FA Predictions

[Crazysauce]

Really, Cory Joseph gets 4 years at 30 million? Wowsers. These contracts are absolutely crazy.

[Monster]

Spurs got LMA but lost alot of depth. They will likely easily replace it because it's the Spurs but still worth mentioning.

[petecorcoran [enjin:6658618]]

Free agency this year has convinced me of two things.

First, some of the contracts we are concerned about are looking more reasonable when I see what Koufos, Cory Joseph, Corey Brewer and Lou Williams and others are getting. And Jackson gets $80 million for 5 years from Detroit. Based on the new reality, we don't have an overpaid contract other than Pek... and he's not overpaid if we can get 65-70 games from him.

Second, players appear to be valuing two things over the old LA-NY-Chicago hype... some want championships (or at least to sign with a good team) while others want the pay that goes with guaranteed playing time. Other than Chicago re-signing Butler and Miami getting Wade back, have any of the so-called glamour teams signed anyone that we would really really want?

If Flip doesn't get tempted too early. I think over the next couple of years that we'll have the money to sign a very good free agent to fill out where ever we need one. And someone is going to want to be here and part of the success.

[khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]]

I get that the cap is going up, but most of these guys will never be worth the deals they're getting now. If you're gonna give a guy more money than he's worth give him 1-2 years. SVG just went from Josh Smith's albatross deal that he used the stretch provision to limit the cap blow and now he just created his own albatross with Reggie Jackson. These deals piss me off because these are the deals that are going to lead to the next lockout because the owners won't like how much these mediocre players are getting paid and it's their GM's own fault. Just like the Pek situation, nobody else was bidding on Reggie Jackson and somehow he walks away with 80 million. SMH

[BizarroJerry [enjin:6592520]]

Who's Cory Joseph?

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

Free agency this year has convinced me of two things.

First, some of the contracts we are concerned about are looking more reasonable when I see what Koufos, Cory Joseph, Corey Brewer and Lou Williams and others are getting. And Jackson gets $80 million for 5 years from Detroit. Based on the new reality, we don't have an overpaid contract other than Pek... and he's not overpaid if we can get 65-70 games from him.

Second, players appear to be valuing two things over the old LA-NY-Chicago hype... some want championships (or at least to sign with a good team) while others want the pay that goes with guaranteed playing time. Other than Chicago re-signing Butler and Miami getting Wade back, have any of the so-called glamour teams signed anyone that we would really really want?

If Flip doesn't get tempted too early. I think over the next couple of years that we'll have the money to sign a very good free agent to fill out where ever we need one. And someone is going to want to be here and part of the success.

Very good analysis, pete. Flip has put the club in a great position, although I think he perhaps has been more lucky than good. Not having the bullets to play in the free market game this summer is turning out to be a very good thing.

[bleedspeed]

Very good analysis, pete. Flip has put the club in a great position, although I think he perhaps has been more lucky than good. Not having the bullets to play in the free market game this summer is turning out to be a very good thing.

I agree. I think he got lucky. I think even with the season Rubio had he would have gotten more then what he signed for last year.

[longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]]

Very good analysis, pete. Flip has put the club in a great position, although I think he perhaps has been more lucky than good. Not having the bullets to play in the free market game this summer is turning out to be a very good thing.

I agree. I think he got lucky. I think even with the season Rubio had he would have gotten more then what he signed for last year.

No question about it, bleed, although the Rubio deal might be more of an example of skillful play by Flip than luck. Doogie tweeted about it yesterday. The Wolves held firm at 4 years for $44 million for awhile, but finally met Ricky's demand of 4 for $55 million. Looks really smart right now.

[GymRat [enjin:6592663]]

This isn't really free agent news per se, but the Cavs are looking to trade for Joe Johnson. One of the few ways for this to work is to unload Varejao's contract in the process. Gilbert is really swinging for the fences if this is the case, though I still question why on earth they resigned Andy to begin with. That was a stupid deal that becomes a slap in the face.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13202763/cleveland-cavaliers-interested-joe-johnson-brooklyn-nets

[TeamRicky [enjin:6648771]]

"Based on the new reality, we don't have an overpaid contract other than Pek... and he's not overpaid if we can get 65-70 games from him."

I agree with your sentiment, but I think AB is also overpaid. Here's what Hoopshype lists as his salary for next 3 years (if we kept him): $5,803,560 $7,318,289 $9,513,775