even if its the maximum$. it sounds like they will not offer him the max, but are willing to let the market dictate his salary. having discussions about many players on their team but #1+2 priorities are resigning martin and bringing in kristic.

Maybe they will match a max offer or maybe they're just bluffing. Who knows..

if they sign martin to the max, tney'll be in big big troubles to keep jefferson next yr.

otherwise they'll have to blow the team up, and they'll go nowhere with those 2 guys signed to the max.

MArtin is good, but not that good. sure he's got a very good D, yet without kidd he has no offense.

If i'm atlanta, I overpay to have this guy to get a first step and lure other good players.

if the choice if martin or rj, you have to go with martin b/c players at his position are tough to find. is he a max player, no way, but if a choice has to be made, i think kidd can find another swingman to take under his wing.

jefferson as steadily improved and showed he could play without kidd and martin.

I'm sure a top 3 pick doesn't gurantee you to get the same things he already brings on the court.

The sad thing about the NBA is that every player who has a few good years feel they are max players, it is becomming impossible to keep teams together because you have jackass clowns like jefferson and martin who feel they are max players, I say let them test the market and if they get max money that is some other teams problems because I tell you those guys are not franchise players, they just aren't.. To be a good team you need 2 max talent players and the rest need to be good players period. I am wondering do the pistons even have 1 max player? Anyway you can't have 4 guys making max money, it leaves you exposed in other areas, in a couple of years we will be rid of 2 max deals, penny's and TT's leaving us with Houston and Steph, soon we will just have steph and hopefully we can add another big piece to that, but if the nets give in and give kenyon the max, they will have to not resing Jefferson or send that team into cap hell with 3 max players and only one of them a "true" max player and that is kidd..

Good point, and Parker could run the Nets ALMOST as efficiently as Kidd.