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S SUMMER'S MARKET AND -- MARKET AND THE MARKET FEELS A LITTLE BIT QUIET. FRONT OFFERS INSIDER BOBBY MARKS JOINING US. WALK US THROUGH A LOT OF THE THINGS DARYL MOREY IS FACING WITH THE SIXER ROSTER CURRENTLY AND THE FUTURE OF JAMES HARDEN. BOBBY: IT'S A BALANCING ACT. THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE SALARY CAP WITHOUT HARDEN ON THE ROSTER. THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE THE 12.4 NON-TAXED PLAYER EXCEPTION

IF HE DIDN'T RETURN. IF WE ADD HARDENED BACK AT THAT $47 MILLION NUMBER, NOW YOU'RE A LUXURY TAX TEAM AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR $5 MILLION EXCEPTION. CAN YOU GET HIM TO COME BACK AT THAT 35 TO $36 MILLION? HE TOOK A DISCOUNTS LAST YEAR TO HELP BRING BACK A COUPLE OF PLAYERS. CAN WE GET A COMPROMISE IN THERE SOMEWHERE? IF YOU LOSE HARDEN YOU HAVE

THAT TAXED MILL LEVEL EXCEPTION. YOU HAVE PLAYERS LIKE MAX STRUS. YOU BRICK HIM BACK. NOW YOU'RE IN THE00RY TAX. KEVIN: TWO-YEAR DEAL, THREE-YEAR DEAL OR DOES HE WANT THE MAX? ANOTHER TEAM. AND NOW THEY'RE RELEVANT CONSIDERING THAT WHAT THEY DID LAST WEEK. THE SPURS. VICTOR WEMBANYAMA ON THE ROSTER. HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS TEAM BETTER BECAUSE LOOK AT THAT NUMBER? THIS IS WHAT STANDS OUT AT

$43 MILLION. BOBBY: THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET A POINT GUARD. JONES, WHO STARTED LAST YEAR. 4-1 ASSIST RATIO. RESTRICTED FREE AGENT. I THINK HE IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM OFF THE BAT. HE'S STILL EXTENSION ELIGIBLE UNTIL JUNE 30TH. THE NEXT IS PUT SOME PROTECTION AROUND VICTOR HERE. JACOB HERTL WHO THEY TRADED LAST YEAR TO TORONTO, WE'LL SEE IF HE GOES BACK TO THE RAPTORS BUT

CERTAINLY JEREMY CAN PLAY CENTER FOR THEM. I'M GOING TO THROW A HYPOTHETICAL AT YOU. WHAT HAPPENS IN A WEEK FROM NOW IF PORTLAND DOESN'T UPGRADE THEIR ROSTER AND DAMIAN LILLARD ALL OF A SUDDEN ASKS OUT? WOULD SAN ANTONIO DIP THEIR TOES IN THE DEEP END AND MAKE A RUN AT LILLARD? THEY HAVE 12 FIRST-ROUND PICKS, AS YOU CAN SEE. OUTSIDE OF VICTOR, THEY HAVE A LOT

OF YOUNG PLAYERS HERE. GOING DOWN. THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. WHAT WOULD LILLARD'S RESPONSE TO THAT BE? BECAUSE THIS IS A TEAM, IF LILLARD EVER BECAME AVAILABLE, I'M PUTTING AS THE WILD CARD. KEVIN: EASY TO FORGET THAT HAVE A HEAD COACH THERE WHO HAS WON FIVE TITLES WITH POP AND THAT EXPERIENCE. KEEP AN EYE -- I LOVE THOSE SCENARIOS, BOBBY.