Kings and free agency - part 2
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Jojimbo
G-League
This. I don't think Matthews is the end all be all.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Well, they said the Vladfather was going to make him an offer he could not refuse.
If nothing else if Dallas matches we will have nicely ****ed over a WC rival.
If nothing else if Dallas matches we will have nicely ****ed over a WC rival.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Healthy he really is. Healthy he is perfect. Tough, defensive, utterly prolfiic 3pt spot shooter...not a star, but exactly the guy in the entire NBA you'd want out there to help Cuz.
Then unfortunately this happened:
Nikolizzle
G-League
Well, if he does, you'd have to assume it would be pending a medical.
Bosnian Diehard
Starter
Kinda a win-win imo. We get our top target or Dallas overpays for their second or third target.
SacKings384
Starter
Not a star and yet the highest paid player on our team if he takes the deal...
I think you are over rating Medical staff abillity to get a clear conclusion... it's really hard to determine if he will fully recover when he has yet to recover...
Bosnian Diehard
Starter
Because the two stars we already have are very underpaid.
4/64 is HUGE money, but is not that much more silly than 4/40 for Shumpert, 4/60 for Carroll, whatever that crazy deal Amir Johnson signed, etc… Overpay? Absolutely. But it is what the market is demanding right now for these guys. The fact that the cap is going so damn high next year is making teams spend silly money without regret. We are already all-in after the trade. Why not make sure you get Wes?
Entity
Hall of Famer
While that is true. Do you bricklayer the GM pull the trigger on this? I am fully ok with it if you get 75+ games out of him
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jdbraver
Guest
You are assuming they are matching. They don't have to
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Well that's happening all over the league right now. DeMarre Carrol earns more than Steph Curry now. Just a crossover moment between tow different leaguewide salary plateuas.
Entity
Hall of Famer
I
suspect they won't have to match just up their offer about 2 mil
Bosnian Diehard
Starter
Which I don' think they will. (They want either DJ or Hibbert)
We have no Bird rights on him, so it's not possible (was on a 1 year contract)
Everyone is overpaying for everyone so this is no different. The only thing that worries me about this is that it turns into Carl Landry x10 if his injury turns him into a shell of his former self.
Signing him helps our starting lineup but hurts our bench as far as having the ability to afford more free agents. As we saw last year, it takes more than just a good performing starting lineup to win.
Signing him helps our starting lineup but hurts our bench as far as having the ability to afford more free agents. As we saw last year, it takes more than just a good performing starting lineup to win.
I would do it. I wouldn't be happy about 16 per year, but that deal looks less crazy when the cap is 90m next year, and even higher the following year. The days of good role players getting 12-15 million are upon us.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Signign Matthews, if healthy, makes Ben a bencher. Always a good way to strengthen your bench by bumping your old starters back.
The problem is not the 16 mil, if it's fully guaranteed 4 years with no team option- you are taking a huge bet, and if you miss you are basically the Nets- only in the loaded west...
km23
Bench
I love following this board but gosh people are so up and down on here. Soon as something good starts to happen such as we may have a chance to sign FA such as rondo and Wes people start to only point out the negatives.. we're in Sacramento, we've never been the spot for people to want to come, plus with all this drama going on that just tops it off, so if you don't think we're really gonna have to over pay for higher end free agents, think again , oh and we're probably gonna have to overpay the the lesser guys as well just to come here, so let's go get Wes and Rondo and not look back.
The Hammer
All-Star
Dude you misinterpret negatively anything you can get your eyes on.
Totally agree. $16m is jarring because that is what a superstar makes on a max deal under the current cap. With the new cap, benchers are going to make $6-10m, good role players $10-15, and superstars around $20m. It is the only way teams will be able to spend $120m in payroll. We are seeing the beginning of the adjustment this offseason. In one way, we are really lucky because our two best players are locked up long term to deals that will be "bargains" by the end of this offseason, and will only become bigger bargains the next three years.
I'll like your post on this one, because I deserve it...
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