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AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Camden wrote:

TeamRicky wrote:

Camden wrote:Kent Bazemore is set to become an UFA this off-season. I'd be fine with an overpay for him and use him as our sixth man playing SG and SF. Still just 26-years old too. Something around four-years, $36M sounds alright.

I like Bazemore too, but in the new FA age, he'll get substantially more than $9M a season.

Maybe. He might be able to command something like DeMarre Carroll's four-year, $60M deal he got last year if there's a team willing to pay that much. He's just not as big as Carroll nor is he as good of a 3P shooter. Think he's more so in this tier below and if I was negotiating, I'd use these other FA deals against him:

- Danny Green: 4 years, $45 million with Spurs

- Jae Crowder: 5 years, $35 million with Celtics

- Iman Shumpert (35): 4 years, $40 million with Cavaliers

- Arron Afflalo (39): 2 years, $16 million with Knicks

- Corey Brewer (45): 3 years, $24 million with Rockets

- Marco Belinelli (59): 3 years, $19 million with Kings

Nothing we've ever seen is going to compare to the impending free agent spending frenzy about to hit the NBA this summer.

Every team is going to have to "overpay." Significantly. The thing is that many (most?) teams will have the money to do so. It's going to make rookie deals and the contracts guys like Crowder, I. Thomas or even Middleton and Rubio signed seem like great values.

TRKO wrote:Noah would be a good get because you can pair him with both Towns and Dieng. Biyombo is a guy I would go after as my defensive big. Courtney Lee is the bench wing I go after. Those are the types of guys I go after.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

TRKO wrote:Noah would be a good get because you can pair him with both Towns and Dieng. Biyombo is a guy I would go after as my defensive big. Courtney Lee is the bench wing I go after. Those are the types of guys I go after.

I think Biyombo is signed through next season.

How much is Courtney Lee worth? Will it be worth it? He's making almost $6M now. And he'll be 31 years old next season. He's not bad. He is what he is. Could there be a sneaky younger guy out there that the Wolves can find that has upside?

Or, is the veteran presence of Lee (even as a journeyman) more important?

TRKO wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

TRKO wrote:Noah would be a good get because you can pair him with both Towns and Dieng. Biyombo is a guy I would go after as my defensive big. Courtney Lee is the bench wing I go after. Those are the types of guys I go after.

I think Biyombo is signed through next season.

How much is Courtney Lee worth? Will it be worth it? He's making almost $6M now. And he'll be 31 years old next season. He's not bad. He is what he is. Could there be a sneaky younger guy out there that the Wolves can find that has upside?

Or, is the veteran presence of Lee (even as a journeyman) more important?

To me the per year money isn't the biggest deal, it's the amount of years. Didn't know Biyombo resigned. I would like to get a defensive big in here though.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

TRKO wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

TRKO wrote:Noah would be a good get because you can pair him with both Towns and Dieng. Biyombo is a guy I would go after as my defensive big. Courtney Lee is the bench wing I go after. Those are the types of guys I go after.

I think Biyombo is signed through next season.

How much is Courtney Lee worth? Will it be worth it? He's making almost $6M now. And he'll be 31 years old next season. He's not bad. He is what he is. Could there be a sneaky younger guy out there that the Wolves can find that has upside?

Or, is the veteran presence of Lee (even as a journeyman) more important?

To me the per year money isn't the biggest deal, it's the amount of years. Didn't know Biyombo resigned. I would like to get a defensive big in here though.

That's sort of the point. At age 31, I think Lee is going to be looking at a multi-year deal, considering it might be his last (and most lucrative) one.

monsterpile wrote:To clarify on Biyombo he signed a 2 year deal last summer with a player option for the 2nd year and it's for just under 3 million so I think it's pretty likely he will be opting out.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

monsterpile wrote:To clarify on Biyombo he signed a 2 year deal last summer with a player option for the 2nd year and it's for just under 3 million so I think it's pretty likely he will be opting out.

Didn't see that on basketballreference.com... but yeah. That would be a no-brainer. He could triple his annual salary pretty easily.