Posted by Bonn1997:
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Posted by nyk4ever:
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Posted by Paladin55:
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Posted by djsunyc:
The Portland Trail Blazers have offered Utah Jazz free agent Paul Millsap a four-year contract worth between $32 million and $36 million, according to league sources.
The offer includes a hefty signing bonus that will make it difficult for Utah to match. The Jazz will be presented with the offer Saturday and have seven days to match because Millsap is a restricted free agent.
If not Boozer Harpring Koufus pick back for Mobley +3mm
No sarcasm on this question: Is Utah desperate enough at this point to do such a thing just to sign Milsap? Do they think he would be more valuable than Koufus and a probable late lottery pick in a supposedly good 2010 draft?
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How would the Mobley contract/insurance situaton work for Utah? I'm sure that I've heard it before- just can't remember.
As far as I know--they would get 80% off of the 9.5mm and the extra 3mm takes up the additional 20% and adds an extra million to the deal. I mean unless Im wrong about how it works thats nearly 10mm$--I would take Koufus alone without the pick. I would also take Boozer--thats a 12mm + savings for Utah.
Does anyone else know otherwise about Mobley--in my world and in most peoples world 10-12mm is a LOT of money. for 10-12mm $ very reasonable compensation has to come back. Unless I am wrong about the Mobley contract.
Briggs, if we go by your belief that Boozer is going to help us win alot of games next year, then why is Utah going to trade him to us when they own our draft pick and want the lowest possible pick?
Again--in my book 10-12 mm$ is a lot of money--a LOT of money. If you were an owner would you take the 10-12mm knowing the player you want to keep just got a reasonable offer sheet that you could fairly match with the savings or would you let him walk? Boozer could walk next year as well. Your going to base your finances and players on what the Knicks might or might not do in 2010? Id take the money every day.
I think you've overestimated a number of times how desperate teams are for cash. Has a team *ever* traded a very good player in his prime for an expiring contract just to say $12 mil?
Utah would use the $$ to match the offer for Millsap- that is what Briggs is getting at, I assume.
Is there a cap issue involved, though. Doesn't all the Mobley $$ go against the cap? Insurance covers pays for much of the contract, but the total amount still goes against the team's cap.
Would Utah's cap situation be significant here?
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7/10/2009 6:42 PM
