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Post by Clyde Drexler on Jun 22, 2014 17:19:23 GMT
Does anyone think any of the big name free agents jump ship? Namely Dirk, Harden, Curry, Griffin and Kobe.
Will Dirk take the MLE with Denver and make them automatic favourites in the West? Perhaps Kobe will sign a max deal with Jeremiah's Grizzlies?
Behind these big names is still a plethora of quality players that could help teams out.
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 18:08:49 GMT
Does anyone think any of the big name free agents jump ship? Namely Dirk, Harden, Curry, Griffin and Kobe. Will Dirk take the MLE with Denver and make them automatic favourites in the West? Perhaps Kobe will sign a max deal with Jeremiah's Grizzlies? Behind these big names is still a plethora of quality players that could help teams out. I think that Griffin could definitely jump ship.... not making the playoffs on a team like that? LA might not be the best place for him...
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 18:18:14 GMT
Does anyone think any of the big name free agents jump ship? Namely Dirk, Harden, Curry, Griffin and Kobe. Will Dirk take the MLE with Denver and make them automatic favourites in the West? Perhaps Kobe will sign a max deal with Jeremiah's Grizzlies? Behind these big names is still a plethora of quality players that could help teams out. Also, explain to me what the hell makes you think Kobe will go to Memphis. OR that they would give him a max deal. I don't think Kobe wants to go ring chasing with the grizz LOL does jeremiah even have a PG on that travesty
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Post by Clyde Drexler on Jun 22, 2014 18:29:31 GMT
Does anyone think any of the big name free agents jump ship? Namely Dirk, Harden, Curry, Griffin and Kobe. Will Dirk take the MLE with Denver and make them automatic favourites in the West? Perhaps Kobe will sign a max deal with Jeremiah's Grizzlies? Behind these big names is still a plethora of quality players that could help teams out. Also, explain to me what the hell makes you think Kobe will go to Memphis. OR that they would give him a max deal. I don't think Kobe wants to go ring chasing with the grizz LOL does jeremiah even have a PG on that travesty Hahahahaha it was a joke since Jeremiah said he was going to try and sign Kobe to a max deal in the podcast
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 18:42:47 GMT
Also, explain to me what the hell makes you think Kobe will go to Memphis. OR that they would give him a max deal. I don't think Kobe wants to go ring chasing with the grizz LOL does jeremiah even have a PG on that travesty Hahahahaha it was a joke since Jeremiah said he was going to try and sign Kobe to a max deal in the podcast oops havent made it through the whole video yet haha Kobe in a grizzlies uniform would look...interesting lol
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Post by Clyde Drexler on Jun 22, 2014 18:44:08 GMT
I've spoken with some other General Managers and it looks like some are going to make sure other GMs overspend. *cough* Jeremiah *cough*
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2014 18:50:39 GMT
I actually think it will be relatively quiet summer because there so few quality FAs. In my opinion there is NO WAY Blake will leave the Clippers.
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Post by Alex English on Jun 22, 2014 18:50:46 GMT
I also think James Harden may choose another destination in an effort to become "the man". Remember when he jumped ship to Houston from Oklahoma? He didn't want to play Robin Hood behind Kevin Durant so why would he want to play second fiddle to Kyrie Irving or Paul George? Harden was traded, he didn't jump ship. It also wasn't for basketball reasons, there was no Durant-Harden controversy, it was for money. Harden wanted a max extension and wasn't taking a penny less. OKC did the trade to avoid luxury tax. I don't care at all about the salary cap, I'm on my way to a 9 digit payroll. No way Harden leaves.
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Post by Clyde Drexler on Jun 22, 2014 18:56:49 GMT
I actually think it will be relatively quiet summer because there so few quality FAs. In my opinion there is NO WAY Blake will leave the Clippers. Too bad you don't have any cap room
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2014 19:44:43 GMT
That would be nice!
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 20:05:42 GMT
I have cap space, picks, and a somewhat solid core... Its just gonna be hard to convince people to come to Charlotte lol but I guess that's the nature of the game.
Speaking of... Blake Griffin qualifies for the "Derrick Rose Rule" correct? Where he would be eligible to receive 30% of the team's salary
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 22, 2014 20:14:38 GMT
Speaking of... Blake Griffin qualifies for the "Derrick Rose Rule" correct? Where he would be eligible to receive 30% of the team's salary We haven't reached that level of complexity with the rules yet. Not sure I want to make it that complicated either really.
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 20:27:21 GMT
Speaking of... Blake Griffin qualifies for the "Derrick Rose Rule" correct? Where he would be eligible to receive 30% of the team's salary We haven't reached that level of complexity with the rules yet. Not sure I want to make it that complicated either really. So where could I read about the league's regulations for maximum contracts?
