Minnesota Sports Forum

monsterpile wrote:Lip I highly doubt Bazz would have any interest in locking himself into a deal in that 4 million range even if that could end up being a smart move assuming he doesn't show himself to be worth more than that. One reason a lot of players don't like signing cheap value deals is they can almost immediately become trade bait. This offseason so few guys signed deals that were basically longer than 2 years this offseason. If freaking Jonathon Simmons was only getting 6 million per (non guaranteed 3rd year) there is no way any team is gonna be offering anything more than 4 million per (unless is for 1 year maybe a little more) if even that for Bazz. I have bias because I want him back but I also think it's a stone cold reality. Honestly I think his ceiling of money he will get this season is like 4.2 million on a 1 year deal from someone. I'm honestly not sure anyone is gonna end up offering that much for him. Waiters didn't even get that much last year and it's easy to argue he was coming off a more useful season with a higher ceiling and I am not really a Waiters guy.

KiwiMatt wrote:I'd love for Bazz to resign and think it might be more realistic than a lot of people think. The markets dried up and staying put another year might be the best option for Bazz as Lip has outlined above. He can test the market again next year. If he makes further improvements on his defence and 3pt shooting then he might draw more attention next off season.

Sign Mike Dunleavy (or Brandon Rush) and Aaron Brooks and call it an offseason.

Teague / Jones / Brooks
Wiggins / Crawford / George-Hunt (2 way)
Butler / Muhammad / Dunleavy / Brown (2 way)
Dieng / Bjelica / Patton
Towns / Gibson / Aldrich

lipoli390 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:Lip I highly doubt Bazz would have any interest in locking himself into a deal in that 4 million range even if that could end up being a smart move assuming he doesn't show himself to be worth more than that. One reason a lot of players don't like signing cheap value deals is they can almost immediately become trade bait. This offseason so few guys signed deals that were basically longer than 2 years this offseason. If freaking Jonathon Simmons was only getting 6 million per (non guaranteed 3rd year) there is no way any team is gonna be offering anything more than 4 million per (unless is for 1 year maybe a little more) if even that for Bazz. I have bias because I want him back but I also think it's a stone cold reality. Honestly I think his ceiling of money he will get this season is like 4.2 million on a 1 year deal from someone. I'm honestly not sure anyone is gonna end up offering that much for him. Waiters didn't even get that much last year and it's easy to argue he was coming off a more useful season with a higher ceiling and I am not really a Waiters guy.

I hope you're right, Monster. I really want Bazz back. My top FA picks for for our final 3 roster spots are Bazz, Dunleavy and Aaron Brooks.