Minnesota Sports Forum

Volans19 wrote:

60WinTim wrote:Brandan Wright to Memphis. They added Barnes last week. One of the better defensive teams in the NBA just got a whole lot more defensive!

But we've got Robbie all but hog-tied!

They got him for 3/$18M, an absolute steal. All they need to do is acquire a solid bench scorer and they may finally be poised to make a legit run in the WC

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khans2k5 wrote:

A Friendly Flatulence wrote:So with all this money being thrown at the players this off season, and I can only assume next off season. Will it be the owners that potentially opt out of the CBA? I just can't see the players opting out with all this new cash finding its way into the players pocket.

They're players. They're always going to try to get more money. They're just going to go after it a different way now such as trying to eliminate the cap all together and have a totally free market.

Boom.

That sound you hear is the sound of all but a handful of teams losing hope of ever contending.

SP, since you went undrafted, are you a FA right now?

bleedspeed177 wrote:Alex - I get it and I admit. I am not a KLove fan. I just don't see him as the player that will draw others in. I don't think Wiggins is that guy either btw. Wiggins just seems more of a quiet guy. (same for Shabazz) I could certainly see Rubio, Towns, and LaVine being those type of players.

monsterpile wrote:

GymRat wrote:CAVS CLOSE TO RE-SIGNING THOMPSON
Sources told ESPN that the pact is expected to exceed $80 million over five years to keep the promising power forward in a frontcourt that will also feature Kevin Love after Love announced that he's staying in Cleveland."

So... 80 mil per year over 5 would be 16/yr. That's insane for Thompson. I'm sorry but that money should be going to Mozgov. Even in the new cap era this is an overpay for Thompson IMO.

Yeah it's a lot. On this board we talked a lot last summer about what he might get if he came here and got a bunch of minutes but none of us would have expected him to get paid like that staying in Cleveland.

Volans19 wrote:Just when Paul Pierce finally starts to win me over he goes and does something like this.

Dan Woike ?@DanWoikeSports 3m3 minutes ago

#Clippers have agreed to a deal with Paul Pierce, per NBA source

Said to be a three year deal. I didn't think I could hate the Clippers more, but somehow they found a way

alexftbl8181 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

GymRat wrote:CAVS CLOSE TO RE-SIGNING THOMPSON
Sources told ESPN that the pact is expected to exceed $80 million over five years to keep the promising power forward in a frontcourt that will also feature Kevin Love after Love announced that he's staying in Cleveland."

So... 80 mil per year over 5 would be 16/yr. That's insane for Thompson. I'm sorry but that money should be going to Mozgov. Even in the new cap era this is an overpay for Thompson IMO.

Yeah it's a lot. On this board we talked a lot last summer about what he might get if he came here and got a bunch of minutes but none of us would have expected him to get paid like that staying in Cleveland.

Dan Gilbert is worth 4.8 billion dollars. They just signed a new TV deal that's worth billions and that doesn't account for other revenue. The whole deal with owners crying over having to pay the luxury tax like they'll go poor or something is the biggest crock that the public has bought into

TeamRicky wrote:If you think the money being thrown around this year is crazy, wait til next year.