Rafael122 wrote:Partially torn labrum in his hip. If he has surgery, out 4-6 months but J. Michael said he could be out for the entire year. No player would ever go for it, but I wish his contract was structured in a way where he could get a guaranteed deal for the first 2 years and have options the rest of the way. He's got 0 trade value, stretching him makes the most sense.
It was my understanding that it made sense to wait until this summer to stretch him so that his 2016 contract is less. That way, we'd only be stretching the guaranteed portion ($2.5M) of his 2016 money, so effectively, we'd be paying him $5.8M, $0.83M, $0.83M, $0.83M over the next 4 years respectively.
If we stretch him now, we'd have to spread out the remaining $8.25M he is owed over the next 5 years. That would mean paying him $1.65M over each of the next 5 years. The end result is that his cap hit in 2016 would be $1.65M instead of $0.83M.
So the question is: is our need for an extra roster spot right now worth having to account for an extra $.82M in salary next year?
I'll have to dig through the CBA to see if his injury affords us any additional flexibility. I don't think it does. There's a long history of injured players with dead weight contracts weighing down teams for years.
Another option would be to sacrifice an asset in order to trade him to some other team who would then cut him and absorb the cap hit.