Yep makes no sense for a good vet who can still get a 2 for 20 contract from a fringe contender would have ever accepted a deal from a org that is going into the season where they will be starting their core 5 none of whom have ever played significant minutes in the playoffs. The odds any good vets want to be here are 1 in 100 imo.
Yeah If I am a vet rotation player on a contender, like Green appears to still be , he is not only interested in winning he demands it if his usage decreases. He also got more than we offered imo. I think his usage decreasing in favor of player development on any rebuild roster, is not appealing at all and only for those real desperate. It is easily is the story why the Cavs got nobody good, hell nobody at all, that has the proven veteran label in free agency.
Sirvydis and Jackson suck so bad compared to Green. Philly simply added the extra mil per year to retain him since he was their own FA...
Nah, he wanted nothing to do with coming back here.
Pretty much the same point I was making. It doesn't matter if Sirvydis sucks this year, it only matters if he is worth developing and reliable and hungry. There are no patch the wound vets that make any difference imo and so a meh younger sf with potential is far more useful than one on the wrong side of 30 that would be going through the motions for a paycheck yuck
Because they were and remain good players that need to find the right system that's why. Sirvydis and to some extent Jackson are easily upgrades offensively to an injured Windler or a non shooting wing lol Coming from situations where teams are heavily invested in higher profile players they are stuck with like Sekou at the same position is not a reflection on them so much as a reflection on org mismanagement. Detroit probably wants to bring Sirvydis back letting him play for their SL roster, they just had to release him for monetary reasons.