Minnesota Sports Forum

khans2k5 wrote:OJ Mayo banned from the NBA for violating the anti-drug program. Consider the hammer dropped.

2 years is Booger-Sugar territory. I would like to once again thank Bill Duffy for once suggesting that OJ Mayo be a part of my life.

Has anyone heard anything on Ryan Anderson? That's one name I can't find anything on.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Has anyone heard anything on Ryan Anderson? That's one name I can't find anything on.

Lakers interested

Bayless signs with Philly 27 M for 3 years. Glad they signed a point guard.

TheFuture wrote:I like that Al Jefferson deal for $10mil per over 3 years.

That's a crazy bargain. Serious.

I see an even larger gap developing between the highest and lowest paid players in the league. You are either going to get paid a ton, or you are left scrambling for what's left after teams pay their stars. Don't see much of a middle class going forward.

TeamRicky wrote:Bayless signs with Philly 27 M for 3 years. Glad they signed a point guard.

I know the rising cap means this is a solid amount of money but Indiana signed Big Al for 3 years 30 million. I'd rather sit things out than give Bayless that kind of money and he did have a nice season for the Bucks.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I see an even larger gap developing between the highest and lowest paid players in the league. You are either going to get paid a ton, or you are left scrambling for what's left after teams pay their stars. Don't see much of a middle class going forward.

Yeah, that's what i felt would happen all along. More money means very good to great players just command more per year, but it's relative when talking about % of cap. There will be plenty of solid deals for average to good players. That's likely what we will attract, and I would be fine with a couple of them to round out the team. The difference for me this year is that i can see a few good players, who potentially could develop into very good players, getting extremely overpaid (not just overpaid like previous years) when teams lose out on stars, like a Bazemore, Barnes, or aging stars like a Noah who's definitely in decline.

As free agency winds down i can see a lot of players pushing for 1 or 2 year deals, which would be great for our team.

I had to do a double take when I saw this also. For the production level and skill set for the Pacers, this is an unbelievable signing for them. I feel Bird has really given them a fighting chance next year.

Teletovic agrees to 3 year deal for 30M to play for Bucks.

Belly's a better player and we got him on a 3 year deal for 11.7 Million.