Simon
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Lol epic interview. Green is hilarious. I wish he played for us.
Troll or bandwagon fan?
Can't tell which one.
Lol epic interview. Green is hilarious. I wish he played for us.
Thinking both.Troll or bandwagon fan?
Can't tell which one.
Poor, Anthony. I still think this guy could be a decent rotation player. But not being able to get playing time on a bad team is not a good sign.
View: https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/613038928858357760
lulz. Miami is planning to offer Dragic less than his 4 year max would be worth, essentially taking their one chip off that table that could keep away him from opposing teams.
In fairness, 5 years/$80 mil is probably closer to what he's worth, but why would you trade multiple picks for a guy if you are going to do something like this?
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If we hadn't traded for Love though, we wouldn't have won the chip this year....
Seeing this off season in Miami play out brings a huge grin to my face...first low-balling #HeatLifer Dwayne Wade, and now wanting to just cut off Chalmers & Birdman purely to save a few dollars, just like they did with Mike Miller a couple years ago.
More and more are starting to take notice of what kind of operation they are running down there. And I love it.
Lol... Not a chance he doesn't get a full max offer.
80/5 is what Tristan is liable to get. Dragic is worth an 80/4 max, and wants the additional year - he's not looking for a new CBA contract, but a max in the old CBA.
Just to clarify, Tristan can only get a deal for 4 years because Kyrie already got the "designated player" tag.
Also, the 4 year max for Dragic is around 85/4 and a full 5 year max would be over $100 mil.
My guess is that Miami is trying to argue that 80/4 in Miami with no state income tax, is worth the same if not more than a "max" deal from the Lakers or Knicks.
I think it'd be more accurate to say that Tristan can only get a 4 year deal because he's coming off a rookie contract. There is no team in the league that would use the designated player tag on Tristan.
This can't be the case.
California has a 10.1% state income tax (NY has 8.82%), so since California represents the worst case scenario we can say, easily, that Dragic would lose substantially by opting to stay in Miami at 80/4 for tax reasons.
With 4.5% raises, leaving in free agency (unlikely, as he'd be sign-and-traded in most scenarios), Dragic would lose 10.7M over 4 years. With 7.5% raises he'd lose $19M over the same span. New York (assuming he doesn't live in the city) is favorable as well.
So here, the tax argument doesn't really factor in, let alone when considering the increased airtime and potential for endorsement deals in either location.
Dragic will leave Miami if they don't come close to the max offer that he's almost assuredly going to get from either Los Angeles or the Knicks. He wants the extra year.
Sounds like the Suns are looking to move Bledsoe and have been dangling him trades this off-season and could be moved this week....
Watch out for a trade with the Knicks if anything....
I think the designated player tag is only for your own players, but maybe I'm wrong. Either way, he's stuck with getting a 4 year deal regardless of who he signs with this summer.
I made a mistake. The rumored deal from Miami is 80/5. Everyone else could offer 85/4.
So if he values having guaranteed years, then Miami's deal is obviously better.