Tristan Thompson

[CLEistheCITY]

Cavs obviously have to keep him, but he really need to work on his offensive game this offseason.

 

[Real Deal]

Stfu Curry

Edit: oops

 

[MarkoDano56]

If he gets a penny over 7 Mil, Griffin will be fired.
you dont pay a guy like Thompson big money, average defense, one of the worst offensive post players in the whole league, and average defensive rebounding. the only thing he adds is offensive boards.

 

[brownindian]

Does anybody know any rumors about how much his new contract might be? If he already turned down a 4 year 52 Mil a year (13 mil a year) contract, Then I don't know what he is expecting. I am curious to see what the other teams will offer.

 

[mds]

The market will set his value. Will a team offer him more than $13 mil per? Seems unlikely, but you never know. He's not really a core player for a rebuilding team, so it'd probably come from another semi-contender looking for a good role player. Will a team bid high just to make us pay more? Maybe.

 

[Birdy89]

Will a team bid high just to make us pay more? Maybe.

I could totally see a team doing that. There is no scenario I can think of where the team would let him go because of price, Lebron would have a fit. Especially with them sharing an agent, there is no way the Cavs could just let him walk even if it were a max offer. It would be a huge FU from whatever team signs him to the offer sheet, but the Cavs would match.

 

[spydy13]

What kinds of contracts did Dennis Rodman get back in his day?

Obviously he was paid less than TT is about to be paid due to increasing salaries over the years, but I mean like comparable to the rest of the players in that era, how much was he paid?

Just trying to gauge how much TT should be paid. He's definitely elite in terms of hitting the boards and he's above average defensively, but I just can't justify paying him anything crazy because of how limited he is offensively.

He was the second highest paid player at $9 mil (Jordan made $30 mil) the year they won the Bulls' fifth title.

 

[Birdy89]

He was the second highest paid player at $9 mil (Jordan made $30 mil) the year they won the Bulls' fifth title.

Adjusted for inflation that $9 million in 1996 would be $13.6 million today, a deal that TT has reportedly already turned down.

 

[Cavatt]

Windhorst said he was not actually offered that much. I personally don't think he was offered more than AV.

 

[redscoon]

I expect his contract to be less than a lot of people are speculating. A guy that can't score and isn't a game altering defensive player just isn't going to command huge money from rebuilding teams. Tristan is a key piece to a contending team, but not a foundational piece to an organization that is trying to rise from the depths.

Who that actually has max type money to throw around is circling Tristan's name? He is a lot more valuable to us than he is to most of the rest of the league. Pay him a fair deal, but don't get crazy. A lot of people seem to be on the just throw money around because the cap is going way up soon train, but a bad contract is a bad contract and almost always comes back to bite you.

 

[mds]

Yeah, I think as much as Tristan showed himself to have an Elite skill in the playoffs, I think he also showed how limited he is. I think we'll sign him and I don't really think anyone is maxing him out.

 

[Spencer Hawes]

Other teams will be taking a huge gamble on TT. He's a guy that gives excellent effort but his effectiveness in game depends greatly on the player he's surrounding with. He has also shown to be a detriment in that teams can completely ignore him on offense. He fits on the Cavs and appear to have found his niche during the playoffs but if a GM is gonna pursue TT and offer him a huge contract to pry from the Cavs, it's a huge gamble. Probably a gamble nobody wants to take but let's see how it's gonna play out.

It's like Horace Grant and BJ Armstrong with Chicago. They filled their roles perfectly but after they left Chicago, they faded away.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

Other teams will be taking a huge gamble on TT. He's a guy that gives excellent effort but his effectiveness in game depends greatly on the player he's surrounding with. He has also shown to be a detriment in that teams can completely ignore him on offense. He fits on the Cavs and appear to have found his niche during the playoffs but if a GM is gonna pursue TT and offer him a huge contract to pry from the Cavs, it's a huge gamble. Probably a gamble nobody wants to take but let's see how it's gonna play out.

It's like Horace Grant and BJ Armstrong with Chicago. They filled their roles perfectly but after they left Chicago, they faded away.

The one positive is that if some team throws TT a ridiculous offer they don't want to match, we do still have Haywood's contract we could potentially flip for a guy like Splitter.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

The one positive is that if some team throws TT a ridiculous offer they don't want to match, we do still have Haywood's contract we could potentially flip for a guy like Splitter.

I wouldn't call that a positive. That is a very steep drop off in talent/potential.

But we are in a great situation. The teams that benefit most from TT's play style are title contenders (minus the Grizz, a few other teams). He needs to be on a team where his scoring is a bonus, not a necessity. He is the perfect player for the Cavs, and to be honest, the Cavs are the perfect team for him. Only other fits I would see being as good as the Cavs are the Warriors and Thunder. Neither of which can pay him max money.

Basically all the teams that would love to have him can't afford him, and the teams that can afford him would need him to take on a role he hasn't been great in in the past. Where he is relied heavily on the offensive end.

At the end of the day I think RFA is a good thing. Let some other team do all the work and then just sign on the dotted line. Ala Mack and the Jaguars

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

I wouldn't call that a positive. That is a very steep drop off in talent/potential.

But we are in a great situation. The teams that benefit most from TT's play style are title contenders (minus the Grizz, a few other teams). He needs to be on a team where his scoring is a bonus, not a necessity. He is the perfect player for the Cavs, and to be honest, the Cavs are the perfect team for him. Only other fits I would see being as good as the Cavs are the Warriors and Thunder. Neither of which can pay him max money.

Basically all the teams that would love to have him can't afford him, and the teams that can afford him would need him to take on a role he hasn't been great in in the past. Where he is relied heavily on the offensive end.

At the end of the day I think RFA is a good thing. Let some other team do all the work and then just sign on the dotted line. Ala Mack and the Jaguars

I meant positive as in "At least we're not completely screwed and can still add a solid contributor" vs "Thank God TT is gone. Now we can bring in someone better"