HighFlyingMonkey
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It's a little lengthy for my taste, and wish we could have gotten a team option in there for 2010, but it's hard to argue against signing a talent like Garcia to $6 million a year.
I don't expect a plyer of his age to improve much, but he doesn't have to for this to be a reasonable deal. Not a great bargain. But a reasonable deal (barring injuries of course). Double figure scorere 6th man/low level starter type. Its about right for that kind of production. And Cisco also gives you some flexibility as a guy who can start or come off the bench, and plays 2 positions without being out of place at either. That not only means he probably always has a role for you, but that if it comes time to move him you will have a wide variety of teams out there who he might be able to fit in with.
Amick made a couple of key additions to his report:
1. His information is that the final year of Garcia's deal will be only partially guaranteed.
2. The waiting period for salary cap relief for SAR's deal may be retroactive back to the last date he played, and therefore could be granted for THIS season after all.
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/015655.html
Oh for the love...Can we please tell Geoff to go away now. I like Garcia a little bit, but not for that. Stupid, stupid, stupid signing.
I wonder who is correct.....
Basically we are giving MLE money to a player that spot starts and puts up 17ppg 4rpg 2apg 1.5spg 1bpg when he does start. Plus he plays well with Martin, and is good energy from the bench.
Petrie is still overpaying for talent.
Garcia is 26 years old - 27 by the end of this season...how much does he have left in the tank...and at age 32, will he truly be a $7 million player? He's shown one solid season as a 6th man - one. And honestly, who would've given him this much next season?
Petrie needs to start working out some steals, or cap room will always be a problem for the Kings.
* This story from ESPNdeportes - by way of El Caribe of Dominican Republic - is inaccurate as it pertains to the fifth year. While they are reporting that the fifth year is worth $7 million and is Garcia's option, a source close to the negotiations tells me that the fifth year is a team option. As in the case of Mikki Moore - who will be paid $2 million of his $6 million if the Kings cut him before next season - it appears Garcia has a partial guarantee in his final year as well. What's more, Garcia is in Sacramento and not in the Dominican as the story states.
4th year team option.
* On that note, I have learned that the Kings may be able to get Shareef Abdur-Rahim's salary removed from this season's salary cap number after all.
very interesting
sacbee.com/kingsblog
I figure the ultimate hope would be for Garcia, like Udrih, to be coming off the bench at the back end of their contracts with Greene and a yet-to-be-drafted PG in the starting roles come 2011 or so.
I didnt see where this info was posted.....about the final year a team option. are you sure you are seating at the same table?
Whatever. We should just resign ourselves to the fact that this team doesn't know how to responsibly hand out contracts.
Garcia isnt worth that. As we all have seen, he is wildly inconsistent. He isn't a player with a whole lot of upside. Keep in mind, he is already 27 and this deal will run until he is 33. I would argue that he cost more then his contract actually states. His cost will limit this organization as we try to sign free agents over the next two summers. Does his upside merit this? I think we have pretty much seen the best of Cisco. He is what he is.
This could turn out to be a very good move by the Kings.
Garcia could be another CHRISTIE, the perfect player on the #2 position if we were to pattern the team to the old Kings team.
Garcia could further be developed into a decent defender with point guard skills. Right now, he already had shown he can be an able swingman who can man #1 and #2, and even #3 - very much like CHRISTIE.
And at $6 M a year, GARCIA "WILL BE" VERY CHEAP.
The rebuilding has become INTRIGUINGLY EXCITING, because of this long term contract of Garcia. It shows Garcia could very well be in the future of the Kings. The decision to lock-up Garcia also gets the Kings more flexibility to make a blockbuster trade for a star quality POWER FORWARD, or CENTER in the future.
Of all the players, I think MARTIN should be most concerned. He just became dispensible. If we were to make a move in the future to acquire an ALL STAR CALIBER PLAYER ( which I hope to be a POWER FORWARD ), our BEST PLAYER Martin could very well be the perfect bait.
Well, that's what he gets for not playing defense.
I hope this scenario does not happen, because I hate seeing Martin go.
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Pattern:
#5 Divac ( 7' 0" )
#4 Webber ( 6' 10" )
#3 Peja ( 6' 10" )
#2 Christie ( 6' 6" )
#1 Bibby ( 6' 2" )
Possible line-up after trading Martin:
#5 MILLER or HAWSE ( 7' 0" )
#4 ALL STAR CALIBER ( 6' 10" - Jefferson, Odom, Boozer, or Bosh )
#3 GREENE or THOMPSON ( 6' 11" )
#2 GARCIA ( 6' 7" )
#1 UDRIH ( 6' 3" )
Hmmm, not bad at all.
In the eyes of the some posters, everyone is willing to take a pay cut to stay with the Kings, then Lebron, Wade, and Bosh will all want to come play for us for dirt cheap.
Of all the players, I think MARTIN should be most concerned. He just became dispensible. If we were to make a move in the future to acquire an ALL STAR CALIBER PLAYER ( which I hope to be a POWER FORWARD ), our BEST PLAYER Martin could very well be the perfect bait.
Well, that's what he gets for not playing defense.