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Jamaaliver wrote:Well, I'll be gobsmacked.

Great deal for us. Good financial security for him.

That knee doesn't seem to be improving at a satisfactory rate; that clearly played a role in his willingness to do this. I'm mostly just impressed he wasn't looking to exit this clown show ASAP.

He becomes a solid trade piece or a great value option off the bench. Either way -- solid move by Landry and KK.

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jayu70 wrote:*I was thinking declining scale might be better, but I'm rethinking it.

If it starts lower than $18 mil this year, better for us next year. Then it rises as the cap rises over the next few years. Hopefully the final year is either non-guaranteed or partial guarantee.

Zeno wrote:It is a good deal for you guys provided his health is good of course but I do wonder how you guys will address the tax situation. You guys going into the tax or will you be looking to dump salary?

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Zeno wrote:It is a good deal for you guys provided his health is good of course but I do wonder how you guys will address the tax situation. You guys going into the tax or will you be looking to dump salary?

I have to believe/want to believe that getting Coach Quin part of that discussion was the Tax. We can't/shouldn't have another situation where we are giving away talent for lesser players to arbitrarily avoid the tax.

Zeno wrote:

jayu70 wrote:

Zeno wrote:It is a good deal for you guys provided his health is good of course but I do wonder how you guys will address the tax situation. You guys going into the tax or will you be looking to dump salary?

I have to believe/want to believe that getting Coach Quin part of that discussion was the Tax. We can't/shouldn't have another situation where we are giving away talent for lesser players to arbitrarily avoid the tax.

I assume that is the case too. But I wonder given John Collins situation and some younger promising guys becoming extension eligible whether they will try to both upgrade the current talent while getting under the tax. Kind of covering up a salary dump with a win now move, that kind of thing.

jayu70 wrote:

Zeno wrote:

jayu70 wrote:I have to believe/want to believe that getting Coach Quin part of that discussion was the Tax. We can't/shouldn't have another situation where we are giving away talent for lesser players to arbitrarily avoid the tax.

I assume that is the case too. But I wonder given John Collins situation and some younger promising guys becoming extension eligible whether they will try to both upgrade the current talent while getting under the tax. Kind of covering up a salary dump with a win now move, that kind of thing.

Onyeka and Bey are the two that are early extentio n eligible to get under the tax.
Ideally you'd want to get upgrades for cheaper and real win now players. Easier said than done.

jayu70 wrote:Hot Bogi!

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On Tuesday, Serbia faced off against Lithuania in the first game of the final eight-team tournament portion of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Atlanta Hawks player Bogdan Bogdanovic shined for his native team in the quarterfinal round, helping Serbia topple Lithuania 87-68.

Bogdanovic dropped 21 points, four rebounds and three assists, two steals and no turnovers in the winning effort. Alongside Philadelphia 76er Filip Petrušev who tallied 17 points himself, ‘Bogi’ showed his efficiency and deep range by recording a blistering 9-for-13 (69%) from the field and 7-for-9 (78%) from three.

For Bogdanovic, he enters the fourth year of his Atlanta Hawks career this upcoming season with a fresh four-year extension — the final year a team option. The veteran wing is coming off a season where he started a career-low nine games, averaging 14.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest in 2022-23. While ‘Bogi’ looks to be a super substitute at this stage in his NBA career, he’s still proving he can play at the highest level of international competition with his play thus far.