(OT) Grizzlies give Conley a 5 year, $40-45 mil extension

Insane. That is Rondo-esque money for Mike freakin Conley.

They've pretty much handcuffed themselves to a mediocre PG while making unsure the futures of Randolph and Gasol for next year.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/nov/02/conley-gets-extension/

 

How does Chris Wallace still have a job? Also, is there a new potential suitor in the Oden sweepstakes? If the Blazers end up paying the max for him...

 

WOW! There will def be a GM out there willing to throw a ton of money at Greg!

 

It's a very weak FA class. If Oden stays healthy this year, he just may be the #1 target available. Portland will have to overpay to keep him, but they pretty much have to do it, right?

 

Some team is going to offer a contract that will be way overpaying. It wouldnt shock me at all. There is always someone that is desperate enough to make a last ditch effort to keep their job or save their team by taking a chance on a player.

 

Well, if his play so far this year, in 3 games, is his new level of performance, it's a good deal.

If his play over the past three years is more indicative of his talent, well....

 

I think in a vacuum guys like Carmelo, Z-bo, and Marc Gasol are the #1 guys on the market next year, but there are teams that need a defensive game changer more than they need offensive guys like that so I wouldn't be surprised if a relatively healthy year from Oden put him #1 on somebodies board. Imagine OKC with Westbrook/Sefolosha/Durant/Ibaka/Oden with Maynor, Harden, and Green off the bench...

 

On talent I agree, but it's pretty much a given that Anthony is going to New York. I rate Gasol higher than Zach, just because Zach has proven to be little more than a stat maching on bad-to-average teams. Plus, Memphis is playing good ball without Zach right now.

So, if I make a list of targets, it probably goes something like this, with a vague descending order not set in stone.

Gasol
Oden (if injury-free this season)
Randolph
Jamal Crawford
Kendrick Perkins
Caron Butler
Aaron Brooks
Troy Murphy
Jeff Green
Jason Richardson
AK47
Al Thornton

Something like that. Mix or match depending on team need.

 

good thing Cho is a numbers guy....oh wait, he won't be setting Oden's price....

Not sure what Memphis' money situation looks like. They can easily let ZBO and Gasol walk and offer max money to Oden to play with Conley (same agents). The blazers may or may not match, depending on whatever.

 

Which basically means a max contract from some desperate team. I can't really blame Cho, since the vibe I get from the Oden camp is that they weren't really interested in an extension, either.

 

Do you think Cho even tried?

 

Rondo got 55M over 5 years. I think his agent made a mistake since he is twice the player Rudy Gay is and he got 27M more.

It has deferred money and is near what Kyle Lowry and Raymond Felton make yearly.

Maybe they saw something this offseason. His numbers are better in those 3 games.

 

Yep, age with Randolph is a consideration as well which to me would put him about where you've ranked him overall. I'd probably switch Jeff Green and Caron Butler, and insert Carl Landry right after Aaron Brooks but otherwise I agree, it could quickly get expensive to keep Oden if he plays well upon returning.

 

You guys keep acting like Greg is an unrestricted free agent. Teams are going to be very reluctant to attempt to get into a game of contract chicken with Paul Allen, given his track record of over-spending on guys in the past (Miles, Z-Bo, Wesley Matthews, LMA, front and center).

 

There's no harm in offering a max contract even if the Blazers match. There is no "contract chicken". A team with money will throw it at greg and we'll have to match.

Especially for a team like OKC or teams going nowhere fast.

unless you think he's not going to get any offers.

 

Unless they WANT to fuck us over. They know we pretty much have to re-sign him, so why not drive the price up?

 

Memphis would never do that......nor would Oklahoma City.....plus it shows some willingness on the franchise to pay for talent without actually having to do so, it wins in their fans eyes at our expense.

 

No, never.......

 

Hell I would ask for that much if I had to play with Zbo too.

 

Ironically, the ZBOEC may come back to fuck us over again as Memphis may be in position to offer max money to oden! With Conley locking up long term and no offers to Gasol or ZBO, it might be the likely scenario.....