emunney wrote:ShootingtheJ wrote:talbert wrote:Do we have any rights to Diakite beyond this year?
Yup, RFA. No team has ever lost a player as a RFA after a 2 way contract. I expect the Bucks to sign him to a multi year minimum contract in the offseason.
This is a very short history, though. It could happen. Particularly when the team holding the rights has a severely limited àbility to match offer sheets. Best to push it out a year.
This. If you believe in the development of a guy, such as emunney does. There's no reason to sit on it and wait for some semblance of a breakout or demonstration of productivity at the NBA level when we have as limited flexibility as we do. Diakite himself probably isn't in a position to turn down a guaranteed deal for himself as much as it sucks for him, but that's the nature of two ways. They're team friendly, not player friendly. Might as well use that to your advantage while you can. It's the type of win on the margins move I've been railing against Milwaukee for not making.