« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2017, 04:46:05 PM »
I'm not sure why this would interest the Celtics, with Brown and Tatum playing well, Hayward coming back next year, and George hitting free agency this summer. They'd be gambling big time that George would want to stick around when Hayward gets back and then if he does there would be roster problems on the wing. The alternative is George leaves in free agency and then what was the point of the deal in the first place?
Smart's gone at the end of year the rest is all junk filler. I'd be shocked if that's all it took to get even 1/3 of season for George.
Danny wasn't going to pay IT4 what makes any of us think he's going to pay Marcus?
Because Marcus is going to cost about 1/4 of what Thomas will be asking for.
That's not accurate at all. How much do you think Smart's going to be getting? Now compare that to players like Crabbe, Shumpert, Tyler Johnson, Roberson, etc.
Those guys signed deals under a cap boom that will have adjusted itself by this summer. Those kinds of deals aren't going to exist this summer with fewer teams having less cap space than the last 2 years.
And Roberson is actually a perfect comparison for Smart. An all-NBA defender who can't shoot, he signed a 3 year $30 million dollar deal in a more hospitable cap space summer than Smart will enjoy. It's totally within reason that Smart could get a similar, $10 million per year deal. And when you figure that an Isaiah max contract would top out (after seasonal raises) at almost $40 mil a year, saying Marcus will cost 1/4 as much isn't very hyperbolic.
we already offered smart more than that
I never saw any numbers for what the C's offered Smart. Do you have a link?
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