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2014 NBA Off-season |OT| Our cap is tellin me NO! But my fandom is tellin me YEAH!
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Tallshortman
Member
lol it doesn't matter if he is if he's a shitty fit, Harden and Dwight aren't going anywhere and how he fits into the team is what matters. I'd rather not put my rockets championship hopes on our mediocre coach being able to convince Melo to change his play style. Also, Lin does know his role from what I've seen and he doesn't have to be grateful for shit, he didn't make anyone give him money. They decided to pay him.
Xplatformer
Member
I hope Klay Thompson would be willing to extend for a similar amount. 4 years / 44 million
BadAss2961
Member
I'd offer Iggy the max.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Less money than Eric Gordon? Fat chance.
KingEmperorSupremeJr.
Banned
Did he cliam 15? If he's got Wince's number he's going to flame out even sooner
Smh.
I was pipe dreamin about Lowry & Memo joining Bean.
Gasol & Lowry as a plan B.
Xplatformer
Member
More than 2x the money of Kawhi Leonard...
Guess we'll see.
Good thing he's already a Warrior.
victreeb3l
Member
Nice, Klow staying at Toronto
BigJonsson
Member
Did he cliam 15? If he's got Wince's number he's going to flame out even sooner
Amir Johnson is 15
The 15 on that jersey is for the 14/15 season.......I think
Agreed 100%.
Melo on the rockets = lots of Harden and Melo fuckball and Howard getting pushed into the third option.
Forget about defense. Harden and Melo don't play that game.
Melo needs a place where his ISO asshole tendencies can be minimized and he will work into a cohesive and high functioning offensive system. Or somewhere like Chicago where the pieces around him and the coach will keep scores low and his brand of ball can be an asset.
Kwahi gonna got max deal after this year..
Did he cliam 15? If he's got Wince's number he's going to flame out even sooner
How can the East best pg flame out
Next year hes going to put the raps in the second roundZeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Do you think the spurs match?
Of course they will, he maybe the only future cornerstone that they have, next year also clean book for their contract structure.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
this might just be but idk... like he's nice, shit he is a finals MVP.... but is he really a piece you give a Max too? especially if you know the rebuild is 1-2 years away and your going to lose Duncan and Ginobli as well?
Then again I question the pacers giving Paul George a max contract too...
Its not what you deserve, its what you can leverage. He is a skilled "big", and thats a rarity. Unless im missing something, he, Gortat, and Pau are/were the only above average bigs on the market.
Id bet there is a team willing to pay him the near max, atleast. So i cant see him taking that big of a paycut to stay with the heat.
Yeah but shit, what the hell they should doing anyway.. Kwahi might be better than top 5 prospect in the draft next couple of year, you can't lose him for free..
Not about deserving, just about what you can get. Marcin Gortat is basically a back up center and just got 60 million over five years. Bosh can definitely get more than that (12 million per year). Not max or anything, but I could see somewhere around 80.
was listening to Spurs' radio yesterday afternoon and the Spurs' beat reporter all but said that Kawahi will be getting max and that the Spurs' have been preparing for this eventuality, so it's not a concern. they might let him slip past the oct 31 deadline, but he'll be a RFA so they'll be able to just match anything.
Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 9m
Indiana Pacers, I'm told, have tried to engage Phoenix in trade talks for Goran Dragic, but teams have found no common deal ground. Yet
Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 7m
Something to keep an eye on, though, with Indy known to covet an upgrade at PG and stubborn perception Suns can't afford Bledsoe AND Dragic
Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 1m
Pacers have little on the fringes to entice Phoenix on Dragic.Their interest, per @ESPNSteinLine, might hint at bigger discussions.
Interesting.
Indiana Pacers, I'm told, have tried to engage Phoenix in trade talks for Goran Dragic, but teams have found no common deal ground. Yet
Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 7m
Something to keep an eye on, though, with Indy known to covet an upgrade at PG and stubborn perception Suns can't afford Bledsoe AND Dragic
Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 1m
Pacers have little on the fringes to entice Phoenix on Dragic.Their interest, per @ESPNSteinLine, might hint at bigger discussions.
Interesting.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I would be shocked if they got Dragic but they really need a good PG and a trade is pretty much the only way its happening.
Dayum I wonder if we gonna see Larry Legend's magic here
Patty Mills resigned with the Spurs for a 3-year $12 million deal, he's got a torn rotator cuff though and will be out until mid season most likely.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2014/07/02/spurs-re-sign-mills-for-three-years/
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2014/07/02/spurs-re-sign-mills-for-three-years/
Liquidsnake
Banned
All these big deals, and Bosh is happy signing for 12 mil?
Sorry man I would ditch Lebron.
Sorry man I would ditch Lebron.
Bosh is gonna get 5/90.
Love Deterrence
Member
I like how everything that's wrong with NBA free agency now is the same as what was wrong with it before the last lockout. The Cavaliers are set to offer Gordon Hayward a max contract, starting at $15M/year. I hope that the next lockout actually generates a solution to the problem rather than simply kicking it down the road for someone else (the next commissioner, for example) to clean up.
Ninja Scooter
Member
The problem is with the stupid caps that the owners claim are all about preserving competitiveness and parity when in reality are just excuses for them to keep more of the profits. The problem is not Gordon Hayward making $15 million a year. The money is there to pay him that. The problem is that's LeBron James is literally ten times better and more valuable than him but can only earn $5 million more. There are probably like 10-15 mlb players who will earn more than Bron per season and don't have a tenth of the impact on their team. Open up the free market. Let a team offer LeBron or Love or Durant $35-40 million a year.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Yeah Ninja hit the nail on the head as fans we're look at 15 mil in regards to the cap and think its too large, Team Owners look at it as money they have to spend anyway. Teams have to spend the one win players got was a salary floor of 90% mean that money has to go to somebody every year.
15 wasn't a max before the lockout, it was just a big contract. If this FA was before the last lockout every contract we're hearing about would be around 3 million more a year.
RedAssedApe
Banned
smh kings...
CreepingFear
Member
He's going to re-sign with the Knicks.
The Last Wizard
Member
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Melo should apologize for wasting everybody elses time. Wants to pretend like hes about winning when hes going to stay with the Knicks who have a rookie headcoach and ??? as their 2nd best player. I guess its Jose Calderon.
captmcblack
Member
It's okay guys; we can return to the status quo where Melo is selfish and wack and so on in the event he's a Knick again.
...which he probably will be, but whatever.
...which he probably will be, but whatever.
friskykillface
Banned
Lol Dan Le Batard salty
Its 2014, everything you say or hear is leaked , no shit Paus agent heard that the heat wanted to offer Lowry 10 million
Its 2014, everything you say or hear is leaked , no shit Paus agent heard that the heat wanted to offer Lowry 10 million
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