Do you really think he has a burning desire for a 4th ring? If you're going to be stuck in mediocrity, might as well pick up some extra cash and try a new location, especially your hometown.
Apparently he doesn't have that desire, which surprised me. But I suppose he can opt out after this year and see if LeBron has room for him in Cleveland next year.
First bad break of the offseason for GS if true.
Iguodala will likely accept less to stay in Oakland. He has talked about retiring with the Warriors and leveraging his team connections to get into the venture capital business after he hangs it up.
That's exactly what the Cavs are doing.
No they aren't. They signed him to a 7.33M deal with a 7.4M player option. They had the room under the cap. (Room exception is the 2.9M like GS gave to ZaZa)
I think the Crabbe contract was done with the expectation the Johnson contract will be matched...
I can't get over that contract and would have thought the Celts would have jumped on something in that range. I don't think Ezeli is a starting C in this league by any means and understand the shift to Bigs who can stretch the floor and all, but he seemed like a very competent big in the NBA, and with the money being thrown around, seems like an absolute steal (and that his agent sucks).
Not really fair to compare him to Mozgov because until Durant chose GSW, Ezili was RFA. While there was money thrown at unrestricted bigs at the start of free agency, thus far the market for rotational RFA bigs (Sullinger, Zeller, Leonard, Jones and Montejuenas) has been pretty soft.
So basically for any draft pick if you sign them within 3 seasons of drafting them you are locked into rookie scale, after that you can pay them anything you want as long as you have cap room or an exception.
"The main thing is that we have three alphas. There will be three alphas on the team," Rondo told reporters. "Just trying to mesh together and try to make sure we are doing the best thing for the team."
I agree he probably will. But man, he'd be taking probably half of what he could get on the market, and will very likely be his last big payday if he signs a multi-year deal.
Perfect example of the RFA market keeping a player's cost down. Very good deal for Portand.
That's a steal for this kid. You are so correct on how the RFA tags limits or even eliminates his market. Teams simply can't afford to tie up a cap hold without any guarantee they get their guy.
This is kind of what I mean by like him more in theory than in practice. I struggle to think of what I'd actually want to do with him on a court. I guess he's useful if you're playing against Utah, and there's a ton of value in drawing Gobert out to the perimeter a bit, but even then, I suspect he costs you more on defense than he gains you on offense.
I think KD taught us all again that professional athletes don't think like we do.
