bledsoe rejects 4 year 48 million dollar offer

[More Banners]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

He seems to have given out more Scalabrine-esque contracts lately...  Bass, Green, Bradley...

At least he's not signing washed-up old arthritic centers to similarly cap-clogging deals any more.

[BballTim]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

  Kind of like the Jazz did with Hayward, right?

[coco]

Who's advising this idiot

[BudweiserCeltic]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

  Kind of like the Jazz did with Hayward, right?

And Houston with Parsons.

Seriously, the fallacy of waiting until someone else offers a big contract to your restricted player is incredible.

[Monkhouse]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

  Kind of like the Jazz did with Hayward, right?

And Houston with Parsons.

Seriously, the fallacy of waiting until someone else offers a big contract to your restricted player is incredible.

I have no doubt in my mind this is what makes Ainge so intellectually smart and sound.

He tied Bradley up with a nice offer of 8 mil. I don't doubt Bradley would've gotten offers of 9 or even 10 million. Considering the options at SG, and how the overall market has played out.

[LooseCannon]

One rumor is that someone in the Lakers front office is pushing the team to offer a package centered around Randle in a sign-and-trade for Bledsoe.

[moiso]

One rumor is that someone in the Lakers front office is pushing the team to offer a package centered around Randle in a sign-and-trade for Bledsoe.

Yeah and supposedly the offer includes a first round pick in addition to Randle.  It doesn't make much sense to me.

[pokeKingCurtis]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

  Kind of like the Jazz did with Hayward, right?

And Houston with Parsons.

Seriously, the fallacy of waiting until someone else offers a big contract to your restricted player is incredible.

I have no doubt in my mind this is what makes Ainge so intellectually smart and sound.

He tied Bradley up with a nice offer of 8 mil. I don't doubt Bradley would've gotten offers of 9 or even 10 million. Considering the options at SG, and how the overall market has played out.

It's good foresight.

One rumor is that someone in the Lakers front office is pushing the team to offer a package centered around Randle in a sign-and-trade for Bledsoe.

Yeah and supposedly the offer includes a first round pick in addition to Randle.  It doesn't make much sense to me.

I disagree.

Do it.

Great idea Lakers.

Do it. Do it Mitch.

 

[Fafnir]

One rumor is that someone in the Lakers front office is pushing the team to offer a package centered around Randle in a sign-and-trade for Bledsoe.

Yeah and supposedly the offer includes a first round pick in addition to Randle.  It doesn't make much sense to me.

Yeah me either.

[LooseCannon]

One rumor is that someone in the Lakers front office is pushing the team to offer a package centered around Randle in a sign-and-trade for Bledsoe.

Yeah and supposedly the offer includes a first round pick in addition to Randle.  It doesn't make much sense to me.

It makes sense to me that someone out there might value Bledsoe much more than Randle.

[MBunge]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

  Kind of like the Jazz did with Hayward, right?

And Houston with Parsons.

Seriously, the fallacy of waiting until someone else offers a big contract to your restricted player is incredible.

It seems like some have been really slow to adjust to the new salary cap/luxury tax rules.  It used to be that you could always resign your mid-level stars because you had their Bird rights, even if someone offered them stupid money.  The luxury tax hit has gotten so bad, though, that spending a  few million more per year can really cripple a team.

Mike

[Fafnir]

Phoenix is low balling him because he is restricted.  Until another team offers him more there is no reason to give him a higher offer.  The Celtics should have done the same thing with Bradley.

  Kind of like the Jazz did with Hayward, right?

And Houston with Parsons.

Seriously, the fallacy of waiting until someone else offers a big contract to your restricted player is incredible.

It seems like some have been really slow to adjust to the new salary cap/luxury tax rules.  It used to be that you could always resign your mid-level stars because you had their Bird rights, even if someone offered them stupid money.  The luxury tax hit has gotten so bad, though, that spending a  few million more per year can really cripple a team.

Mike

Houston's situation is also complicated with their big contracts of Harden/Howard. Leaves with limited opportunities if they lock into a third massive contract.