casey wrote:You make it sound like it's only our decision on a free agent signing.
I'm not a fan of arguments that start with "you make it sound like" but regarding the free agent signing, I think that we'd have a much greater chance of a free agent choosing us in 2009 vs MEM and OKC than in 2010 vs a lot of good teams at bigger markets. Moreover, lets imagine a max deal is on the table in 2009 from us and MEM. MIN's just finished 22nd, MEM 29th, but Boozer is a better fit in MEM. We could say "We may trade you in a few months, but you're never getting out of MEM."
casey wrote: Can you name me a time when this has happened? I would imagine it never has. Probably has never been seriously considered. It's something you would do in NBA Live 09, but is unrealistic in real life.
I'm also not a fan of the argument "Nobody will do this because it hasn't been done before." This is a country of innovation -- a country where we press the rules to the limit, particularly when millions of dollars are on the line.
As I said before, Taylor has been willing to make big financial moves in the past (KG, Sprewell, Cassell, Brandon) if he thought it would improve the team. 2010 is loaded with red flags, and the worst scenario here is that we make an offer in 2009, its rejected, and we're still in place for the same plan in 2010. We have little pressure to overpay in 2009 for any free agent, unlike 2010 when so many teams will have max money.
I don't play NBA Live, but I'm not surprised it works in a simulation because it transforms cap space into talent on a team.