IMO, that has to be a consideration when pursuing a free agent. If you don't make the contract offer large enough to make it at least mildly undesirable for the other team, then there's no point in making the offer in the first place.
The other issue with Kanter is his off court drama. He's kinda a diva when he doesn't play. Simmons and Russilo threw around the Kanter to POR idea and referenced our "giant" contract that we gave him. They were apathetic about it.
I've referenced this, but with our roster as is, we're covered with wings in case there's an injury. That PG and C spot are the ones where we're not THAT deep. No point in waiting if all the decent dudes are gone.
Which playoff teams need a backup/starting center? Here’s who I’ve come up with Warriors Bucks Rockets
You know there are some other things to that. I flat out said to let Crabbe walk but most people wanted to match. Olshey Matched. I flat out said Myers at 8 million would for 4 years would be fine. Most agreed. He gave him 10. Not really a huge difference. Olshey overpaid that summer but not everyone was against all his moves. My question is if Crabbe would have taken off the way people were sure he was going to would the moves have been more acceptable? Probably so. What did he get out of trading Crabbe? That really didn't turn out bad either?
The antonym of "sincere" is "bluffing" or "fucking with OKC." As I said, --------------- Irrelevant to your praise for Olshey and revisionist history of the motive for his Kanter offer. Olshey fucked up as usual, and you and Scalma are rewriting history, making him look good.
Lopez seems to fit the Warriors the best unfortunately. If we’re actually in the market for a center (which we should be) it might come down to Kanter and Gortat. DeAndre needs to hit the market.
Absolutely wrong. A couple of apologists made up your convoluted psychological theory at the time as they always do, but majority wisdom was the plain facts--that Olshey had simply made an offer, and lost. Duh.
That is a double edged sword. If DeAndre hits the market and goes to one of our competitors that is not a good thing.
If he hits the market he’s going to golden state. They’re winning either way. I just want our boy back.
