BigDaddyG wrote:This didn't happen in off-season, but it's impact is being felt now. Dennis Schroeder declining LAs initial offer. The only who could possibly take enjoyment from this is Noel. Now his name won't be first one that pops up when people look up bad FA decisions.

Dennis, wow. bad move. Wonder if he has to sign for a midlevel exception or such somewhere. Denver? GSW? Portland? Dallas? Clips?

Philc1 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

Chandler wrote:cavs have the two worst IMO

1) signing J.Allen for 100 million when they picked Mobley.
2) they seem to have gotten too greedy with Sexton (thankfully as i didn't want him) so they again have an undersized backcourt with the added tension of Rubio

Pelicans get dishonrable mention as well. Zion must be scratching the days on the wall and dreaming of his exit

Pelicans got 3 firsts for Holiday and needed to use 1 for offloading Bledsoe and Adams (plus trade down from 10 to 17) and another pick to downgrade from Ball to Graham. That’s horrendous.

Countdown to Zion coming to the Knicks.

We’ll be trading Randle and picks for Zion in 2 years

Randle signing that sweetheart of a deal, actually makes me feel bad about trading him for anyone else. Before that extension though, I was a heavy advocate for trading him ASAP.

Philc1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Bulls signing Derozan. 3 years $85 mil for a 31 year old guy who relies entirely on athleticism and can’t shoot from 3? Lol

I promise you this will be an average salary for this level of player in 3yrs.

Remember the 124 mill melo re-sign for in the height of his prime (22 mill per) by the time that contract ended, it was the average salary for tier 2 players..

$28 mil per for a 33 year old slasher who comes off the bench and can’t shoot? If that’s average I want to be weird

I think they tendered that contract to prep for the loss of Lavine, either through trade or free agency. I'm no fan of DeRozan but he's a reasonable facsimile to Lavine for those 2-3 years if that turns out to be the case. Even so, that number was stupid high. Who were they even bidding against? And then to trade a valuable pick to facilitate the trade is even more dumbfounding.

NardDogNation wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Bulls signing Derozan. 3 years $85 mil for a 31 year old guy who relies entirely on athleticism and can’t shoot from 3? Lol

I promise you this will be an average salary for this level of player in 3yrs.

Remember the 124 mill melo re-sign for in the height of his prime (22 mill per) by the time that contract ended, it was the average salary for tier 2 players..

$28 mil per for a 33 year old slasher who comes off the bench and can’t shoot? If that’s average I want to be weird

I think they tendered that contract to prep for the loss of Lavine, either through trade or free agency. I'm no fan of DeRozan but he's a reasonable facsimile to Lavine for those 2-3 years if that turns out to be the case. Even so, that number was stupid high. Who were they even bidding against? And then to trade a valuable pick to facilitate the trade is even more dumbfounding.

Bulls were bidding against themselves. That’s why he picked Chicago. That was the only team that offered him big money on a long term deal