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 22, 2014 20:36:12 GMT
We haven't reached that level of complexity with the rules yet. Not sure I want to make it that complicated either really. So where could I read about the league's regulations for maximum contracts? We don't have those either! The size of a contract is restricted (or not) by the Player Agents. In fact this year we might intentionally allow one or two players to be overpaid, just to keep it realistic
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 20:45:25 GMT
So where could I read about the league's regulations for maximum contracts? We don't have those either! The size of a contract is restricted (or not) by the Player Agents. In fact this year we might intentionally allow one or two players to be overpaid, just to keep it realistic What? lol How do we have a team salary cap but no individual salary cap?
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 22, 2014 20:57:42 GMT
We don't have those either! The size of a contract is restricted (or not) by the Player Agents. In fact this year we might intentionally allow one or two players to be overpaid, just to keep it realistic What? lol How do we have a team salary cap but no individual salary cap? We don't need one if PAs keep things realistic.
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Post by Alex English on Jun 22, 2014 21:04:31 GMT
What? lol How do we have a team salary cap but no individual salary cap? It's up to the GM to spend wisely.
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Post by Alex English on Jun 22, 2014 21:08:06 GMT
Once we get past the 2015 free-agent class, every single big name player will have bird rights attached to them making "going all in" futile or signing a player who could put you into contention nearly impossible. I don't think so. Half the league gets traded every year. It's not like the NBA because getting Bird right's here is pretty hard since it takes years of commitment.
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Post by James Kay on Jun 22, 2014 21:15:48 GMT
What? lol How do we have a team salary cap but no individual salary cap? It's up to the GM to spend wisely. Yeah thats all fine in a vacuum but when youre a small market team, individual caps are the great equalizer. I just feel like this is gonna force me to spend over the max on a player if I want him because the players know I can offer however much I feel like.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2014 21:23:29 GMT
It's up to the GM to spend wisely. Yeah thats all fine in a vacuum but when youre a small market team, individual caps are the great equalizer. I just feel like this is gonna force me to spend over the max on a player if I want him because the players know I can offer however much I feel like. You are going to need to overspend to get the players to come to your team. Trust me, I know all about that!
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 22, 2014 21:38:29 GMT
Yeah thats all fine in a vacuum but when youre a small market team, individual caps are the great equalizer. I just feel like this is gonna force me to spend over the max on a player if I want him because the players know I can offer however much I feel like. You are going to need to overspend to get the players to come to your team. Trust me, I know all about that! Dominique Wilkins, when he was a Player Agent, allowed a few contracts to get out of hand, in a weird way I kinda thought it contributed to the realism since his were the few exceptions to the rule.
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Post by Walt Frazier on Jun 22, 2014 21:46:08 GMT
So where could I read about the league's regulations for maximum contracts? We don't have those either! The size of a contract is restricted (or not) by the Player Agents. In fact this year we might intentionally allow one or two players to be overpaid, just to keep it realistic Just my opinion - The nature of each individual GM having their own individual values (including the PA's) will result in one or two overpays every year. We should not purposely jack up the price on one or two players to what we see as unrealistic in the current time. It will happen on it's own w/o us trying to make it happen.
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Post by Brian Scalabrine on Jun 22, 2014 22:19:45 GMT
What about the Cavs free agents? Gilbert has less than 20 mil in cap space and Demar Derozen, Serge Ibaka and Pierce are free agents. My guess is that he manages to sign Ibaka to a big deal, round 15 million per and loses Derozen and Pierce.
No way he can keep all 3 and I doubt even 2, unless Pierce will take a discount. Pretty crazy that after trading all those picks for Pierce and KG last year all he has to show for it is one playoff appearance, looks like one year of Pierce, and probably 2 years of KG before he retires.
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 22, 2014 22:30:11 GMT
We don't have those either! The size of a contract is restricted (or not) by the Player Agents. In fact this year we might intentionally allow one or two players to be overpaid, just to keep it realistic Just my opinion - The nature of each individual GM having their own individual values (including the PA's) will result in one or two overpays every year. We should not purposely jack up the price on one or two players to what we see as unrealistic in the current time. It will happen on it's own w/o us trying to make it happen. Yeah you're probably right.
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Jun 22, 2014 22:38:42 GMT
IMO it's realistic for Kobe to demand 2 more years at max money.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 2:21:59 GMT
You are going to need to overspend to get the players to come to your team. Trust me, I know all about that! Dominique Wilkins, when he was a Player Agent, allowed a few contracts to get out of hand, in a weird way I kinda thought it contributed to the realism since his were the few exceptions to the rule. You know he told me to pick the contract, right? Like there were no negotiations or anything and everything he said seemed vague to me.
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 23, 2014 8:03:54 GMT
Dominique Wilkins, when he was a Player Agent, allowed a few contracts to get out of hand, in a weird way I kinda thought it contributed to the realism since his were the few exceptions to the rule. You know he told me to pick the contract, right? Like there were no negotiations or anything and everything he said seemed vague to me. lol nope, I did not know that, ergh
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