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Cavs obviously have to keep him, but he really need to work on his offensive game this offseason.
Will a team bid high just to make us pay more? Maybe.
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.
Adjusted for inflation that $9 million in 1996 would be $13.6 million today, a deal that TT has reportedly already turned down.He was the second highest paid player at $9 mil (Jordan made $30 mil) the year they won the Bulls' fifth title.
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.
I wouldn't call that a positive. That is a very steep drop off in talent/potential.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