Shad
Well-Known Member
Look at the difference in our team when he's on the floor.
Pay him.
bye bye Burks and Diaw.
This.
Look at the difference in our team when he's on the floor.
Pay him.
bye bye Burks and Diaw.
ye Hill's contract should be eligible for restructuring. The cool thing is that his salary can be reduced by up to 40% next season that way(the extension part of restructuring)
The reason Hill might wanna wait is that under the current CBA he could get an extra year by waiting until next summer.
The tricky factor is that if Hill switches teams, the new team doesn't have bird rights and thus he doesn't get a 5th year.
So if he wants to get the 5th year, he has to stay. If he wants to stay there's still a case to be made to restructure now as the bump in salary for this season could be as high as 13 million
Restructure him and give him 23 million this year and about 15 for the next 3 years. That is as good as giving him a 3 year 60 million dollar deal and gets him at a lower price. Do a similar thing with Favors where he is only making 20 million after next year. That way you are able to keep Hill, Hayward, Hood, Favors and Gobert. Hill 15, Hood 25, Hayward 30, Favors 20, Gobert 25. That is about 115 for 5 players (2018-2019) which will likely be just above the Salary cap, but not into luxury (projected 102 for 2017-2018 right now). Trade Burks and improve your draft pick next year to help with depth. If Exum blows up in the next 2 years, you may have to make a decision between him and Hood.
If I was George Hill I would be thinking I would get 15 more this season and be giving up about 21 over the next 3 years. So a net loss in potential income of 6 mil. The security would probably worth it. Though we would need to move on from other salary.
I just dont think we can afford to give Hill 20 million if we have any belief that Exum will be a player for us. I dont want to go into Exum's last year of being on a rookie contract and still have questions as to what he can be. Hopefully Exum can start balling out before the year ends to make it obvious he needs to be the starter next season.