Mongoose
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Yet another way the Jazz can work their leverage.
rules and precedent for signing-and-trading RFAs
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Yet another way the Jazz can work their leverage.
Wouldn't they have to match the offer from Cleveland? I think they could only do that if Hayward showed them the offer, but didn't sign the offer sheet. Would require some cooperation from his agent.
QuinSnydersHair
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This isn't a question about a S&T for a RFA as much as it is about RFA's in general. My question is, how many days do teams have to make an offer to RFA's, in this case Hayward, before we can make one ourselves? I can't imagine that if he hasn't received an offer for some ridiculous period of time (say 40 days), that we couldn't then extend one ourselves.
Anyone? I want to say teams have 10 days and by July 11th, if none have been extended, we can put an offer sheet together for him, but I may be way off here.
Anyone? I want to say teams have 10 days and by July 11th, if none have been extended, we can put an offer sheet together for him, but I may be way off here.
GVC
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QuinSnydersHair
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QuinSnydersHair
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Okay, I was just reading Larry Coon's info on RFA and this is what part of it says.
"To summarize, a restricted free agent essentially has five options:
*He can accept his prior team's qualifying offer, play for one season, and become a free agent again the following summer.
*He can accept his prior team's maximum qualifying offer (if applicable, and if one has been submitted) and play under a long-term contract at the maximum salary.
*He can negotiate a new contract with his prior team that is independent of the qualifying offer or maximum qualifying offer.
*He can sign an offer sheet with another team through March 1, which his prior team is given the opportunity to match.
*If he doesn't sign a qualifying offer, a contract, or an offer sheet for one year, his prior team can submit a new qualifying offer (or maximum qualifying offer), and the player becomes a restricted free agent again the following offseason."
So, I believe a new suitor can only offer him a four year deal and we can offer him a five year one. If this is true, based on #3 above, could we not offer Hayward something like 5 years, 66M (13.25 per), with the salaries going down year over year as much as the CBA allows so it hurts us less later down the line? This would be 6M more than even a 4/60 some team may offer him and quite frankly rich enough to where he might just sign today and yet not so rich that it would kill us financially, especially if the cap goes up as much as has been mentioned the next few years and it's frontloaded? Paying somewhere around 11.5M (random guess) for him five years from now will be quite reasonable with a potential (based on posts on this site) 80-100M cap.
QuinSnydersHair
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The 5/66 seems like one of those "both sides are unhappy" situations in a negotiation, whereby both parties have met perhaps halfway. Then again, maybe DL knows all and feels we can get him at 5/50.