Laughing all the way
All contracts after 32 should be 1 year. In every sport.
I've proposed all NBA contracts to be only 50% guaranteed.
Bad contracts wouldn't hamper teams nearly as much.
Injuries wouldn't wreck the cap and team as easily.
Would reduce insurance costs as well.
But there's no way I would have given CP3 a 4 year contract averaging $40M. 2 year? Okay, I guess. Or a 3 or 4 year at half that value ($20M a year). Maybe.
Was any other team paying CP3 4/$160M?
And if so, you keep Ariza and find a PG somewhere.
Mostly Harden can play PG anyway.
CP3 is aging and has a long history of leg injuries.