11-27-2023, 06:33 PM
(11-27-2023, 06:16 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: How did they “have the money” to pay him the $16m a year ATL gave him? They currently have $11.8M in cap space. Even if you subtract Nick Scott’s contract ($2.3M), they couldn’t have matched what he got.
They could have cut Hilton, Mixon, and not resigned Pratt or use the money on Bates instead of Zeus. Also could have restructured a couple of contracts to fit Bates in.
Should have signed him in the 21 offseason.