Kenyon Martin Offered 6 Year Deal, Worth Between 80-100 Million

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night extended a six-year maximum contract offer to restricted free agent Kenyon Martin, ESPN.com has learned.

Martin has not yet told the Hawks he'll sign their offer sheet on July 14, which gives the Denver Nuggets a small window to make a similar offer to Martin.

League sources told ESPN.com that the Nuggets plan to decide by Friday or Saturday whether to extend a rich offer sheet to Martin or pass on the All-Star forward and keep their name in the Kobe Bryant sweepstakes.
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At this stage I would be very worried If I was a Nets fan. He may of stated he doesn't want to play for a loser but money talks and can quicky change the mind of players in this league.

I would expect Denver to make him an offer close to this so he will likely end up there.

 

Wow thats a lot of money.. kind of hard too pass that deal.

 

How Atalnta hit the big time baby!

 

Well this was expected. Don't disappoint me Ratner.

 

Nets should let him take that. Look at signing Stromile to, I dunno, 6 million per? I firmly believe Stromile will give you more than 6/13ths of KMart's output (i.e. 6mil vs max deal), if not close to equal with JKidd feeding him the ball.

I still think Kenyon could end up in a Cavs jersey, though

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I still think Kenyon could end up in a Cavs jersey, though</div>

That would work for me lol..

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting RiverspoonJones:</div><div class="quote_post">Nets should let him take that. Look at signing Stromile to, I dunno, 6 million per? I firmly believe Stromile will give you more than 6/13ths of KMart's output (i.e. 6mil vs max deal), if not close to equal with JKidd feeding him the ball.

I still think Kenyon could end up in a Cavs jersey, though </div>how, how can that happen?

 

Not sure at all but I didnt think we could let Boozer get away so anything can happen.

 

This is not good hope the nets can match cause they have to if they want him to stay

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting KingCarmelo:</div><div class="quote_post">how, how can that happen?</div>

Either sign-and-trade with the Nets, Z for KMart... or send Z to Atlanta with a future-first for a second-rounder, then sign KMart to the max.

 

well with the reports of kiki telling kmart to stay in nj if he is happy, i wouldn't be suprised if denver didn't offer him anything unless they had a strong feeling that new jersey wouldn't match. i rather kmart go to denver where they have a bright future than atlanta where they are not close to anything.

we all know we have match and give kmart more money than any team in the league and ratner told rod/ed to keep kmart with whatever it takes,except trading kidd. he said that in the papers and if he goes back on his word, his rep is going to take a shot. he was already pissed that he was being called a 'penny-pincher' so now it's his time to prove he is not a penny-pincher and a man of his word. i doubt a business man would want to be seen as a liar in the public. i still have confidence that kmart will come back.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting throwback:</div><div class="quote_post">well with the reports of kiki telling kmart to stay in nj if he is he said that in the papers and if he goes back on his word, his rep is going to take a shot. he was already pissed that he was being called a 'penny-pincher' so now it's his time to prove he is not a penny-pincher and a man of his word. i doubt a business man would want to be seen as a liar in the public. i still have confidence that kmart will come back.</div>

After the events that occurred re: Carlos Boozer, I don't think anyone will be willing to trust anyone's word for the remainder of the off-season, whether for better or worse.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Either sign-and-trade with the Nets, Z for KMart... or send Z to Atlanta with a future-first for a second-rounder, then sign KMart to the max.</div>

Lose a 2nd rounder and Z for KMart? I dont see that happening at all.

 

Wow.., now we have to wait and see what the Nuggets are going to do..and what the Nets do about all this

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Deadlock:</div><div class="quote_post">Lose a 2nd rounder and Z for KMart? I dont see that happening at all.</div>

It's quite do-able. Cleveland get KMart not to sign w/ Atlanta or Denver, therefore forcing Atlanta's hand. Atlanta can absorb Z's contract, which they'll have to do to meet the salary cap minimum. Cleveland can tag how ever many future-firsts they want to, because they are irrelevant at this point, they just want to please LBJ. If Atlanta's out of the KMart market, I don't see any reason not to rent Z for a year and get two, maybe more, first-rounders out of it.

Once Atlanta is out of the picture, Cleveland offer KMart the max, which NJ surely do not match.

 

Hehe... I just thought. NJ would probably decide to match, just to totally screw over Cleveland (no Boozer, no Ilgauskas, no KMart). Maybe better to organize the S&T

 

Wow, the Nets could be in trouble. I realize Kenyon wants to play for a winning team, but, damn, that much money could be hard to say no to. Plus, who knows, the Hawks could surprise everyone like the Heat and Nuggets did last year. Granted I don't think that's at all likely, I'm just saying. Strange things happen.

 

No way, the Nets let K-Mart walk without matching any offers at this time especially since alll the decent big-bodies on the fA market are already pretty much locked up. And they wont be able to make a trade to aquire a replacement because their most trade- able asset just walked which means that the Nets are going to have to match the offers now or be stuck without any type of decent post player.

 

They should not match any offer over 65 Million. I don't even think they should match any offer he gets because no matter how much he gets, it's going to be a lot, and then your going to lose RJ next offseason. Personally I would rather have RJ than K-Mart if I'm the Nets.