Knixkik wrote:BRIGGS wrote:Knixkik wrote:BRIGGS wrote:Knixkik wrote:anrst wrote:when the trade went down people were praying for him to opt out
Yeah its crazy to think about now. He's earning his contract. But it's also great to think about how he might resign for significantly less money because of the market.
If he plays anywhere near what he is( I'm assuming he's now healthy) if you were his agent-- it would be impossible not to ask for close to a 5 year max
He will ask because it's his job. Then the knicks will counter with something significantly less. Then what? Briggs, who offers Kanter anywhere near the max? Why is an agent asking for max even relevant? Look at what happened what Noel's agent asked for the max last year? You are really underestimating what market value means. You think because he asks for it, the Knicks will give it?
You're kidding yourself if you think if kanter plays anything like this that other teams won't offer huge$
I think you're way off on this. Kanter is putting up great numbers, but a 14 and 10 player does not get anything near max in this market. You have 4 teams with money to spend. He is a low post player who doesn't play outside or block shots and is the complete opposite as what's trending today. His value is partially because of how well he compliments KP and vice versa. He is lucky you aren't his agent, because it would be Noel all over again.
I'm with Briggs on this though it scares me to say that.
There's a few things to consider.
1 - Many teams care a lot about efficiency now and rate stats more than per game volume #s. They know he's producing an efficient 20+ points and about 14 rbs over starter's minutes and has done close to that before as a starter.
2 - We don't know what the cap will be and which teams will have cleared cap space. I'm not saying teams will clear space for Kanter. But what happens often is a team clears space and tries to get the top FAs, and if they fail, they pay whatever they have to for whoever is left.
3 - This is the Knicks. We likely will outbid the next highest team by at least 20 mil. We may also give a little more than we have to out of respect. I'd be shocked if Kanter gets less than TH. I think he gets somewhere between 75 mil and almost a max contract.