Kenny on 95.5 just said that Quick's source was probably Hedo's agent since they just talked to a Toronto beat writer, and he said there's not a big chance of the Raptors renouncing half their team to offer a contract like that to Hedo.
So let's see. We have RLEC and do shit with it because this summer was all about landing a FA. The best FA out there according to "experts" might not sign with us. He is the best FA right now because his old team traded for a player we could have had with RLEC. Sorry, but it will not sit well with me if we do nothing but sign a couple of average players to contracts.
You and your precious turtles can suck it! Hating on a player for something that an anonymous league source said is reeeeetarrrrrrded.
Almost all sources are anonymous. If you want to look at it this way, you might as well stop reading rumors since they are all like this.
Rumors are fine, if not entertaining, until you take them as gospel and go batshit crazy over what could turn out to be nothing.
Carter has two years guaranteed on his deal including this coning season. He doesn't have that bad of a contract. He would have helped us tremendously. We more than likely would have gotten passed Houston in the first round also. I don't care how much kool-aid people are drinking, it would be an epic fail if we don't land a significant upgrade at SF and or PG this off season. We have been told for over a year that RLEC was the Holy Grail of contracts, and we did nothing because supposedly we wanted to be players in FA this summer. To not do anything this summer can not be looked at any other way than a failure.
To be fair MM, you're slightly exaggerating. KP said it was "the best expiring contract in history", not the Chalice of Christ that Gives Eternal Life.
Well, if Toronto did/does offer Hedo $60 million, he'd be a fool not to take it. However, I call bullshit on this rumor. It means they are letting Marion walk. Hedo isn't that much better than Marion and won't make Toronto a contender, or even a lock to make the play-offs. They have so many holes in their roster and there is a >50% chance Bosh is gone next summer. So, then they are in full rebuilding mode with an overpriced, 32-year old Hedo locked into a long term contract and likely untradeable. Unless Brian Colangelo is brain dead, this so-called "offer" makes absolutely NO sense for Toronto. BNM
How do you guys even get to 60 million? Just wondering? Who has to be renounced in order to even get to that number?
So now we are in a savings mode? Paul Allen coming out and telling KP to go for it doesn't indicate that we are? He will have failed if nothing happens period.
I'm just saying that millions were saved by not trading RLEC and letting insurance cover most of it. Millions that help the bottom-line due to the Darius Miles fiasco, which I assume played a role in the lack of a move at the deadline.
So do you think it is better to overpay for a player and end up with a bad contract this summer or do nothing?
