MLE Targets

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  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Assuming we have the full MLE, who you targeting? This FA class stinks, but let’s hear it.

    I’ll start

    Jalen Smith
     
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    It hard to say since we really don’t know what direction the franchise is heading towards. But let say we are keeping dame and end up trading for grant. Resign Nurk and simons. I would offer TJ Warren, Kyle Anderson, RoCo, and nic batum. Any of them would be a solid vet to add to this team. Giving us a deep and versatile team
    Dame, simons, hart, grant, Nurk, little, MLE, Winslow, Watford, lottery pick. Add a vet center for cheap.
     
  3. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    isn't Smith still restricted into what teams can offer him in FA? think he can only make what he woulda made in his 4th yr of his rookie deal. So a bunch of teams can compete to get him at 4.6 mil.

    My pick is Rubio.
     
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    No, he’s unrestricted.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    i didn't mean restricted as in RFA. i mean prevented from getting any contract that pays him more than 4.6 mil.
     
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Why would any team have limitations on how much they can offer a UFA? I think that only applies to the pacers.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    he's not a typical UFA. because Phoenix didn't pick up his 3rd yr option, the max any team can offer him is what he was originally owed from his rookie scale deal.
     
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    Pretty sure that’s not true. That only applies to what the Pacers can offer him. That’s why no one really wanted to trade for him.
     
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    i read it somewhere during the deadline. the first yr of the new deal has to be 4.7. not sure why it would only apply to Indy if he's a UFA.

    hope one of our cap guys can clear this up.
     
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    It applies only to Indy because they’re the ones that received his contract with the declined option. What you’re suggesting doesn’t make sense.
     
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    Let’s go for Zach Levine!

    come on Jody
     
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    Scalma is right, the Pacers can't offer him more than the $4.6 million but any other team can.
     
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    I wonder how much he’s gonna get. He’s played well for Indy, but I remember a similar situation happened with Hezonja, magic declined his option, and he popped off at the end of the season. He got 6M from the Knicks but only one year. I’m guessing Smith will get more just cuz of his position.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Well I stand corrected. Wonder why Indy traded for him
     
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    Harrel, Roco?
     
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    He was just an expiring contract to help them get off Torrey Craig’s money next year. And they also got a pick I think.
     
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    I think hoping that Mo Bamba becomes a stretch 5 is the play.
     
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    Jalen SMith is definitely intriguing. Putting up some good numbers in a small sample size in Indy.

    THE CBA closed a loophole where a team could decline a rookie option, and offer a player more money in salary, to lock them up longer. It, unfortunately, applies to whatever team owns his rights at the end of the season, not just the team that drafted him.
     
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    This is why I was saying if you want Jalen Smith free agency is the way to go.
     
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