Spida888 wrote:mihaic wrote:deeps6x wrote:I must have missed that FVV behind the scenes documentary. Or was it a tweet?
As far as BB goes, until he proves me wrong, I'm going to keep believing Masai played himself by deciding to opt into BB's team option.
BB better be one hell of a tank commander for us next season, considering the $23M he is getting paid (to help us tank).
I think Masai and Bobby had to pick their poison, three options were available, in order:
- 1. sign GTJ, trade him at the deadline
- 2. extend Bruce, trade him whenever
- 3. decline both, and use 20M in cap space (RENOUNCE the MLE), on a tight deadline: between the FA start, and signing Quick (after IQ signing our cap would have been gone). Risky, who could they get?
For option 1:We have seen how much GTJ got, I guess they read the situation right
Now honestly I don't even understand the implications of the Vezenkov trade to the third optio, perhaps it nixed it, or perhaps they didn't have an attainable FA target for their 20M in cap.
They went with option 2, Bruce. If it's true he was injured, perhaps they may have chosen well, we might find a BB taker in that case at the deadline (assuming BB sucked because he was injured, played on one leg in his words).
In hindsight I can see their rationale, they might have picked the right way forward.
For #3, I'm guessing the FO did their homework and checked with other teams on possible trades if they had 20M in cap space to absorb some contracts for prospects/picks. Maybe the outlook wasn't as good as expected, so they decided to pick up Brown's option instead to mitigate the risk and have trade ballast down the road.
Ultimately, the mistake may not have been picking up Brown's option this year, but not trading him last year if the rumours were true that we could have fetched a 2024 late first. Not sure what we'll get this year, likely just SRP(s) but if they are high 2025 SRPs then it may turn out to be better than a 2024 late first.
Agreed 100%, moreover in my opinion a 1st round pick in hand is better than a potential one in the future that may never materialize. Had they done it then, we would've had more room now to absorb contracts.
But alas, we have to see what if anything they are gonna get.
