Well...so much for trading AK.

[Beantown]

This is from Hollingers Chat:

Also, there's one other important thing to remember everyone: Expiring contracts won't be worth diddly this year as long as teams like Cleveland and Toronto are sitting on massive trade exceptions and several other teams (Nets, Kings, Wolves, etc.) are well under the cap.

I know KOC is smart and won't trade him for nothing. But this means its going to be much harder to get any value from him. Maybe the best thing is just to let him expire, and then see if he wants to return on the cheap. If not then we have capspace for a pretty good free agent.

 

[NotDeadYet]

Sometimes doing nothing is the best approach...

 

[richgates]

The one positive is that if AK stays healthy, he will probably have a monster season since it is a contract year.

 

[gregbroncs]

This is from Hollingers Chat:



I know KOC is smart and won't trade him for nothing. But this means its going to be much harder to get any value from him. Maybe the best thing is just to let him expire, and then see if he wants to return on the cheap. If not then we have capspace for a pretty good free agent.

The Jazz will not have cap space by letting AK expire. They assured that when the traded for Jefferson. They will have space under the luxury tax maybe but then the most they could spend would be MLE. Which every other team in the league will also have.

That said I would prefer they not trade Ak anyway and then sign him to a new more reasonable contract next summer.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

The Jazz will not have cap space by letting AK expire. They assured that when the traded for Jefferson. They will have space under the luxury tax maybe but then the most they could spend would be MLE. Which every other team in the league will also have.

That said I would prefer they not trade Ak anyway and then sign him to a new more reasonable contract next summer.

AK pays the jazz instead of the Jazz paying him?

 

[BabyPeterzz]

I remember him saying last season that he wants to re-up with the Jazz once his contract is up, possibly at a discount. If he plays well, we should definitely sign him on the cheap.

 

[Scat]

I want to know what everyone's idea of cheap is and how it compares to what AK thinks cheap is. I have a sneaky feeling that it's quite a wide gap.

 

[gregbroncs]

I want to know what everyone's idea of cheap is and how it compares to what AK thinks cheap is. I have a sneaky feeling that it's quite a wide gap.

I never said cheap but to me he is worth 7-8 M per year.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

**** AK. He'll expire before we know it. We need to ship Okur's *** out of town pronto and for nothing. Literally. I would trade him to Washington or New Jersey or some other team with cap space for nothing. Imagine Kendrick Perkins returning to form and signing here next year. I'd um...ya know.

 

[Cece]

AK said he wanted to re-sign here before a billionaire bought the Nets. Also, the Nets need to add salary because no one of note signed there (sorry, Bo Outlaw). La Fleur de Lys will do just fine in Brooklyn.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

AK said he wanted to re-sign here before a billionaire bought the Nets. Also, the Nets need to add salary because no one of note signed there (sorry, Bo Outlaw). La Fleur de Lys will do just fine in Brooklyn.

This.

 

[billyshelby]

I want to know what everyone's idea of cheap is and how it compares to what AK thinks cheap is. I have a sneaky feeling that it's quite a wide gap.

I would guess he's going to want something around Okur money. I would also guess the Jazz offer slightly less. They should basically be offering something around 4 years that barely averages out to 9 (Odom money.) They could also do a 5 year deal with lower averaged salaries for the extra guaranteed money, or a higher 3 year deal.