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Roger Braille Buyout Problems (merged)

Chad Feldheimer said:
If you were Raja what do you have to lose by holding out for the most you can get? Jazz really have no leverage here.
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This is only true if there really is 0 interest in him. Because they can always make him inactive tell him to he is not going to play all season. I don't think that is what they should do. But it is an option.

Judging by other players out there that don't have a contract yet, I have a hard time believing that Bell has any interest. So he reall does have nothing to lose.
 
If we let our window to amnesty Raja pass so he could shop for a team of his choice, that was our leverage. Terms should have been set for that privilege, and Raja should have been accepting financial risk to avoid amnesty.
 
gregbroncs said:
This is only true if there really is 0 interest in him. Because they can always make him inactive tell him to he is not going to play all season. I don't think that is what they should do. But it is an option.

Judging by other players out there that don't have a contract yet, I have a hard time believing that Bell has any interest. So he reall does have nothing to lose.
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Either way he is signing for the league minimum. Whether that happens in August or Oct/Nov doesn't matter right? It's still around 1M/yr
 
Anyone with me on buying this bitch a bright pink chair #13 and his own locker room yet? Humiliate this fogey.
 
If they blew their chance to amnesty Bell and he manages to stay around this season then that's the one big mistake O'Conner has made
 
And Raja always said he tried to be 'professional'.

Yikes, sounds like the Jazz might have to give up a minor asset, or take on a multi year deal to get rid of him. Who would have thought it would get this ugly? Actually, never mind, I could have seen this coming I just hoped that it wouldn't. The thing is that Raja was never going to be the best 2 guard at his age on a Jazz team with several stacked up lottery picks. Even If the Jazz didn't draft a 2 guard, there is free agency, and what do you know, the Jazz signed Foye who is younger and better than Raja. His expectations to be a pivotal player on the Jazz are unreasonable, yet he couldn't let go.

Sad really.
 
If they blew their chance to amnesty Bell and he manages to stay around this season then that's the one big mistake O'Conner has made
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A big 3.5 million mistake. Actually, it's only like 1 mil because they still have to pay him most of it even if they buy him out. All they are really out is the roster spot, so I feel for our second round pick if he fails to make the team.

Edit: clarification: Amnesty means paying him the full contract but he doesn't go against the cap, while buyout means they pay a significant amount of his contract to 'go away'
 
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