EwingsGlass wrote:Cosmic wrote:FishLips value is a sack of leaves. If those leaves happen to expire in 2010 then we're lucky. That's it.
TMS, don't stop doing what you do. Some people are so giddy about our recent winning ways that they now want to extend FishLips. Talk about delusions of grandeur.
Whoa... how about reading the post. The concept is not that we want to extend JJ, its that it may be economical to do so, assuming he opts out of the existing contract and signs a longer deal at less money per year.
On the other hand JJ is performing well and has become a defensive asset. The only question mark on him right now is the 2010 $$$ he will command. Check the stats, read the posts, then summarize what people are saying.
I've checked the stats, watched the games, read the posts, and it amazes me how quickly a few wins can turn people into fans of garbage players.
That argument aside....I don't recall players opting out of guaranteed money only to receive that money stretched over a period of years. Besides, as with any contract, the moment the player opts out the team can turn around and say "THANKS AND NOW GET LOST" because it is not a binding statement to tell a player "Hey look, opt out, and we'll pay you even more money but over more years so we can have cap flexibility." It's not binding and you can't legally make it a binding statement. So players don't do this.
The reverse was Boozer telling CLE to let him out of his contract and he'd re-sign with them for 35M (or what it was, something like that) and the moment CLE let him out of his contract he was a free man no matter what was discussed and he went and got 60M from Utah. It's the same thing here but in reverse.
So...I never see that happening.
But, yes, I have read the posts, on this forum and others, and suddenly because we've won some games against meager competition, an absolutely worthless garbage player is suddenly being hailed as a building block for the future.
I don't understand it.
1/9/2010 12:22 AM
