what do we do with 16M expiring?! hopefully something crazy like Hibbert
If you were an agent, why would you ever agree to a player contract that was unguaranteed? You'd basically just be asking to get traded at some point.Here is what interested about Bogan's contract. He wasn't signed to play basketball on his latest contract. He was just signed to balance trade salaries. Every one expected him to get waived. Now he might get a ring. $10Mil and a ring. I love this country!!!
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Rod (Chicago) The Keith Bogans contract may be my favorite in sports history. Do you remember anyone being that lucky?
Kevin Pelton (3:43 PM) Well, bad GMs have made a lot of guys very lucky, but Bogans' situation is pretty impressive. This trade was huge for him because he's likely to stay on the Cavaliers' roster all season and pick up the full $5.3 million to go with last year's $5.1 million. That would, I'm pretty sure, be by far the most ever for a player included in a sign-and-trade. Keith Van Horn, the most famous example, only got $4.3 million as a gift.
If you were an agent, why would you ever agree to a player contract that was unguaranteed? You'd basically just be asking to get traded at some point.
If you were an agent, why would you ever agree to a player contract that was unguaranteed? You'd basically just be asking to get traded at some point.
The smart thing was the two unguaranteed years. That way he had value as a contract not to be cut right away. Still a risk but on the chance a team doesn't find anything appetizing, you just made your client win the jackpot by getting better then MLE money for a year.
Griffin has helped the Celtics stockpile assets? The only thing worth a damn that he gave them might be the first rounder, and that's about it. He dumped a bunch of crap on them and worthless 2nd rounder picks.
Exactly. Players 8 through 15 on a roster can be picked up easily and they play so little that they have almost no impact on your record. Getting players 1 through 5 are the tough ones and nothing Cleveland gave Boston is likely to do that for the Celtics. If you look at every player Cleveland traded--with the exception of Wiggins--none of them would be playing major minutes if added back to the current roster.
This is the absolute dream scenario. No better fit for this team as currently constructed. Could you imagine a starting lineup of Irving, Waiters, James, Love, and Jordan? And still a bench with TT, AV, Delly, and more? We'd set the single season win total.
It's really hard to fathom what has happened. It seems just like yesterday day we were watching the team lose by 55 at the Lakers.