Cavs offer Gordo MAX deal (maybe)

[NUMBERICA]

How kick *** would it be if the Jazz could re-sign Sap after next season?

I'm way ahead of you. One reason that I'd particularly enjoy the Jazz to have a strong year next year.

 

[sirkickyass]

Who was the last player to shoot 41% in a season and then get a max contract?

Even low percentage volume max guys like Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury were in the 43-44% range before inking their deals and those guys were way more high profile than Gordo.

 

[sirkickyass]

Amazing how quickly these rumors turn around.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...itzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomnba-topstories

 

[The Midnight]

Locke made some good points about why we would match any offers of a MAX contract (he said it's around $15.7m).


Seems like it's a sellers' market at the moment with Meeks, Livingston, Bradley, etc, all getting paid wayyy above their projected values.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2MAsEDQjWW0

 

[yamers]

LOL paying hayward the max is a joke

 

[akirac73]

1 is way younger and 6'8.

LOL...who cares that he's 6'8. The dude never uses his size advantage anyways. Can't finish at the rim and has no post game whatsoever.

 

[Chris]

I didn't scroll through all 12 pages of this topic, but I have a serious question: Besides basically by default giving up on their chances of having LeBron return, why did Cleveland supposedly get gun shy about offering Gordo a good sized deal? It was reported that they knew the Jazz would match...so what? What did they have to lose by making the offer? Something doesn't add up here.

 

[akirac73]

Time for a new nickname for Hayward...gtime is pretty much the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I propose Gordon "Mad Max" Hayward. Thoughts?

 

[colton]

I didn't scroll through all 12 pages of this topic, but I have a serious question: Besides basically by default giving up on their chances of having LeBron return, why did Cleveland supposedly get gun shy about offering Gordo a good sized deal? It was reported that they knew the Jazz would match...so what? What did they have to lose by making the offer? Something doesn't add up here.

Maybe they decided he wasn't worth it, and were afraid that the Jazz wouldn't match.

 

[Chris]

Maybe they decided he wasn't worth it, and were afraid that the Jazz wouldn't match.

You might be on to something here. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the report was *** backwards like seemingly every report for the last 3 weeks.

 

[yamers]

I think Blatt really wants hayward because he would be really good for his system.

 

[♪alt13]

I didn't scroll through all 12 pages of this topic, but I have a serious question: Besides basically by default giving up on their chances of having LeBron return, why did Cleveland supposedly get gun shy about offering Gordo a good sized deal? It was reported that they knew the Jazz would match...so what? What did they have to lose by making the offer? Something doesn't add up here.

You should have read it your answer was in there.(twice) If the Cavs offered Hayward a max that money would be tied up for 3 days during which time they could not offer that money to another FA. So if they made the offer and we matched they might lose out on a more available player.