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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4338032, member: 1969"]
1.  Regarding Garland's contract -- he is still on his rookie contract at $9 million this year.    He is never at $18M though.   Next year his 5 yr / $193M contract extension kicks in.     ($38m / year - which is fine for a player of his quality in the current NBA Cap world)

Garland / Mitchell / Mobley / Allen is a fine core that Cleveland controls for a while.   And there owner is not one that is afraid of the lux tax if need be.

2.   Regarding the Jazz trades - I agree.  Going to be many Royce O'Neal type trades.      They are going to flip value / sell cap space for the next few years at least like an OKC.    They got such a good head start by trading players at their peak.   They are going to have an even bigger mountain of picks.

3.   I'm not as high on Sexton / Markannen, so in the loaded up west, I would think that lineup is contending for 9-11 spots in the race -- of course there are always injuries to other teams so maybe a spot higher.    As an outsider anyway, I think the Jazz went the right way to avoid a re-tool.
   
Sexton is an interesting player.  Not sure if Ainge sees him as a risk that has potential to be an asset with the Jazz or a while.   Or a risk, that has potential to put up big scoring numbers on a weak Jazz team and is then flippable.
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