All this talk about jepordizing our financial future is nonsense. The only way we end up under the cap in the near future is if we are in complete rebuilding mode. Who, exactly, in any of the upcoming free agent classes do we think we're going to land? We're not going to sign anybody big, cap space or not. Sure, we may pick up a solid role player (i.e. a center who scores 10 points and grabs 8 boards, or a shooting guard who scores 13 points with a decent outside shot), but is this the guy we'd rather have on the roster in three years than Turner? In three years, when Brand would have come and gone, we will bemoan our fate as a perennial playoff team not quite good enough to advance, while salivating over the thought of being able to have someone like Turner on our roster. Yeah, we may be too close to the luxury tax to use our mid-level exception to sign "that guy" who provides a nice energy spark off the bench but seriously, who cares?
We've been competitive for a long time. I don't get excited about getting knocked out in the first and second round, regardless of how well we did in the regular season or how much of a "fight" we put up, or how we "could have" if we were healthy, more experience, etc. It's time to roll the damn dice.
