USing our MLE
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I don't know. I don't see Toronto getting him. They need a PG first and foremost, and are preparing to give a max deal to Bosh. Paying big money to a Joel might not be in their best interest. Don't forget they have a smart GM now.
Atlanta, maybe, but I don't know. It sounds like to me they are going to pay big $$$ to Al Harrington. Blowing the rest of their capspace may be a bad idea.
Chicago, they already have Tyson Chandler who is basically is the same type of player, and they are paying him over 60 million dollars over the next 6 years. I see them needing to address the post offensively to fill the major void left in the Eddy Curry trade. I think Nene ends up here.
Sure he could end up in one of those places, but I don't think it would be sound for these particular teams to drop dough on the guy.
As for Portland, they are apparently in financial peril, don't have his Bird rights, and he has basically said that he wants to go to a place where the focus is on winning. That isn't Portland. I expect a number of teams to offer him the full MLE, we could be one of them.
Plus doesn't it always seem like we pick up players that seem to destroy us everytime we play against them?
Atlanta, maybe, but I don't know. It sounds like to me they are going to pay big $$$ to Al Harrington. Blowing the rest of their capspace may be a bad idea.
Chicago, they already have Tyson Chandler who is basically is the same type of player, and they are paying him over 60 million dollars over the next 6 years. I see them needing to address the post offensively to fill the major void left in the Eddy Curry trade. I think Nene ends up here.
Sure he could end up in one of those places, but I don't think it would be sound for these particular teams to drop dough on the guy.
As for Portland, they are apparently in financial peril, don't have his Bird rights, and he has basically said that he wants to go to a place where the focus is on winning. That isn't Portland. I expect a number of teams to offer him the full MLE, we could be one of them.
Plus doesn't it always seem like we pick up players that seem to destroy us everytime we play against them?
Atlanta's going to let Harrington walk, book it. The guy is a tweener, bad on D, and they have players that already play his position(Williams, Smith). They don't have a starting center and Joel would start for them+be another shotblocker. They also have other expiring contracts anyways so even if they did re-sign Harrington they'd still have room.
NOK will need a center next year and in the future because PJ brown is getting old. They're under the cap too right? I bet they try to grab Joel.
NOK will need a center next year and in the future because PJ brown is getting old. They're under the cap too right? I bet they try to grab Joel.
What is MLE? Do we get $5M to use in the offseason? Do other teams get more or less then us? Why do we get the MLE? Is this $ over the salary cap of roughly $60M to use on obtaining free agents and/or paying your guys to stay that are free agents? Sorry for the questions, I've seen this term used before and have no idea what it means, why we get it, etc.
Aren't we under the cap this season, but will be over it next season? Thanks for explaining this to me. I really think we need to resign Bonzi 1st and go the trading route with KT, Miller, and Corliss. It will be hard to unload KT with his big contract, but Corliss's expiring contract is tempting to teams. I'd really like to see if we can get Camby and Edwardo N., and Francisco Elson from Denver for that group. Nene would also be very nice depending on whether Denver would give him up, they'd probably want our KMart and/or Cisco to do it though trading young talent for young talent, it would be very hard to do because I like our 2 guys a lot and think they have bright futures and Nene is coming of major knee surgery.
We need big guys in a huge way as many teams have 3-5 7' or near 7 footers and we have 1 that plays smaller than his size. We need at least 1 starting and 1 off the bench. Both of these guys are very athletic and can play either PF or C.
We need big guys in a huge way as many teams have 3-5 7' or near 7 footers and we have 1 that plays smaller than his size. We need at least 1 starting and 1 off the bench. Both of these guys are very athletic and can play either PF or C.
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Well no we are still over the cap. It was 49mil this year and is gonna go up this yr, but i dont know to wat. Most teams are over the cap actually. lol. So it defeats the purpose. only a few teams are actually free agent seekers.
The best part is, I just learned that since Bonzi is on our team, we can sign him. This is great... we will still have our MLE to go after other players i.e. Joel Pryz
... If we dont resign bonzi i will be mad.... ROn and Bonzi are great back quart defenders....
The best part is, I just learned that since Bonzi is on our team, we can sign him. This is great... we will still have our MLE to go after other players i.e. Joel Pryz
... If we dont resign bonzi i will be mad.... ROn and Bonzi are great back quart defenders....
SacKings4Life21 said:
Well no we are still over the cap. It was 49mil this year and is gonna go up this yr, but i dont know to wat. Most teams are over the cap actually. lol. So it defeats the purpose. only a few teams are actually free agent seekers.
The best part is, I just learned that since Bonzi is on our team, we can sign him. This is great... we will still have our MLE to go after other players i.e. Joel Pryz... If we dont resign bonzi i will be mad.... ROn and Bonzi are great back quart defenders....
The best part is, I just learned that since Bonzi is on our team, we can sign him. This is great... we will still have our MLE to go after other players i.e. Joel Pryz
... If we dont resign bonzi i will be mad.... ROn and Bonzi are great back quart defenders....
I'm kind of excited to see how Monia works out considering Petrie had him in his radar and missed out on drafting him outright, you know that Monia was the main part of the Skinner trade seeing how Vitaly gets little playing time other than garbage time. It will be interesting to see how Kmart, Cisco, and now Monia play together next year. I do however, think that we could trade one of them away in with a Miller, KT, Corliss trade if needed to land KG or option B a Denver Camby, Elson/Nene, Edwardo, other player trade.
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I agree, Biggs. AJ has really been solid over the last couple seasons. http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/indiana.htm - no, not a FA. Deal is fine though.
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If the Kings use the MLE, here's the order in which I'd go after people. I didn't bother with people who will obviously be out of the MLE price range, although the names at the top of my list are definitely a stretch.
1. Mike James
2. Nene
3. Nazr Mohammed
4. Chris Wilcox
5. Speedy Claxton
6. Joel Pryzbilla
7. Marcus Banks
8. DJ Mbenga
9. Francisco Elson
10. Mario Kasun
Subject to change.
1. Mike James
2. Nene
3. Nazr Mohammed
4. Chris Wilcox
5. Speedy Claxton
6. Joel Pryzbilla
7. Marcus Banks
8. DJ Mbenga
9. Francisco Elson
10. Mario Kasun
Subject to change.
That'd be a problem because everyone knows that Bibby is our PG, also Kmart is our future and we have a very good tough guy in Bonzi at the SG position with Cisco backing up these positions and Ron at SF, so this new guy would have to be bench, but he would give Bibby some well deserved rest on the bench when he comes in. I'm much rather use that $ on Joel Prizbilla if we can get him or Nene. A decent PG isn't as rare as you might think. A lot of 6 footers are out there that have good ball skills and a decent shot, when you are talking about athletic 7' footers is where they become few and far between and very valuable. We have Hart this year, so we are happy with little. I would have loved to have kept House and don't know why we didn't but it's over.