Marc Spears - Magic Sign CJ Watson (3 Years, 15 mil)

Rick Rolled · Post #21 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:18 am

Watson won't come in the game and automatically kill us like the vets did last year....

Orlwillbeback · Post #22 » by **Orlwillbeback** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:18 am

**** yea! awesome signing, he's a good player.

ivDT · Post #23 » by **ivDT** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:18 am

now, if we could somehow get javaris crittenton out of jail and sign him to a contract we'd be all set.

MagicFan32 · Post #24 » by **MagicFan32** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:20 am

59% true shooting % last year
career 40+% from 3

shoots very well in catch and shoot

very good move....

TreasureCoast · Post #25 » by **TreasureCoast** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:20 am

Going to guess it's 2 years 4.5 million

OrlandO · Post #26 » by **OrlandO** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:21 am

Clippers and Mavs were also pursuing him.

Rick Rolled · Post #27 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:22 am

TodGre wrote:Keyon Dooling wasn't half bad as a backup.

Agreed.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b8HGIzT_lI[/youtube]

tiderulz · Post #28 » by **tiderulz** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:24 am

SHAQ32 wrote:I don't know when the last time we had a legit backup PG. Maybe Brian Shaw?

Rafer

shadrock · Post #29 » by **shadrock** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:25 am

Im guessing its an overpay. A quality vet coming to a non contender needs to be compensated well for the sacrifice. Im guessing 2/14.

shadrock · Post #30 » by **shadrock** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:26 am

OrlandO wrote:Clippers and Mavs were also pursuing him.

Precisely my point...

thelead · Post #31 » by **thelead** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:26 am

Not my money but I hope it's $6 mil per or less.

Orlwillbeback · Post #32 » by **Orlwillbeback** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:26 am

shadrock wrote:Im guessing its an overpay. A quality vet coming to a non contender needs to be compensated well for the sacrifice. Im guessing 2/14.

this is what im thinking as well although I wouldnt be surprised to see 3/22 with a player option for the 3rd year.

TreasureCoast · Post #33 » by **TreasureCoast** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:27 am

shadrock wrote:Im guessing its an overpay. A quality vet coming to a non contender needs to be compensated well for the sacrifice. Im guessing 2/14.

Wow! He made 4m over the past 2 years though.

tiderulz · Post #34 » by **tiderulz** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:29 am

shadrock wrote:Im guessing its an overpay. A quality vet coming to a non contender needs to be compensated well for the sacrifice. Im guessing 2/14.

thinking more 2/$10mil

Rick Rolled · Post #35 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:32 am

His consistency makes describing his play boring in some ways. There aren’t a lot of up’s and down’s, there is just solid, steady, C.J. Watson.

He comes in and scores 10 points, sets up his teammates and allowed the starters to rest without the lead slipping away. Indiana’s bench went from being a joke to the league’s 2nd best, and part of that reason is Watson. It wasn’t just that he was getting more time and juicing his numbers with all the injuries the Indiana Pacers faced. It was one of the more productive and efficient seasons of his career as he played extended minutes and started 21 games with George Hill sidelined for about half of the season.

http://8points9seconds.com/2015/05/23/c-j-watson-a-solid-backup-but-time-in-indiana-may-be-over/

shadrock · Post #36 » by **shadrock** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:32 am

TreasureCoast wrote:
shadrock wrote:Im guessing its an overpay. A quality vet coming to a non contender needs to be compensated well for the sacrifice. Im guessing 2/14.

Wow! He made 4m over the past 2 years though.

Yeah i know. Just a feeling i have. Will see once it happens...

TreasureCoast · Post #37 » by **TreasureCoast** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:33 am

I know the cap going up blah blah but Watson made $992k in 2012/2013 for the nets and a 2 year $4m deal with the Pacers since then and you guys want to give him $7m per year???

DiplomaticMagic · Post #38 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:34 am

I'm not the biggest CJ Watson fan but cool.

Let's re-sign Kyle O'Quinn and get the season started now.

shadrock · Post #39 » by **shadrock** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:34 am

Rick Rolled wrote:
His consistency makes describing his play boring in some ways. There aren’t a lot of up’s and down’s, there is just solid, steady, C.J. Watson.

He comes in and scores 10 points, sets up his teammates and allowed the starters to rest without the lead slipping away. Indiana’s bench went from being a joke to the league’s 2nd best, and part of that reason is Watson. It wasn’t just that he was getting more time and juicing his numbers with all the injuries the Indiana Pacers faced. It was one of the more productive and efficient seasons of his career as he played extended minutes and started 21 games with George Hill sidelined for about half of the season.

http://8points9seconds.com/2015/05/23/c-j-watson-a-solid-backup-but-time-in-indiana-may-be-over/

Sounds dreamy...

Rick Rolled · Post #40 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:35 am

The more-glaring numbers, however, come on defense, where Indiana has allowed a meager 93.8 points/100 with Watson on the floor compared to an embarrassingly 105.0/100 with Sloan and 107.8/100 with Stuckey. It should be noted that Watson’s time on the court has often come against opponent second units, which are less potent generally than starting fives, but the differential is Grand Canyon vast and significant even taking in all the nuances of when they players have been on the court.

Here is the quick-hitter context to take away from all these numbers: The Pacers have outscored opponents by 4.7 points/100 possessions while C.J. Watson has been on the court this season. And this has happened even though Indiana is 1-6 in games Watson has played while losing by an average of 10 points per game. So while there may not be much in Watson’s individual stat line that says he is the clear-cut best option, something is going right while he is on the floor.

http://8points9seconds.com/2014/12/11/indiana-pacers-starting-point-guard-watson/