Both these options will be steals compared to the market. That is for sure.
Having steals on one-year deals without managing to acquire top talent is meaningless. You're better off putting yourself in the optimum position to draw two maximum players. The opportunity cost is much higher retaining Jerebko and Amir than letting them go and make due with whatever happens.
Now, if you tell me we had Amir and Jerebko signed on these contracts for few years more, then that's something valuable because we can build around that. But for a marginal improvement on the roster for one year at the risk of complicating the potential acquisition of two max players it's simply not worth it.
This is sooo true. I wish I had more TPs to give.
Sorry, I haven't got a calculator handy, but are you sure that signing JJ and Amir (although letting Zeller and Sully leave, i.e. not even extending them the QO) will not leave enough space to sign two max contracts? Pretty sure our salary sits at around 50mill after guaranteeing JJ and Amir (and not counting Sully or Zeller's QO), Yabu's cap hold doesn't matter coz he is still under contract in EU, not sure about Zizic's sitch.
P.S I really like Horford's game, but paying him 25.3 million dollars hurts, especially when that is all you can pay Durant too (when Durant deserves double that). That being said, you can give Durant a 1 year deal, and re-up him with a long term deal next year when the cap explodes. Also, sucks that Turner doesn't have Bird Rights (as far as I can tell).