OT Doncic may stay in Europe for another year

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  1. CupWizier

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    Leverage.
     
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    but what is he leveraging? Rookie scale salary is already set so it's not like an NBA team can pay him more and if he says he will stay a year could drop in the draft as well. Just not sure how this benefits him at all.
     
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    He doesn't want to go to Phoenix or Sacramento, probably.
     
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    Or like Rudy, maybe he loves playing for Real Madrid ...living in Spain vs living in Sacramento
     
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    I could understand Sacramento, but Phoenix has been a good organization.
     
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    So has Real Madrid
     
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    I think he’d go to Phoenix, his national team coach is there, but everything is pointing towards them picking Ayton. I think it’s sacramento that Doncic wants to avoid.
     
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    Does he have a buyout? Perhaps he wants to leverage whichever team drafts him into paying a portion of it. I know there's a cap on how much they can contribute ($700K), but anything that doesn't have to come out of his own pocket is a good thing.

    EDIT: Also, if he does have a significant buyout, he could negotiate a signing-bonus into his rookie deal to get more money sooner (the only scenario in which signing bonuses are permitted on rookie-scale deals).
     
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    He'll play. This is much ado about nothing. His team is still in the tournament there and he's focusing on that.

    Staying in Europe another year means delaying his big payday on his second contract after his rookie scale.
     
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    I believe he is out of contract but not sure as I had read an earlier article that stated Real Madrid was trying to get him to sign for another year.
     
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    https://sports.yahoo.com/agent-luka-doncic-no-particular-115305407.html

     
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    Hard to beat Real Madrid in scenery and they treat their athletes like royalty plus he is young and already use to the environment. I just wish if a player doesn't want to come over that they withdraw from the draft and enter when they are committed to coming and not play these head games.over.
     
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    I volunteer to take his place!
     
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    What the kid wants and what his agent wants may be two different things....better to stay where he's happy than sit at the end of a bottom feeding team's bench..
     
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    I don't blame Doncic for leveraging. He's already a millionaire, living a good life in Spain. I'm sure he wants to come over to the NBA, but he doesn't HAVE to. If the regular person had a safety net to fall back on like he does, they'd take advantage of it as well.
     
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    That’s not how it works.
     
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    People change their minds all the time....that's how it works..plenty of young people get scholarships and drop out of school even though they were projected to excel in some field...Rudy didn't like living in the states or playing in the NBA...he preffered Spain....he knows this kid I'm sure.
     
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    Watch Phoenix tank another year so they can get both.
     
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