lilfishi22 wrote:rsavaj wrote:TASTIC wrote:Why don't we just wait until he gets something from someone?
What's the biggest deal he could get - and who from? Seems like we're potentially overspending for no reason at all - is this so McD somehow saves face?
I think it's a combo of "we have to lock him down after cashing in our chips for him" and "let's not repeat last year's dragged-out Bledsoe situation". Might as well get one thing settled. Hopefully he'll wait for us to go after the bigger FAs and then we can re-sign him using his bird rights.
Another angle is by working out the structure and verbally agree to a deal, we can lock down how much we have to spend this offseason. Had he left him to explore other options, we may not know exactly how much we could spend on FA's until mid-July. Now that we have signed our RFA, we can focus on the FA market.
Not to mention, Knight now knows what he's 'worth' to us, so this empowers him in RFA. And that does two things, it gives him a mindset of security, and by not low-balling him AND getting this down prior, he'll more than likely feel like he's a priority to our FO--like he's a piece of the future of this team.
Yes, this could backfire, by him trying to squeeze more money out of us--maybe sign a 4 year deal worth $16M, or whatever, and force McD's hand into paying him the higher rate, but I guess time will tell.
And for those clamoring for Middleton, are we then trying to trade Warren following? Otherwise, we just spent last year's lotto pick on a career back-up. I really hope they don't sign yet ANOTHER SF in FA, unless that player can play a 'stretch 4' for us instead.
