Minnesota Sports Forum

TheFuture wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

SameOldNudityDrew wrote:Gibson wasn't exactly the type of player I would have wanted and he got a little more than I would have liked, but I'm still cool with it in the larger scheme of things.

Backing out of the deal completely would screw this franchise so bad. No agent would let their players talk to us in free agency in the future. That would be shooting ourselves in the foot. Or the groin, actually.

I agree with Grey though, that Thibs' relationship with Gibson might be the sort of thing that could get us a million in wiggle room . . . if needed for a good player.

Apparently, we only have around $1 million in cap space left, so squeezing another million per year out of Gibson's contract (giving us about $2 million cap room) wouldn't significantly enhance our free agent opportunities since it's no more than the typical vet minimum. What we could potentially do is change the deal to a 3-yr, $30 million deal -- giving us about $4 million more cap room for a total of around $5 million. That could be a difference-maker for some free agents, but I think it would still come up short for CJ Miles. And we'd be stuck with another guaranteed year at $10 million for what would then be a 34 year old backup PF. Not sure what you guys think of stretching his contract to 3 years, but it seems like something Gibson might agree to if it meant making the team stronger.

That makes a lot of sense and should happen. Go on spotrac and look at the sf and sgs left. We definitely could get two decent ones with 5 mil and the RE. I highly doubt it does happen though as Taj and Teague both see,ed to agree to two years because of Butler potentially leaving in two years.