Probably. I hate the extra year on Dieng's deal. And I'd need to know olshey checked in with butler agent on likelihood of him staying
Actually, no, I don't think I would. I know you gotta take risks some times, and cj ffor butler straight is a risk, if he walks. Of you have dieng on the roster for 2 moe seasons, AND butler walks, and you have little wiggle room to improve anywhere.... that can lead to dame wanting out.
I would think any deal for Butler would need to include reasonable reassurance he'd resign. Of course, the best way to make sure Butler resigns is winning and I think him paired with Dame and Nurk would be a much better fit than what he has in MIN. BNM
The thing about it is, if Olshey acquires Jimmy Butler and he leaves wouldn't that be partly Dame's fault? If George would've left OKC wouldn't most people blame Westbrook? Just like not trading Davis at the deadline was likely due to the fact Dame wanted him to stay.
Jeremy Lin to Atlanta. Also this: Denver has agreed to send Kenneth Faried, Darrell Arthur, a 2019 protected first-round pick and a future second round pick to Nets for Isaiah Whitehead, league sources tell ESPN. Salary dump for Denver.
Denver dumps Faried, Chandler, and Arthur within a week and it only cost them a protected first and a couple seconds. Meanwhile in Portland.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZzzzzzz
All have one year left on their deals. Portland has to wait until next summer to pull off something similar.
Was there a reason for NO giving all those guys so many years? I think in 2016 all of them got like 4 year deals? Since you’re the salary cap expert, is there a good reason to do that? I guess in theory you have a bunch of cap room in 2020?
Well, what I think happened is that after the success of the 2015-16 season the thought was that they wanted to lock all those guys up to 4 years. In theory if Harkless and Leonard kept improving then they'd be steals in the 3rd and 4th year, which unfortunately hasn't really come to fruition. At least Hark is still relatively decent for what he gets paid, especially if he shoots +40% for 3's again this year. Turner was simply an overpay to get him to consider coming to Portland which unfortunately he took. Crabbe wasn't the Blazers decision to sign him to that much but they didn't want to lose him for nothing which makes sense but ended up costing them money a year later. It's too bad none of them had team options or only partial guarantees in their 4th year. I can definitely see the reasoning behind it, but it was rather stupid in hindsight. Although I think it's a good thing that we still have Hark under contract for two more years.
Yeah, the Harkless deal is the only one that’s really worked out. I know it’s hindsight but at the time I thought they should’ve let Crabbe go after Brooklyn offered so much, and I don’t know why they don’t give Meyers a shorter deal or have a team option in there. I suppose it sort of made sense at the time.
