Mayo signs with Bucks - 3 years/$24 million per Woj

[paulpressey25]

Ok here are the cap ramifications assuming an $8mm flat salary:

Bucks at $32 million now plus Mayo's $8mm makes $40 million. Add in Jennings cap hold and we are at $48 million. Gives us $10mm to play with still.

MORE money available if we amnesty Gooden and his $6.7mm and if we renounce Jennings. That puts us back down at $34 million so $24 million more to spend.

Suggestions:
Jeff Teague offer sheet of 4/$44
Devin Harris offer of 3/$16
Paul Milsap offer of 4/$48

You'd risk it with the sequencing on renouncing Jennings. But I'd be into this team if they pulled that off.

[trwi7]

Much better than anticipated. However, it's still a bad signing. Why's the vibe so positive?

I don't get it either. Bottom line is the Bucks will be paying $8 million a year to a player who hasn't been good. I'm willing to give it time and see if he can turn into a good one under Drew, but I'm not terribly optimistic.

In terms of what free agents were out there and what we could pay them, it's certainly surprising that they didn't massively overpay him.

[giraldo5]

Much better than anticipated. However, it's still a bad signing. Why's the vibe so positive?

I don't get it either. Bottom line is the Bucks will be paying $8 million a year to a player who hasn't been good. I'm willing to give it time and see if he can turn into a good one under Drew, but I'm not terribly optimistic.

Yep exactly.

[theFireBlanket]

edit

haha i seen this before the edit, to bad Gardner had it posted 6 minutes earlier

The twitter feed read 22 mins gardner, 28 mins woj(?). Eh. He does it other times, and it's painstakingly obvious.

[Baddy Chuck]

Much better than anticipated. However, it's still a bad signing. Why's the vibe so positive?

I don't get it either. Bottom line is the Bucks will be paying $8 million a year to a player who hasn't been good. I'm willing to give it time and see if he can turn into a good one under Drew, but I'm not terribly optimistic.

It's relative to the Bucks usual. He's 25, not 30 and its 3/$24, not 4/$40+.

[AussieBuck]

I like him.

I look at him as a slightly better version of Ellis. In just about every dept. Including a little bit more size, a little younger and a little more upside.

Granted not the brightest guy from a BBIQ standpoint, but we are the Bucks none the less. We aren't getting a non flawed player. Most certainly not via FA.

Has to go down as our best FA signing. How sad is that?

He's nowhere near the slasher/passer that Ellis is. He's not near as good a signing as Ersan.

Ersan was ours, not the same.

And yes, Ellis from a PG perspective was a better passer. But so what? Lets nit pick. Generally similar players none the less and for 8M not 11 plus or whatever.

Ersan was a UFA though. They really aren't similar. Mayo should be compared to white dudes who like to shoot not dynamic quick guards if anything.

[Bulldog424]

Much better than anticipated. However, it's still a bad signing. Why's the vibe so positive?

It's less than what we usually spend on below average wings.

Would have preferred Joe Ingles, though they can still sign him.

Still hoping for Ingles, he'd be a great guy to bring off the bench.

[AussieBuck]

Yeah get Ingles and I'll sit through the mediocre a little less grumpy.

[H2tObes]

I think its pretty obvious why people are ok with this signing, its very out of the norm for us to sign a 25 year old to a decent contract.

[Chapter29]

He's nowhere near the slasher/passer that Ellis is. He's not near as good a signing as Ersan.

Ersan was ours, not the same.

And yes, Ellis from a PG perspective was a better passer. But so what? Lets nit pick. Generally similar players none the less and for 8M not 11 plus or whatever.

Ersan was a UFA though. They really aren't similar. Mayo should be compared to white dudes who like to shoot not dynamic quick guards if anything.

Yup.

[paulpressey25]

In terms of what free agents were out there and what we could pay them, it's certainly surprising that they didn't massively overpay him.

Yeah, this isn't bad. This won't kill the team forever (versus Gadz and 6/$36, Magette 3/$31 or Simmons 5/$47 or even Gooden 5/$32.

Three years goes fast and this signing doesn't prevent the Bucks from doing other things like say Redd or RJ's contract did.

[europa]

Three years goes fast and this signing doesn't prevent the Bucks from doing other things like say Redd or RJ's contract did.

RJ's contract didn't prove to be an issue. Hammond had the opportunity to trade it at the first deadline and subsequently unloaded it for very good value the following offseason.

[TroyD92]

Bucks signed someone to a reasonable deal? Not sure how to react to this...

He's still terrible though.

[marques-8]

I don't understand how anyone could like this deal UNLESS you are hoping Mayo returns back to USC ways.

Dunleavy signed for 2 yrs/6 mil and had better or comparable stats in every category even though Dunleavy played 13 minutes less per game than Mayo and was on a team where Ellis/Jennings and even Redick refused to give him the ball at times.

I don't mind that it should help us still tank and the contract is movable at any time.

Dunleavy signed with the Bulls to have a better chance of winning and an organization that actually has a plan. He was very frustrated with this team and organization. He has made over $65million in his career, he is a smart guy and am guessing has managed his money well.

[Chuck Diesel]

Like Ingles & how hard he plays. Unselfish, makes good passes and puts his body on the line. That said I don't believe he's a rotation player in the NBA. Not a consistent shooter, doesn't make the defense work and too slow for to guard most wings in the league.

[hege53190]

I love the vibe on the board.

Hey we just shot ourselves in the foot but at least it wasn't the head.

This team still doesn't have a direction. Still is going to be .500. And we just picked up a bad player that is going to push us more towards that hell.

But at least we didn't give him that extra year or that extra million per year.

I guess as Bucks fans we have to take victories where we can. I am tired of this team. Can they just move to Seattle already?

[paulpressey25]

Three years goes fast and this signing doesn't prevent the Bucks from doing other things like say Redd or RJ's contract did.

RJ's contract didn't prove to be an issue. Hammond had the opportunity to trade it at the first deadline and subsequently unloaded it for very good value the following offseason.

Oh ****. That entire organization spent Jan through June panaced about what to do with Sessions, Ersan and not even cap space for draft picks under the lux tax at all. RJ's contract **** the payroll for a year.

[JayMKE]

I think people aren't freaking out because Mayo at 3/24 is like half as much as I thought we might spend on him

[Chapter29]

I don't hate the deal, but Mayo is 15-18 ppg. Nothing more. I'm happy in the sense that we didn't offer him all of Kohl's net worth, but he isn't a very good player.

This is true.

He is an ok SG with potentially a little upside.

Right about now we need talent. Our only hope at being anything good really relies on the growth and success of our youth.

[H2tObes]

Mayo really isn't too bad, far better player than Ellis from I've seen from him. He should fit really well into Drew's system, with an off chance to excel.