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HMFFL wrote:Considering John Collins makes over $25 million this season every night should be a good night for him. Media patting a guy on the back with some nice words but at $25m per year you should be consistent and an all-star.
Jamaaliver wrote:HMFFL wrote:Considering John Collins makes over $25 million this season every night should be a good night for him. Media patting a guy on the back with some nice words but at $25m per year you should be consistent and an all-star.
It pains me to say it. But $25+ million is now role player money.
That's how inflated NBA salaries have become.
jayu70 wrote:Except for the Hawks with an owner who has an 'avoid the tax at all cost' mentality.
We are pretty much dumping Murray's contract if they are looking for an expiring contract.
Jamaaliver wrote:jayu70 wrote:Except for the Hawks with an owner who has an 'avoid the tax at all cost' mentality.
We are pretty much dumping Murray's contract if they are looking for an expiring contract.
It feels like he's willing to approach the tax...but not for a bad/mediocre team.
Every summer we spend and extend.
Then every season we stink up the joint.
Ressler is clearly a cheapskate...but considering that we can't even sniff 50 wins in a season, I don't blame him for being reluctant to go into the tax right now.
My issue with TR is constantly switching direction and not listening to the architect of the team. In business, you hire experts, you follow their advice, and then terminate them if the performance of the organization suffers. And you never mix family with business.
Jamaaliver wrote:All I've ever heard from offline conversations is that John Collins was absolutely adored around the organization.
Frow the owner, to the owner's wife to the front office, scouts, training and administrative staffs -- and most of the other players.
Just a good kid who grew into an upstanding, young man.
He's one of my all time favorite Hawks players. I would have loved to keep him here for the duration of his career.
jayu70 wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:All I've ever heard from offline conversations is that John Collins was absolutely adored around the organization.
Frow the owner, to the owner's wife to the front office, scouts, training and administrative staffs -- and most of the other players.
Just a good kid who grew into an upstanding, young man.
He's one of my all time favorite Hawks players. I would have loved to keep him here for the duration of his career.
He has always said he wanted to be here in Atlanta.
Unfortunately the cost of the contract relative to his production soured a lot of the fans. Can't blame the guy for taking what the Hawks offered. I think CC stunted his development along with the general coaching who didn't invest enough in development of still a very young team.
tbhawksfan1 wrote:He didn't take what the team offered. That was 4@90M and he turned it down and backed them into a corner.
There was also the passive aggressive "need to feed me" media complaining that he did while still here.
tbhawksfan1 wrote:jayu70 wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:All I've ever heard from offline conversations is that John Collins was absolutely adored around the organization.
Frow the owner, to the owner's wife to the front office, scouts, training and administrative staffs -- and most of the other players.
Just a good kid who grew into an upstanding, young man.
He's one of my all time favorite Hawks players. I would have loved to keep him here for the duration of his career.
He has always said he wanted to be here in Atlanta.
Unfortunately the cost of the contract relative to his production soured a lot of the fans. Can't blame the guy for taking what the Hawks offered. I think CC stunted his development along with the general coaching who didn't invest enough in development of still a very young team.
He didn't take what the team offered. That was 4@90M and he turned it down and backed them into a corner. There was also the passive aggressive "need to feed me" media complaining that he did while still here. Time is showing that JC is not even a starter level player. But ya'll keep loving
