sportsrock37 wrote:cougar, you keep throwing 25-30 million number for the buyout. Where did you get that number? I haven't really read a source lately about the buyout. I believe you, so don't take it the wrong way. I'd just like to see a sourceThe largest I had ever heard was 8-10 mil from 2 years ago. I heard his contract was in the 20 millions, but the buyout obviously wouldn't be that much, because he's already played half of the contract. We would only have to pay 500,000, so if he wants to come over that badly to pay the 25-30 million I'm all for him coming. This is the same team that lowered Navarro's buyout, so if it can get close to 5 mil or under, I think we have a legit shot to get Fran over. It looks like he plays pretty good with consistent playing time and we could always use another big body in the mix. I'm all for him coming over(but I'm not getting my hopes up that he'll make an impact), just be another big body.
The last time I checked his buyout clause said he had to pay something like 16 million, the problem is that is Euro's not Dollars. Right now it takes 2 dollars to equal on Euro and it's not getting any better. Dollar is dropping like a rock against the Euro. The Magic can only pay 500 thousand towards that figure so that leaves the rest to Fran.
This information was on another forum from FL Today. Those idiots at FL Today decided that the setup for their forums needed to be changed and when they did that none of the information from the old forum made the switch and they lost about half of their members. That's why I ended up here instead.