Eddie Najera inc .

Serpo · Post #1 » by **Serpo** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:01 pm

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2 ... jera-nets/

http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/nets/arc ... .html#more

Which means Boki and Krstic are gone and the need to get rid of Hassel somehow .

Not sure i love the signing but the deal will be very moveable even though it's 4 years because it's getting smaller towards the end and he was liked everywhere he played .

Not sure how this impacts a signing like Dooling since we're quite under the cap anyway.

Preludepunk27 · Post #2 » by **Preludepunk27** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:13 pm

I'm wishing we could sign a bruiser/solid defender to teach the young guys how to be psychical in this league too.

4 years, 12 million for Najera isn't bad though. He's versatile. I'm getting the feeling though that we're gonna actually PLAY our young big men an awful lot. As long as Vince doesn't get pissed about winning 25 games this year, I'm ok with that only on the fact we have a crap load of young talent I want to see develop.

I just wonder where Krstic is gonna go. I know before Brand, Krstic was the sixers 3rd option apparently if they missed Smith too. If the Clippers miss Smith and Okafor, I could see them doing a S&T on Krstic and send us Mobley. That'd give us a consistant SG off the bench whose contract comes off the books at the right time and doesn't logjam us in a position. We'll see what happens though.

I also think we need to rid Stro/Marcus/Hassell from the roster before the season instead of holding them till the deadline.

S.I.C. GM · Post #3 » by **S.I.C. GM** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:14 pm

Now we need some details. Do we have enough for another guy? One articles sayd the a 2 for 1 trade may be on the way.

RJ 24 · Post #4 » by **RJ 24** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:16 pm

Is it still possible to land Pargo or Dooling?

Serpo · Post #5 » by **Serpo** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:20 pm

RJ 24 wrote:Is it still possible to land Pargo or Dooling?

We're under the cap so we don't have to use the MLE on a cheap signing like this . I think we still could sign somebody like that , even though we need to clear some roster spaces .

Post #6 » by **Rich Rane** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:26 pm

Serpo wrote:
RJ 24 wrote:Is it still possible to land Pargo or Dooling?

We're under the cap so we don't have to use the MLE on a cheap signing like this . I think we still could sign somebody like that , even though we need to clear some roster spaces .

With Hayes's and Najera's contract, I think we're definitely over the cap. shamsports has us listed at $58,136,077 without our two signings. I still wouldn't offer the full MLE for either Pargo or Dooling.

Preludepunk27 · Post #7 » by **Preludepunk27** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:27 pm

^^^ exactly. I thought we had some cap room actually so we probably still have the MLE to use. If not, we used a little more than half the MLE which probably puts Pargo and Dooling out of the running but I'm not entirely sure. Once we get verification, we'll know where we stand.

There HAS to be a few trades lined up for the next week or two. As of right now, we have 16 guys on the roster:

Harris/M-Will
Vince/Ager/CDR/Hassell
Hayes/Anderson/Simmons/KVH
Yi/Najera/Stro
Lopez/Boone/S-Will

If we buy out KVH that's 15 but I'm praying KVH/Hassell/M-Will/Stro/Ager are all not on our roster come game 1.

Serpo · Post #8 » by **Serpo** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:32 pm

Well the roster is def. not staying like that . There will still be some moves .

Stromile Swift will def. not be a Nets next year that wouldn't make any sense. If we can't trade him we most likely just buy him out.

Preludepunk27 · Post #9 » by **Preludepunk27** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:35 pm

Well 1 has to be gone since the league max is 15. If we stay like that then I guess Stro and Hassell or Ager are gonna be inactive a lot until injuries kick in. To me it just sounds like we're FINALLY gonna just play our young guys. But of the 5 I listed, I guarantee 3 won't be there game 1. KVH is a given, but without a shadow of a doubt, at least 2 more are out and we'll add at least 1 more guy.

deviljets7 · Post #10 » by **deviljets7** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:56 pm

I don't know how the contract is structured, but I really don't like the idea of having an 10/11 cap room locked into what will be a 34-year-old Najera.

Serpo · Post #11 » by **Serpo** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:00 pm

Yeah but you can allways move a minor contract like that . It's going to be ~2.5 Million per at that time.

Nets44 · Post #12 » by **Nets44** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:07 pm

You can look at him as 34 but he can also be an asset as far as a soon to be expiring contract goes.. personally I think every team needs a guy like that anyways.

M.Balla · Post #13 » by **M.Balla** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:16 pm

Good news for you, guys! Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s...

Ed isn't a starter but he's a fan favorite and a guy that helps winning matches. You're gonna love it.

Post #14 » by **Rich Rane** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:26 pm

deviljets7 wrote:I don't know how the contract is structured, but I really don't like the idea of having an 10/11 cap room locked into what will be a 34-year-old Najera.

It's actually until the 11/12 season and he'll be 36 by then. I'm a bit down on the deal as I'd rather have a young and developing Sean Will come off the bench before him (I'm going by Prelude's projected rotation above).

Serpo · Post #15 » by **Serpo** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:29 pm

I really don't think Najera is going to play PF .

Post #16 » by **Rich Rane** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:36 pm

Serpo wrote:I really don't think Najera is going to play PF .

Well, he's going to hinder CDR then. Without KVH, here are our SFs...

Simmons/Hayes/Anderson/CDR/Hassell

Frank has played Hassell at the 4 last year when he went small. It looks like Anderson with his shooting will be getting more time at the 3 than the 4. Personally, I still think he has no real position right now. Prelude has CDR at the 2, but without a consistent shot, I'd be against having him play at the 2. Hayes played both 2 and 3 last year with Detroit, but he's probably the most starting capable 3 we have assuming Simmons catches another injury bug. I highly doubt Najera plays the 3...that would be 6 of them, not including KVH.

6_Rings · Post #17 » by **6_Rings** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:38 pm

Najera is a hardworking, very serviceable player off the bench. nice guy to have on your side. congrats.

S.I.C. GM · Post #18 » by **S.I.C. GM** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:40 pm

Something has to give.

We have too many PF.

Prelude I think you have to add Anderson to the PFs too.

Preludepunk27 · Post #19 » by **Preludepunk27** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:41 pm

Rich Rane wrote:
deviljets7 wrote:I don't know how the contract is structured, but I really don't like the idea of having an 10/11 cap room locked into what will be a 34-year-old Najera.

It's actually until the 11/12 season and he'll be 36 by then. I'm a bit down on the deal as I'd rather have a young and developing Sean Will come off the bench before him (I'm going by Prelude's projected rotation above).

Lol I wouldn't do that if I were you. I was just listing the players by position when they popped in my head.

Post #20 » by **Rich Rane** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:44 pm

Preludepunk27 wrote:
Rich Rane wrote:
deviljets7 wrote:I don't know how the contract is structured, but I really don't like the idea of having an 10/11 cap room locked into what will be a 34-year-old Najera.

It's actually until the 11/12 season and he'll be 36 by then. I'm a bit down on the deal as I'd rather have a young and developing Sean Will come off the bench before him (I'm going by Prelude's projected rotation above).

Lol I wouldn't do that if I were you. I was just listing the players by position when they popped in my head.

Awesome, Prelude...

No, but I stand by my point. I'm not in love with the Najera signing. He's not a bad guy, but I don't think we should've gone after him.