Wow, this is just not fair. LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Beasley. How the hell did Miami get enough under the CAP to get 3 MAX players?
If Boozer isn't worth $80 mil, who is?
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Wow, this is just not fair. LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Beasley. How the hell did Miami get enough under the CAP to get 3 MAX players?
This is absolutely a step back. No question. But In 2 years both AK and Memo's contracts come off the books. That leaves Deron to see what we can get on the market and were the young guys are in there development and Millsap being the top money maker under contract at around $8 million.
Or We sign Boozer and ride out those 2 contracts and we have an older Boozer And if Deron Re ups for the Max were are right there at the Cap still and can't make any kind of moves to make the team better without being in the lux tax. Or in other words right were we are now.
The Jazz are taking a huge risk by trying to build a team in the next 2 years that Deron is going to feel has a good future. And your right we might loose him because of that. But we might loose him if we never can get better because we have all that money tied up in an aging PF that has a proven track record with the team already. And that track record is less than great. Some time you have to go backwards to go the other way.
That was just a what if. I already agreed that the Jazz could have done better. But at the same time I have a hard time faulting the FO for this completely. This was in a way Deron's choice and they gave him what he wanted.
The Ghost of Blue Edwards
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So Joe Johnson is the perfect player?
They only have 2 guys under contract at the moment. Beasley and Chalmers. Both rookie scale deals. They traded there only other contract in Cook and made sure that everyone's contract expired before Wades.
Bow down to Pat Riely
Do you remember when we did have CAP room last time? Best we could do after trying for 2 years was Booz. And we got extremely fortunate to get him. If Cleveland did not make a huge blunder, but instead did a sensible thing that everyone expected they would do, our best FA signing would be Okur - a role player. You think 2 years from now we will be able in 1 shot to get someone better than Booz - when we really needed a miracle and 2 years to get Booz in the first place? I don't think so. I am afraid Boozer's loss and inability to keep Deron for more than 3 years after rookie deal may cost us dearly a couple of years from now - with Deron walking, just like Bosh did from Toronto.
Do you remember when we did have CAP room last time? Best we could do after trying for 2 years was Booz. And we got extremely fortunate to get him. If Cleveland did not make a huge blunder, but instead did a sensible thing that everyone expected they would do, our best FA signing would be Okur - a role player. You think 2 years from now we will be able in 1 shot to get someone better than Booz - when we really needed a miracle and 2 years to get Booz in the first place? I don't think so. I am afraid Boozer's loss and inability to keep Deron for more than 3 years after rookie deal may cost us dearly a couple of years from now - with Deron walking, just like Bosh did from Toronto.
SaltyDawg
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No, not even close. And that is my point- he still makes a heck of a lot more than Boozer. So if you don;t think Boozer is worth $80 mil, then perhaps you don;t have a handle on the economics of the NBA.
If Boozer played good defense and didn't have an injury history, he'd be getting a heck of a lot more than $80 mil. He'd be more sought after than Amare and Bosh. And he'd certainly be worth more than Joe Johnson, lol.
Who cares. They well get all kinds of vets looking to win a ring to sign on the cheep there. Thats what having 3 all world players does for you. (see Celtics 3 years ago)
I am sure there will be numerous veterans ready to sign bargain deals - like they did when Boston got KG and Allen. With 3 out of the top 5 players in NBA on their roster plus Beasley to boot, it will be too much to handle for anyone for years to come. I hope this rumor is not true. I want to see the League being competitive. It's like having 2 Michael Jordans and 2 Scottie Pippens on the same team playing 4 different positions. Amazing.
SaltyDawg
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Not only do they have 3 of the top 5 players in the league (if this is true) but unlike the Celtics, they are all still young. Not only that, but they are in one of the best cities in the whole NBA.
Miami will have no trouble getting players on the cheap.
Agh..... I just had a long reply to this and erased it on accident because Im tired. So the long and short is I think we agree Borat that Boozer is worth that much money. were we disagree is the way the Jazz decided to go. Right now with a new CBA coming and all the major contract they have coming to a close at that time or the next there they are taking a chance that they well be able to keep Deron happy. We all complain that the Jazz FO never takes any chances. Well they are taking one heck of a chance here.