OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - August 2021

Excited to see what Presti does with all those picks.

 

Make fun of them sure. But the Bulls might end up a decent team.

 

How many players are taking less than they could get? Many. Are all of them dumb? Well, you tell them that. I ain't.
You have to look beyond money. I know it's hard for a lot of people. Love is HATED by his team and fans. The media too. He is looking like a total joke. Do them a solid. Try to save your reputation. Try to contribute what you can to some team.

 

I could see this happening. Make a deal and go elsewhere. He has made plenty of money. He's made about 230 million so far.

 

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Do we know he would have to take way less money? It seems that most players get at least 80% of what is owed when bought out.

 

that guy had some good per 36 numbers last two years: 11 and 12 rebounds, about 2.5 blocks, 2 assists one year but 5 last year. about a steal and a quarter. Also looks like he would have fouled out in any game that he was allowed to play 36 minutes, haha. And must be injured a lot.

 

Well if he uses every pick, he might run into a good pick here or there, and have a decent team by the end of the decade. Of course he will have more picks cause Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will want to get the hell out of there before all those picks amount to a damn thing.

 

He already took them further than Olshey ever has for us. I think he will use his war chest of draft picks well.

 

He took them one step further, that's it.

 

And he better, with that baseball-esqe load of draft picks. What's the old saying about squirrels.

 

Exactly. He would get 10s of millions. It's a BUYOUT. What 75%???

 

He is owed like 60 million for the next two years. 75% means he would leave 15 million on the table. No way he gets an offer of that right now over the next two years.

Love is doing the right thing from a financial stance.

 

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Is that allowed? Isn’t there a salary floor?

 

20% is a lot! You’re talking about $10-20 million. That’s way less in my book.

 

Imagine if you were getting $80 million at your current job. Would you take $20 million pay cut to have a chance at being named Employee of the Month? An award you already won!

 

They've got a bunch of their cap tied up in Kemba's contract buyout. Between him and a few other guys they have over 28M in dead cap but I think they're still ~10M under the floor.