Love your posts chuck.
You guys need to understand something..... LeBron is getting everyone paid on Gilbert's dime.
When LeBron specifically dropped Andy's name in the letter and called him "one of my favorite teammates of all time." Boom. Paid. Damon Jones: paid. Mike Miller: paid. James Jones: paid. James Posey: paid...
With Rich Paul and Tristan's contract, that's just a given that it was going to happen......honestly I'm glad a hardworkin guy like Tristan will be the beneficiary.
Look how much money LeBron just made for Dan Gilbert.
This is all part of the LeBron package; and 31 other teams would sign right up.
LeBron knows how much money this cat wields. He's no Mickey Arison with the cheddar.
If LeBron had it his way, he'd probably want Mark Jackson to be the coach, because he's represented by Rich Paul.
LeBron is going to bypass whatever coach he's playing for anyways.
Don't you think he'd like it if another one of his boys got paid?
4 year 52 mill with the starting year 12.5.
A max is 4 year 68 mill for him I believe, he wont be offered that nor will he get that.
This is my guess, he gets a bit less than what is being reported, but even the 52 mill is a bit of an over pay. He is a 10 mill a year guy whose situation is getting him over 10 mill extra, he should be thrilled.
4 year 52 mill with the starting year 12.5.
A max is 4 year 68 mill for him I believe, he wont be offered that nor will he get that.
This is my guess, he gets a bit less than what is being reported, but even the 52 mill is a bit of an over pay. He is a 10 mill a year guy whose situation is getting him over 10 mill extra, he should be thrilled.
Buried in ESPN's NBA lockdown podcast from last night, Windy said that LeBron would not be re-signing until the Cavs lock up Tristan. I had not heard that before.
I assumed the Cavs might let this drag out a bit and even let Tristan sign an offer from another team before matching it. But if LeBron is putting that kind of pressure on them, we might be looking at close to a max contract to get this done. Cavs don't want a Bledsoe situation with LeBron out there as a free agent.
If TT's getting 15 mil, he'd better be working his ass off on developing a shot and some kind of consistent move in the lane. Dude's a great hustler, but hustle doesn't seem to be worth 15 mil to me.
No one is going to pay him 17 million. Mark Gasol , LMA, Westbrook, Love, Harden, Cousins, Paul George, John Wall - all made less than that this year.
To us, he is worth 15 million. To most teams, probably not.
We have ZERO flexibility moving forward. Finding another big (who even has a pulse), with the assets we have left, is probably not happening. To find one that is 24 and coming off a post-season where he averaged a double-double? Impossible.
I don't champion TT as a perfect player, he certainly has his flaws but we pretty much have no leverage when it comes to him. His agent knows we can't afford to lose him and LeBron has been openly campaigning to keep him around. His market value is realistically 10-12 million a season but there's absolutely no chance we get him for that, given what he has already turned down.
To us, he is worth 15 million. To most teams, probably not.
We have ZERO flexibility moving forward. Finding another big (who even has a pulse), with the assets we have left, is probably not happening. To find one that is 24 and coming off a post-season where he averaged a double-double? Impossible.
I don't champion TT as a perfect player, he certainly has his flaws but we pretty much have no leverage when it comes to him. His agent knows we can't afford to lose him and LeBron has been openly campaigning to keep him around. His market value is realistically 10-12 million a season but there's absolutely no chance we get him for that, given what he has already turned down.