Dalembert didn't exactly cash in...

[Heat fan06]

Still a good deal for him...

[Nanogeek]

Dalembert is a douche and this situation is symptomatic of what is still wrong with the NBA's salary system. This guy has been way overpaid for the last several years. And instead of taking a lower salary to be on a contender he decided to get paid as much as possible even if it meant playing on a team that won't be a serious contender. You might say he's just getting however much cash he can get. But the fact is he's been paid almost $50m for the past 4 seasons to less than 30 min per game and average 8 pts, 9 reb, and less than 2 blocks.

Calling someone a douche because he made the best financial decision for himself is asinine

You managed to miss the point. Congrats.

[Nanogeek]

Dalembert is a douche and this situation is symptomatic of what is still wrong with the NBA's salary system. This guy has been way overpaid for the last several years. And instead of taking a lower salary to be on a contender he decided to get paid as much as possible even if it meant playing on a team that won't be a serious contender. You might say he's just getting however much cash he can get. But the fact is he's been paid almost $50m for the past 4 seasons to less than 30 min per game and average 8 pts, 9 reb, and less than 2 blocks.

LMBO why is taking the most money make one a douche? I think you need to take your anger out on the Rocket and 76ers ownership, its not his fault he was offered that much. LMBO really that anger needs to be directed at the right people.

Way to fail at reading comprehension. He's a douche because he got paid way more than he should have and instead of counting his blessings that he was overpaid and perhaps even opt to be underpaid now for a chance at something more than money he opted for the money. That's a douche.

[AnDrOiDKing4]

Kings fan here, you guys dodged a bullet, the guy was defensive player that cried about his lack of touches on the offensive side of the ball. Worst being, his mind is on money over basketball, he lied in over the phone interview so he personally could get a couple more million out of Houston a night before he was going to sign

As some people say, I have no problem him taking more money, but the way he went about getting it was really pathetic.

[GreenHat]

Why do you think he made a bad decision financially? because he didn't sign with us? - who cares about 2 years form now, we needed a decision THIS off season.

Pitch was made, Pitch was not accepted

No offense though.

Because I think now he will make less than 22 mill in the next 4 years...
Maybe he will be bought out by Houston for 1,5 mill next summer, and we will sign him to the MLE next year...

If he gets bought out by Houston then that's 8.5 million for one year. You don't think he will get 13.5 million over 3 years? I'm sure he will.

We won't have the full MLE next year (this was our last year to have it if we cut Miller) but even if he gets a MLE deal next year that's still more money for him.

Lastly we might not have even offered the full MLE because we don't know if Riley would have amnestied Miller.

We could've given him a one-year $5m deal, then he could've gotten a fat paycheck next season ala Tyson Chandler.

Shame really.

Doesn't work that way, you don't get Bird rights after one season. Plus if he got hurt in that one year he's screwed. Also there is no guarantee we would give him a huge paycheck even if he stayed long enough because Arison might not want to pay that much.

[GreenHat]

Odd decision to go to Houston for essentially $1M more. Could have signed 2 years with a player option in the 2nd year and thus given him the chance to contend for slightly less money, while playing on a much bigger stage. Then next year ask the team to extend him to a healthy contract, or play the FA market again for more money. Given that Miller is of no use to us while he's injured, we could use Dalembert a lot more.

Oh well, best of luck to him. I think it was an odd decision, but I'm sure it was the best decision for himself and his family. PEACE.

It's 3.5 million more in guaranteed money (8.5 vs 5) for one year. Plus we might not have offered the full MLE because Riley apparently loves Miller and we would have had to amnesty him.

I dunno. Idon't begrudge him. Now if a 4 year MLE from us is more than he will earn in the next 4 years, then it was dumb.

I think it is, I highly doubt he'll get better than that at 33 coming off this contract. Not to mention, the team has a 1.5 million option next year, so if Dalembert gets hurt they can cut him and he'll only get 1.5 AND have to be on the open market again, but coming off an injury.

But remember, we never actually offered him the MLE. To do that would've involved amnestying either Mike or Joel. Although if we knew we could have him for the MLE, then yeah, we probably would've made him our #1 target, but that didn't become apparent until it was too late.

Exactly we probably never offered it to him. We should have amnestied him anyway. Even if we couldn't get Dalembert we could have done better than Miller with the full MLE and the bi-annual

I disagree that you think it was a dumb decision. Dalembert is 30. He either is a free agent at 31 with 8.5 million in his pocket (only needing a 3 yr 13.5 million contract to match the money) or a free agent at 32 with 13.7 million in his pocket (only needing a 2 yr 8.3 million contract to match the money). Both of those contracts are easily attainable. There is a risk of getting hurt, but there is also the possibility of getting a really big deal (not chandler level but like a 4 yr 36 million deal)

[HeatGuyInChicago]

Sam valued money more than a championship. Nothing wrong with that. We need a Shane Battier like big man, a solid player taking a below market offer.