Brian Windhorst

Now, when you have a bad contract or two, it kneecaps you, um,

and what's your ability to team build.

And, by the way, I'm not sitting over here saying, boy, the Raptors have some challenges getting to the next level and ignoring everybody else.

The Cavs are in the same boat.

The Cavs are the most expensive roster in the NBA.

Dudes, that's the most expensive roster in the history of the Cavs franchise.

Crazy.

Okay?

And they're in fourth place in a dogfight with a team that doesn't have their point guard, that's desperate to play super fast and doesn't have their fast point guard.

So I would say just in general, you know, there are some teams in the East that are going to be challenged on how they get to the next level with the current rules because,

Some of these – it's not as much of an evaluation as, hey, do you like Jaco Perlo as a player?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, there's a demand for a bunch of center.

Like, there's a whole bunch of teams that need centers.

Absolutely.

There's a bunch of teams that have interest.

Then you bring up Jaco Perlo's contract, you're going to get the phone hung up on you.

It's not about him as a player.

It's about the contract.

Nobody can take an overweight contract in the apron era.