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The trade the Orlando Magic made for Desmond Bane this offseason is a good example of a deal with new risk involved. The Magic are banking on internal improvement from Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner with Bane adding much-needed shooting. But if their current roster stalls, there are fewer escape hatches to reset or retool.
We touched on the death of super teams last year, and that’s proved to be prescient. It’s tough to build a contender with three massive veteran contracts anymore.
But that makes the very best players in the game all the more valuable. They’ve long been the most valuable veteran contracts in the league because individuals are capped at making a certain percentage of the salary cap, meaning the best players still make close to the same as players a tier below. The Derrick Rose rule tried to correct this, but it didn’t change the fact the best players are still the most valuable.
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