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re: Is the Jrue Holiday situation somewhat akin to the Asik situation?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:29 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:29 pm to Fun Bunch
Jrue is a major priority, but he is not the ONLY option and that gives us at least a modicum of negotiating power. Jrue is also much more talented and tradeable even with a bad contract. So it is different.
Dell left himself with no alternatives going into negotiations with Asik. I always said re-signing Asik was a terrible idea and we should have signed Bioymbo from the start and moved on.
We are in a bind with Jrue because I believe that resigning him is important to keeping AD happy and encouraging DC to reup. We also cannot really replace Jrue with similar talent and we always have to overpay for free agents. People need to accept that we are going to overpay Jrue, but at least we know what we are getting.
The good thing is that really we should be operating over the cap anyhow. So the difference between $25M per year and $30M per year does not matter as much.
Dell left himself with no alternatives going into negotiations with Asik. I always said re-signing Asik was a terrible idea and we should have signed Bioymbo from the start and moved on.
We are in a bind with Jrue because I believe that resigning him is important to keeping AD happy and encouraging DC to reup. We also cannot really replace Jrue with similar talent and we always have to overpay for free agents. People need to accept that we are going to overpay Jrue, but at least we know what we are getting.
The good thing is that really we should be operating over the cap anyhow. So the difference between $25M per year and $30M per year does not matter as much.
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:31 pm to NOFOX
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So the difference between $25M per year and $30M per year does not matter as much.
It matters to me.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:42 pm to NOFOX
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the difference between $25M per year and $30M per year does not matter as much.
It matters because Holiday at $25 million is easier to dump than Holiday at $31 million if you have a shot at someone like John Wall in 2 years.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:44 pm to NOFOX
I say we let him walk, just for the injury history alone. Dude played his balls off because it was a contract year, I think what you saw from him this year is the best you get from him because he wants to get paid.
Look he is a decent player but like other poster have said this could seriously bite us in the arse if it doesn't work out. Way to much risk for a guy that before this year hasn't made it through a full season.
I hope I'm wrong but NOLA has terrible fricking luck with these type deals. I almost feel like whatever they want to do, do the exact opposite and it will work out.
Look he is a decent player but like other poster have said this could seriously bite us in the arse if it doesn't work out. Way to much risk for a guy that before this year hasn't made it through a full season.
I hope I'm wrong but NOLA has terrible fricking luck with these type deals. I almost feel like whatever they want to do, do the exact opposite and it will work out.
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