Is this guy so sick of losing that he wants to take less money to play for a contender? He turned down a 5yr 47 million dollar contract with the bucks? I don't see many other teams offering him anything sunstantial. Does he still have a lot of value? He would be great for the Nets but they need to do a sign and trade for him to get him. How much are they willing to give up to get him? And i'm also shocked Bobby Simmons will get $9 mil per year! The guy is solid but I don't see how you wont regret giving that guy such a big contract.
Rahim can get 10 Mill. more with NJ. (trade exception)
I just hope he doesn't wind up with the Nets
Posted by bobs3304:
Rahim can get 10 Mill. more with NJ. (trade exception)
New Jersey only has a 5.1 million MLE and a 4.9 million exception. They cannot combine them. They could combine the exception and another contract in a trade, but I don't know if Portland would do that. I'd surprised if Rahim gets more than Simmons got in the end.
Agreed that it's a lot of money for Bobby Simmons. Milwaukee will be good, but Chad Ford's idea that they are championship contenders is insane.
Posted by gunsnewing:
I just hope he doesn't wind up with the Nets
why, b/c youre a net fan in disguise or b/c you think the Nets will be even more menacing to face?
Rahim is consistent, but I wouldn't worry about him.
Posted by crzymdups:
Posted by bobs3304:
Rahim can get 10 Mill. more with NJ. (trade exception)
New Jersey only has a 5.1 million MLE and a 4.9 million exception. They cannot combine them. They could combine the exception and another contract in a trade, but I don't know if Portland would do that. I'd surprised if Rahim gets more than Simmons got in the end.
Agreed that it's a lot of money for Bobby Simmons. Milwaukee will be good, but Chad Ford's idea that they are championship contenders is insane.
10 Mill (instead of a few Mill. less) in the last year of his contract, b/c the 5 Mill. would be parceled out. (I'm assuming)
Posted by bobs3304:
Posted by gunsnewing:
I just hope he doesn't wind up with the Nets
why, b/c youre a net fan in disguise or b/c you think the Nets will be even more menacing to face?
Rahim is consistent, but I wouldn't worry about him.
I hate Rahim but if the Nets get him and stay relatively healthy they will be a good team. They still need a bruising PF though. Kristic, Rahim & Collins doesn't cut it defensively.
With or without Rahim they're going to be better than us as we continue re-tooling. it really doesn't matter. The Nets are not winning a championship anytime soon and thats all that matters to me as a Knick fan living NJ.
Posted by crzymdups:
Agreed that it's a lot of money for Bobby Simmons. Milwaukee will be good, but Chad Ford's idea that they are championship contenders is insane.
Right now for Chad Ford to say that is crazy, but if Milwaukee gets SAR, i don't know how crazy he will be then. They have a good chance for a run for the foreseeable future, SAR is the oldest big piece at 27 or 28. They'd have like a 3-5 year window, and if they make good fa signings, and draft well, they could be a powerhouse. Of course assuming Bogut becomes the dominating player he is expected to be.
