DBoys wrote:ranger001 wrote:The Cavs have options though and JR has none really.ranger001 wrote:Those two points about a TPE and Love are only related to my sentence about the Cavs having options.
Perhaps. Or, maybe their first and best option - and the one that they saw as their only real option - was that they would simply pay him what he was asking, when it got down to time to make a decision. As in ...
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Sources say J.R. Smith's new Cavs deal is fully guaranteed for $45 million over the first three seasons no matter what happens in Year 4
Remember, that was the very same route they used with Thompson last year. After a protracted wrestling match, pay him essentially what he wants.
Both Tristan Thompson and JR Smith are represented by Lebron's agent. Makes you wonder how much Lebron has to do with the signings, he's publicly called for JR to be signed this year and Tristan last year. I guess Dan Gilbert thinks a championship is worth going even more into the tax to placate his star.
