Finally ? Finally the outcome of this complicated file named Deandre Ayton? Maybe. In any case, the insider of ESPN Brian Windhorst, this case might be closed as early as this Tuesday. Who might the pivot go to? The Pacers, who formalized the transfer of Malcolm Brogdon this weekend and therefore have the financial reserves to bring in the pivot. With a good slew of young people already present in Indiana, the project might prove to be attractive.
Deandre Ayton with Tyrese Haliburton, Chris Duarte and Bennedict Mathurin? This is a very interesting association on paper for Pacers fans, and then even for all those who love basketball in fact. The deal is not yet sealed between the Suns and the Pacers, but Brian Windhorst took advantage of a Free Agency point during a set of the channel live from the Las Vegas Summer League to balance his latest information on this topic. According to him – and as mentioned above – the only point that just prevented such a move here was that Malcolm Brogdon’s contract had not yet been administratively transferred to Boston. The case was officially settled this weekend, and Indiana now has enough cap space to offer Deandre Ayton an amount approaching the maximum he can claim. We are talking here regarding 131.1 million dollars over four years. An amount that might have been 176.9 million over five years with the Suns, but the latter do not wish to offer such a contract to a player who missed a crucial Playoffs campaign for the team, while having a train of sometimes questionable life and a very grumpy character when he gets down to it.
“We believe that the Indiana Pacers are very close to giving Deandre Ayton an offer sheet or executing a sign-and-trade…We might see something with the Pacers and Ayton as early as today.” (via @WindhorstESPN) pic.twitter.com/6iKsfox82T
— The Trade Deadline (@_TradeDeadline) July 11, 2022
Of course, the Pacers are no doubt aware of the player’s penchant for PS5 parties until 6 a.m. They are also aware of his talent. In a fairly young team, Ayton’s responsibilities will undoubtedly be upgraded. Perhaps it is the posture that the boy is waiting for to pass a stage and assume the stature of the first of a rather impressive vintage of Draft. He had complained at the end of 2021 that he was not getting the same big contracts as his promotion buddies Luka Doncic and Trae Young. Yes, but M’sieur Ayton, maybe the latter have shown many times that they have the balloches to carry their team, huh. For the moment and until proven otherwise, your CV is certainly far from being bad but also quite far from being at the level of theirs. Therefore, it is impossible for you to hope to receive so many money. For now, the main thing will be – if the transfer is actually proven – to quickly get to work with the Pacers. The squad is quite promising, and imagine that Haliburton–Duarte–Mathurin backcourt feeding a talented big man. From game vision, a reinvigorated giant in the paint and you get a team right away well rehired to play. That’s all the good we can wish for Indiana, since the Ayton bet is still a bit risky in light of the elements we have just exposed.
Has the time to leave the Arizona Valley come for Deandre Ayton? This would mean a lot of things, namely a failure for the Suns with their first pick of the 2018 Draft. For the player, it is also the end, a little on the sly, of an adventure attempted to be successful but above all ended in failure. . The NBA does not wait as they say, so the two parties will have to quickly remobilize.
Source : ESPN
