shrink wrote:But what you seem to be ignoring is that we're saying the $2.7 mil is not going to matter if any of those other things occur (we trade the space away for a different vet/can't find a/don't get a FA/have the money anyway to make our offers/trade Telfair or another current player/Telfair declines the option/etc etc etc).
If he's not here (traded or opts out), it won't make a difference. If we end up in a situation where we wouldn't have cap room anyways, it won't make a difference. If we end up in a situation where we have so much cap room (like ~$20Mil) but only plan on spending it on one player, it won't make a difference. Otherwise it will. And I think the chances are pretty good that none of those things happen.
shrink wrote:I thought it was particularly hypocritical in your previous post argueing that it would be a big deal not just if it cost us a max offer, but even if we could only offer $10 mil when we could offer $12.7 (because it would be $15 mil more over the life of the contract). Sure, $10 mil is a smaller offer than $12.7, but if another team is offering a max deal, whether or not we have Telfair, and can offer either $10 or $12.7 mil, does not matter!
We can sign a better player with $12.7Mil than with $10. We can sign a better player with $14.7Mil than with $12Mil. We can sign a better player with $8.7Mil than we can with $6Mil. As long as we have cap space in 2010, Telfair's contract will be a factor on how much cap space we have.
shrink wrote:Also, if you're going to complain about the $2.7 because any amount costs more, then the same logic applies to signing our 2009 1st round pick! Should we expect complaints from you because it would cost us more money that would affect our ability to get a free agent?
The point isn't to get rid of every single contract we have. Their point of view should be to keep their options as open as possible and not give out any unnecessary contracts that could interfere. As for the draft picks, it wouldn't be a bad idea to trade one or two of them. Whether it's to move up in that draft, or for future draft picks.
shrink wrote:With all of the moves the Wolves active front office can do between now and summer of 2010, I think its completely UNrealistic to say that its "almost certain" Telfair's specific $2.7 mil third year is going to change our plans, and it comes off to me as simply trying to invent yet another thing to complain about in this forum.
I said if he's still here it's almost certain. And it is. If he's here there is $2.7Mil more on our salary than there would be if he wasn't here. Seems like such a simple concept, I'm not sure why it's so hard for you to understand.