IIRC it was the max for a non-Bird free agent. He'd only been in the league 1 year so his max was limited to the NBA average salary. I think the Blazers front-loaded as much as they were allowed
Okay that's what I thought--when I said "max" I meant the max that Wes could get at that time. Obviously I didn't think it was the league max haha.
I think the Joe Harris situation is different because Nets couldn't replace him. Players have all the leverage in the world in this kind of situations. I think Trent is gonna settle to something around the offer he rejected. For us he is worth it as we cannot get someone as good as him for the min or bi-annual.
Kennard has shown more than Trent, at least when he hasn't been injured. But I don't think Gary will take anything less than what Kennard got.
Are we in for Allen Crabbe scenario 2.0 this summer? I like GT's game more so than AC, but sheesh that's a ton of coin for a backup. If Portland doesn't meet expectations this season, we may have to decide between CJ and GT.
Why so? Luke was a lottery pick and averaged about16 points a game. He been in the association a year long than Trent I believe.
That's fair for White if you project out his bubble play. We're seeing a shitload of extensions this season because there will be so many teams with capspace in 2021. This bodes terribly for us since now Trent and Collins are some of the best RFAs left on the market, and we know how contracts for RFA's tend to go.... There is a very real chance a team gives 4/80 to Trent if he plays really well this year. It sucks that we were limited in what we were able to offer him, since I think somewhere in the 4/64 range would have got an extension done this season.
Very similar stats the two of them. This season will be telling for both I would guess. I hope we keep GTjr and would like to see him progress to the point of we have to keep him.
Going be minutes and opportunity for Trent this year to see what his contract will be. Remember Hood also can get minutes at the 2. This also goes with Zach too.
It's crazy that just last year, lots of people questioned whether Trent had a future on the team. Now we're worried about losing him to $15-20M/yr offers. At the same time, Simons went from our next future back court development star to trade bait in the minds of many. People should be emotionally prepared to let Trent walk next year, and re-flash their thinking to Simons inheriting his pecking order minutes. Olshey is more attached to, and almost certainly less financially invested in, Ant.
At least Anunoby's extension looks normal. A solid starter for a top East team. Trent should never reach that amount if we are on our right mind although Kennard's one looks bad since that guy cannot defend and maybe he has some knee issues as well. But the Clippers seem a bit in panic mode this season considering that now they have commited 128M/4 years for Kennard and Marcus Morris. Crazy that 4 contracts (George and Kawhi the other two) will take them over the cap already.
