O.J. Mayo will decline his player option and test free agency

[crownontherocks]

O.J. Mayo will decline his player option and test free agency in the offseason.
Mayo said he's hopeful to sign a long-term deal in Dallas, but that's not certain. Mayo will be giving up a little over $4M to test free agency, but he should have no trouble commanding a multi-year deal at a higher annual average rate than that. It wouldn't surprise us to see the Phoenix Suns show legitimate interest.

 Earl K. Sneed

[Fafnir]

No surprise, it was a Posey type deal that was setup to give him some security as he rolled his FA status to the next year.

[Lucky17]

Mayo said he's hopeful to sign a long-term deal in Dallas, but that's not certain.

Especially given how Rick Carlisle laid into him this past week.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4695718/rick-carlisle-rips-o-j-mayo

[Who]

Proved once again that he is ill-suited to be a starting two guard in the NBA.

Bench scorer.

[Fafnir]

Proved once again that he is ill-suited to be a starting two guard in the NBA.

Bench scorer.

Yeah, basically showed the same level of play that got him benched in Memphis. People got way to excited for him when he was on his hot streaky hitting 3s early in the year.

[Lucky17]

Proved once again that he is ill-suited to be a starting two guard in the NBA.

Bench scorer.

Yeah, basically showed the same level of play that got him benched in Memphis. People got way to excited for him when he was on his hot streaky hitting 3s early in the year.

You know some GM who's hard up for some kind of FA signing is going to overlook all that and still offer him a starting gig next year.

Phoenix? Minnesota? Charlotte?

[Fafnir]

Proved once again that he is ill-suited to be a starting two guard in the NBA.

Bench scorer.

Yeah, basically showed the same level of play that got him benched in Memphis. People got way to excited for him when he was on his hot streaky hitting 3s early in the year.

You know some GM who's hard up for some kind of FA signing is going to overlook all that and still offer him a starting gig next year.

Phoenix? Minnesota? Charlotte?

Probably, though will it be for "enough" money for Mayo? He got long term offers, but wasn't happy with the dollar amounts he was getting.

[CelticConcourse]

Could be a SMOTY soon. He's really good

[bobbyv]

Proved once again that he is ill-suited to be a starting two guard in the NBA.

Bench scorer.

Yeah, basically showed the same level of play that got him benched in Memphis. People got way to excited for him when he was on his hot streaky hitting 3s early in the year.

You know some GM who's hard up for some kind of FA signing is going to overlook all that and still offer him a starting gig next year.

Phoenix? Minnesota? Charlotte?

Probably, though will it be for "enough" money for Mayo? He got long term offers, but wasn't happy with the dollar amounts he was getting.

I know some people on the bulls blog would like him

[CelticConcourse]

Proved once again that he is ill-suited to be a starting two guard in the NBA.

Bench scorer.

Yeah, basically showed the same level of play that got him benched in Memphis. People got way to excited for him when he was on his hot streaky hitting 3s early in the year.

You know some GM who's hard up for some kind of FA signing is going to overlook all that and still offer him a starting gig next year.

Phoenix? Minnesota? Charlotte?

Probably, though will it be for "enough" money for Mayo? He got long term offers, but wasn't happy with the dollar amounts he was getting.

I know some people on the bulls blog would like him

We wanted him last year, too. OJ>Ray, remember?

[krook]

should we sign him at free agency?

[LooseCannon]

If he can get a contract more than the MLE, then the Celtics can't afford him.  If he's not willing to come off the bench and insists on starting, he wouldn't fit on the team.

[CelticConcourse]

He's gonna get a good contract.

[Who]

Chicago seems a good fit for him.

G - Derrick Rose
G - OJ Mayo
F - Luol Deng, Jimmy Butler
F - Carlos Boozer, Taj Gibson
C - Joakim Noah

[CelticConcourse]

Chicago seems a good fit for him.

G - Derrick Rose
G - OJ Mayo
F - Luol Deng, Jimmy Butler
F - Carlos Boozer, Taj Gibson
C - Joakim Noah

Yeah, lots of people saying Chicago is a good fit