smackeddog wrote:Personally I'd rather we didn't spend anything this offseason, however there are several obtainable restricted free agents this offseason. Due to cap/luxury tax considerations, these guys should be available if you do a Tim Jr and over pay. Anyone interested in any of these?:Aaron Gordon (Would mean moving KP over to C)
Clint Capella (I think he's probably just a product of D'Antoni's system to be honest, along with playing with CP3 and co)
Jabari Parker
Marcus Smart
Gordon and Parker will get matched. Even if it forces a big cap hit/cash hit on the respective team, they'll still match.
Parker ( and Embiid) make some interesting test cases on the argument about "Contract Tolling" i.e. should a player receive service time for being injured all season long. What about if he's injured during the draft phase. Some execs around the league believe injured players should only get half a year of service time if they are injured all season long. Others argue there should be two different tracks for service time, one for the purposes of garnering future benefits/pension. The other for free agency. ( i.e. the 76ers benefited from Dario Saric being overseas, they didn't take a cap / cash hit of any kind, Saric could develop elsewhere and his contract status tolled as an international player, however the argument is since the franchise, and by extension, the league benefits, should Saric receive service time for being stashed. The difference would be when his career would be over, if he was a 10 year NBA veteran versus an 8 year one)
Capella is going to be some push/pull. How he does in the playoffs, how the big man market collapses in the offseason and what Chris Paul does (leaves or not) are going to be major factors. My guess is Morey will let him walk.
Smart is someone Boston just won't keep. Maybe they can get one more year out of him with his tender. He can't shoot. That's going to hurt his market a decent chunk. Then again he can defend the wing. That will balance that out a little.
I don't think Smart and/or Capella would be good fits for the resource push for the Knicks.