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Post by Walt Frazier on Oct 14, 2021 2:54:05 GMT
Mike Conley is returning to Cleveland! After quite a lot of discussion & negotiation with Hana and also another team who was courting Conley heavily, we've reached a point where we are happy with the contract and vision for Cleveland's team. We see a gritty team full of grinders, and we're ready to be on that kind of team for a long time. It fits Mike. It's what he seemed to want in Memphis before they parted ways. Now he'll get that opportunity in Cleveland. Hana has been a consistent and steady communicator, and upped the money when needed to match the other team(s). All told, we had 4 teams express interest. But Mike has been in Cleveland for the last two years, and after helping the team to compete up through Game 7 in the first round last year, he'd like to re-join Zion & Zach LaVine (and others!) to push this team to the next level of the playoffs. Congrats to Hanamichi Sakuragi & the Cleveland Cavaliers! Year 1: $13,000,000 Year 2: $13,500,000 Year 3: $14,000,000 Year 4: $14,500,000 Total: $55,000,000
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Post by Hanamichi Sakuragi on Oct 14, 2021 5:36:45 GMT
Quite shocking to me that a discussion with Walt will end up being one that is complicated.
Nevertheless, respect for the effort.
And welcome back Mike.
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Post by Ian Noble on Oct 14, 2021 12:02:18 GMT
Congrats Hana, I was one of the other teams but I only had a 4 year max MLE and that disappeared with the Danny Green signing.
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