The Orlando Magic have decided to retain restricted free agent guard J.J. Redick, matching the three-year, $19 million offer sheet he received from the Chicago Bulls last week. The Magic will make their intention known Friday – the last possible day -- but NBA sources familiar with the front-office thinking of the Magic confirmed their decision Thursday afternoon. "They aren't letting go of J.J.,'' said the source. Reddick is shown in the photo at left guarding Toronto's Marco Belinelli. The offer sheet from the Bulls includes a first-year salary of $7 million, which will cost the Magic $14 million next season because of the punitive, dollar-for-dollar luxury tax threshold the Magic will exceed. http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/15/magic-to-keep-jj-redick-by-matching-offer-from-bulls/
OK .. JJ Redick is staying - so , we have approx $10M left on my estimates Ronnie Brewer - $23M 5 year deal - starting at $3.5M Roger Mason - $15M 3 year deal at a straight line average of $3M Brad Miller - $4M 2 year deal at a straight line average of $2M Patty Mills - $2.5M 2 year deal starting at $1.2M Sign : Jannero Pargo , Flip Murray and Derrick Byars for the minimum Noah Boozer Deng Mason Rose bench Miller/Asik Gibson*/Johnson Korver*/ Byars Brewer*/Murray Mills/Pargo That's a core 8 man rotation with Gibson , Korver and Brewer being the key reserves with a 2nd tier of smaller back up roles belonging to Miller and Mills Pretty good depth in the 3rd string reserves with defense ( Asik and Byars ), shooting ( Pargo and Byars ) , playmaking ( Johnson ) and iso scoring skills ( Murray )
I don't really think of Lucas. Rather have Law. Lucas can be 3rd string. I think the Bulls need to change their strategy if those are the SG options. Of course, I thought that before signing up Redick. Maybe events will force their hand in the right direction.
With the prospect of a new CBA looming, potential lockout or walkout as well, and talk of a hard cap, it's interesting to see teams take two different strategies. The Magic and Rockets are taking on salaries to go rather deep into the LT. The Bulls are avoiding quality players like the plague as if they want to have a lot of cap space left over, or at least all that cap space converted into contracts that expire rather quickly (2 years out). Perhaps teams like the Magic and Rockets expect there to be a grandfather provision, and they'll be in a pretty good position to stand pat with rosters of good and young and well paid players, or otherwise be players in some cap trading system to be able to replenish their rosters. The Heat may be completely fucked, though. If they're hoping to build around the big three with draft picks and MLE type acquisitions, a hard cap is going to force them to lose one guy at least.
There will have to be a grandfather clause in is, but then on the other hand it wouldn't be a "hard cap" if there was. Can't see stern breaking up the Heat. Would make his super stars angry. lol
