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Royce O’Neale Contract Extension

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infection said:
That's the thing, though. Royce is closer to us than he is to some of these other guys who have already hit their payday. Saying wait until summer so you can squeeze a few million more out would be insane if you've never been paid.
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Yeah thats a good point, also think the dude is really happy playing for us, I glad for the dude, he plays hard and with heart all the time. I thought he was one of the few shinning lights of last years playoff series vs the Rockets, never had his head down even when we were well beat and played with intensity all series.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Yeah and he will make more side cash here than somewhere else... being DM's bruh has some perks I'm guessing. He might also get a couple years after this deal as a solid vet... He's likely still good enough to play, but even if he isn't he can get the Udonis Haslem or James Jones minimum deal for a couple years. I think there is value for him in this market that there isn't elsewhere.
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He's only gonna be 30 at the end of this deal, i can't see him not working on and improving his game even further. I think it was Royce who dropped the great line during media day, "Hard work remains undefeated" I like that line and I hate that sort of motivational crap.
 
I hope it is steeply declining. Would be way better to be front-loaded considering the paydays coming for gobert and Mitchell toward the end of Royce's contract. Interested to see the details.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I hope it is steeply declining. Would be way better to be front-loaded considering the paydays coming for gobert and Mitchell toward the end of Royce's contract. Interested to see the details.
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They can only go down by 8% per year... so only so much you can do. I think next year is our biggest luxury tax concern year, but haven't done all the number crunching. If they are going to use the MLE and re-sign JC then having a declining contract would help push them into the tax next year.

The cap is still rising slightly, so between that and Conley's deal coming off the books I think we are good on the tax for a year or two.
 
I think it's been pretty obvious to all of us that Royce just hasn't been the same since signing his extension. I'm not very concerned about his offense because we have plenty of scoring and shooting but defense is another story. With a roster that lacks quality perimeter defenders, his defense is desperately needed.

 
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