http://www.nypost.com/seven/10212007/sport...enyo.htm?page=2</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> How financially far apart are the Cavaliers and Anderson Varejao? He wants $9 million per for six years, they refuse to pay him more than starter Drew Gooden ($6.4 million)</p> </div></p> What a joke this is. Six years, $9 million per? For a solid backup? That's friggen absurd, and NBA players (and their agents) are nothing short of retarded. Every player above 6'10'' that averages 5 rebounds per game thinks that they are worth All-Star salary, and it's out of hand. I'm all done blaming Ferry for not signing Varejao at this point. I don't think even Isiah would pay him this much... actually, he might.</p>
He is very important to what they do, if they want to keep LeBron happy they will have to pay him. I personally don't like him but I can't blame him for wanting to get paid.</p>
I can't blame him for wanting to get paid either, afterall basketball is his job. However, $9 million per year for a slightly above average role player is downright absurd. It just baffles me that anybody in his camp would come to the conclusion that he's worth anything close to that.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fruitcake)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> what did nene get?</p> </div></p> 60 Million for 6 Years.</p> </p>
This overpaying of big men, and basketball players in general, needs to stop. I hope Ferry doesn't pay him that much, because he most definitely doesn't deserve that much.</p>
Wow 9 mil a year is an insane ammount for Varajeo, I thought he was asking for the full MLE which I still thought was a little high for a backup PF...dont get me wrong he is a good player and every team needs the intangibles Varajeo brings but 9 mil is an insane amount.</p>
I don't think Varajao really applies to that "big man get ridiculously overpaid" pattern. The truth is, he's shopped himself all over the NBA the entire summer and nobody's willing to pay him even close to this much. If there was a team who would don't you think he'd have left already? The problem is that he's in denial over the fact that his market price is lower this offseason than it would've been in the past. And he's trying to play hardball with the Cavs, because he knows that he's more valuable on their team and that losing him could possible upset Lebron and bring them back a few steps. If I'm the Cavs, I stick by my original stance. Offer him just a little bit more than what other teams are willing to give, but don't give into his ridiculous demands and believe his threats (he'd be stupider than I though if he leaves for Europe) just because he's unwilling to accept the facts. They've been making the same mistake of following the ridiculous market prices over the past couple years (Damon Jones, Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall) and eventually they're going to have to stop or risk being stuck under an unmanageable cap.</p>
Sad thing is, someone's probably going to give in and sign him. Varejao's not a good player(rebounding and hustling is valuable, but is still one dimensional), but he has potential. Whether that potential will be realized is another thing. If he developed even the shadow of an offensive game, I'd start him over Gooden, but until that happens, the Cavs need to stay firm with not overpaying Sideshow Bob.</p>
The Cavs really only need to pay him slightly higher than the MLE. I think (not 100% sure) that no other team is capable of offering him more than the MLE, so if the Cavs offer just over that - it's his best offer. I was originally stunned when I thought he was looking for $7 million, but now that we know it's $9 million, it's just absurd. Ferry should not pay that price for Varejao, who has said that he will take a qualifying offer with the Cavs if no other offers come in - buthe will then leave next offseason.</p> Whilst Ferry shouldn't pay that much to keep Varejao, he needs to do everything possible to keep LeBron happy, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a deal worth around $8 million per yearoccur on October 31.</p>
