From The Ringer (my emphasis added):
"Rob Pelinka reportedly did not consider the salary cap thoroughly before signing off on the Anthony Davis trade. As a result, the team is pushing hard to pawn off its remaining contracts to other teams in hopes of creating enough cap space to sign a max free agent, and will need to acquire as many second-round picks as possible to: (1) fortify their bare-bones roster with cheap labor and (2) have the cap holds necessary to exceed the salary cap once free agency comes around. "
If that's true...what a behind the scenes shit show. Considering the salary cap thoroughly is like a GM's entire job. They managed the AD trade but do you actually trust that front office to maneuver to create an entire championship level roster? My guess is that Lebron is going to wish he was back with David Griffin before this is over.
"Rob Pelinka reportedly did not consider the salary cap thoroughly before signing off on the Anthony Davis trade. As a result, the team is pushing hard to pawn off its remaining contracts to other teams in hopes of creating enough cap space to sign a max free agent, and will need to acquire as many second-round picks as possible to: (1) fortify their bare-bones roster with cheap labor and (2) have the cap holds necessary to exceed the salary cap once free agency comes around. "
If that's true...what a behind the scenes shit show. Considering the salary cap thoroughly is like a GM's entire job. They managed the AD trade but do you actually trust that front office to maneuver to create an entire championship level roster? My guess is that Lebron is going to wish he was back with David Griffin before this is over.