the Suns will announce their intention to match and match the offer right away or let this drag on for 48 hours.

Why?

You put out a statement right now if your a legit organization

 

[Cheesebeef]

I wonder if the Suns will announce their intention to match and match the offer right away or let this drag on for 48 hours.

They shouldn’t let this drag on. They’ve had almost a full YEAR to make this decision.

 

[Finito]

I don’t care what Ayton wants. He gets his bag and if winning a title doesn’t matter to him, he can **********.

You can’t say winning doesn’t matter the suns are the ones who have made it known they don’t want him

 

[itlnsunsfan]

I wonder if the Suns will announce their intention to match and match the offer right away or let this drag on for 48 hours.

Teams usually always wait the full 48 hours to match as it ties up the other team's cap space during that time. Bit of FO gamesmanship

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

They shouldn’t let this drag on. They’ve had almost a full YEAR to make this decision.

Right. They already know if they were going to match or not. 48 hours changes nothing.

 

[Mainstreet]

True, but will the Suns do it?

It's bizarre this question has to even be asked but it is a legitimatre question.

 

[Absolute Zero]

... Jalen Smith...

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Teams usually always wait the full 48 hours to match as it ties up the other team's cap space during that time. Bit of FO gamesmanship

Eh, I get that. I guess I’m good with that. If the packers are going to play hardball, screw em. Make ‘em wait.

 

[TJ]

Match, trade mid season.

Even James Jones's ******** wouldnt do a trade like that if the Suns have a legit chance to win a title.

 

[Rab]

Teams usually always wait the full 48 hours to match as it ties up the other team's cap space during that time. Bit of FO gamesmanship

True but this year everything is frozen with all the KD/Kyrie drama so no one is really spending big money. Tying up cap space doesn’t really do much in this instance.

 

[Mainstreet]

They shouldn’t let this drag on. They’ve had almost a full YEAR to make this decision.

The Suns should immediately match the offer sheet and announce Ayton is a huge part of their future going forward.