Jackie Mac on Marcus Smart's RFA--"He's going for the money"

[Captain_Caveman]

Kawhi... nope. Ship sailed. AD has yet to hit the market so too early to tell. Just have to let it all play out.

AD is supermax eligible next year, a year prior to the end of his current deal.

It’s not happening.

What’s “not happening”?

AD.

The whole leverage point was his contract expiring in two years. They may have felt compelled to trade him if next summer if they thought he was leaving in 2020. Unless he is willing to walk from a supermax that they would love to give him and which he is now eligible for, Pels have control of him for the next seven years.

He may spring loose, but it is highly unlikely.

[Edug27]

AD is supermax eligible next year, a year prior to the end of his current deal.

It’s not happening.

What’s “not happening”?

AD.

The whole leverage point was his contract expiring in two years. They may have felt compelled to trade him if next summer if they thought he was leaving in 2020. Unless he is willing to walk from a supermax that they would love to give him and which he is now eligible for, Pels have control of him for the next seven years.

He may spring loose, but it is highly unlikely.

I’ve been saying it for awhile now.. If the Pels suck this year, they will look to move him before he can opt out. Not saying he’ll be a Celtic at all.. Just saying he’ll be available. He’s been talking about his frustration trying to win for awhile now.

[Edug27]

AD is supermax eligible next year, a year prior to the end of his current deal.

It’s not happening.

What’s “not happening”?

AD being traded. He'll sign the supermax and stay. He's another guy like KG. Won't leave until the next contract in his 30's.

Not if the Pelicans suck this season. No chance.

[Captain_Caveman]

What’s “not happening”?

AD.

The whole leverage point was his contract expiring in two years. They may have felt compelled to trade him if next summer if they thought he was leaving in 2020. Unless he is willing to walk from a supermax that they would love to give him and which he is now eligible for, Pels have control of him for the next seven years.

He may spring loose, but it is highly unlikely.

I’ve been saying it for awhile now.. If the Pels suck this year, they will look to move him before he can opt out. Not saying he’ll be a Celtic at all.. Just saying he’ll be available. He’s been talking about his frustration trying to win for awhile now.

I don’t see him being so frustrated next summer that he turns down a supermax.

[Edug27]

AD.

The whole leverage point was his contract expiring in two years. They may have felt compelled to trade him if next summer if they thought he was leaving in 2020. Unless he is willing to walk from a supermax that they would love to give him and which he is now eligible for, Pels have control of him for the next seven years.

He may spring loose, but it is highly unlikely.

I’ve been saying it for awhile now.. If the Pels suck this year, they will look to move him before he can opt out. Not saying he’ll be a Celtic at all.. Just saying he’ll be available. He’s been talking about his frustration trying to win for awhile now.

I don’t see him being so frustrated next summer that he turns down a supermax.

Time will tell. Too much smoke last season to not be some fire there. He’ll be moved if the Pels don’t make some decent playoffs noise. He talked about the KG situation.

[Homerclease]

AD.

The whole leverage point was his contract expiring in two years. They may have felt compelled to trade him if next summer if they thought he was leaving in 2020. Unless he is willing to walk from a supermax that they would love to give him and which he is now eligible for, Pels have control of him for the next seven years.

He may spring loose, but it is highly unlikely.

I’ve been saying it for awhile now.. If the Pels suck this year, they will look to move him before he can opt out. Not saying he’ll be a Celtic at all.. Just saying he’ll be available. He’s been talking about his frustration trying to win for awhile now.

I don’t see him being so frustrated next summer that he turns down a supermax.

A lot of star players have left money on the table over the last few years. Granted not the supermax except what looks like Kawhi but still. Guys have been jumping ship for a better chance to win or forcing themselves out of their situation in a trade

[ConstableGeneva]

Can't wait for Knicks fans to talk about how they'll trade Ntilikina and Noah for Davis then sign Kyrie, KD, and Butler in one offseason.

Kyrie-Butler-KD-Porzingis-AD w/ Burke-Lee-Hardaway-Knox-Robinson as bench.

Mecca of Basketball!!

[Big Joke Line]

I’ve been saying it for awhile now.. If the Pels suck this year, they will look to move him before he can opt out. Not saying he’ll be a Celtic at all.. Just saying he’ll be available. He’s been talking about his frustration trying to win for awhile now.

I don’t see him being so frustrated next summer that he turns down a supermax.

A lot of star players have left money on the table over the last few years. Granted not the supermax except what looks like Kawhi but still. Guys have been jumping ship for a better chance to win or forcing themselves out of their situation in a trade

I dont know why but I hope he realizes he's the centerpiece and brings talent to him rather than vice versa. Unless it's the Celts of course but I don't see it.

[Big Joke Line]

Can't wait for Knicks fans to talk about how they'll trade Ntilikina and Noah for Davis then sign Kyrie, KD, and Butler in one offseason.

Kyrie-Butler-KD-Porzingis-AD w/ Burke-Lee-Hardaway-Knox-Robinson as bench.

Mecca of Basketball!!

I feel bad for Knicks fans. I gained a lot of respect for them the historically bad season when they all still showed up. WIth "Fire Isaiah" signs. Not the celebrity row douches, the guys and girls I rode the subway with to Penn Station.

[Larry Legend 33]

AD is supermax eligible next year, a year prior to the end of his current deal.

It’s not happening.

What’s “not happening”?

AD.

The whole leverage point was his contract expiring in two years. They may have felt compelled to trade him if next summer if they thought he was leaving in 2020. Unless he is willing to walk from a supermax that they would love to give him and which he is now eligible for, Pels have control of him for the next seven years.

He may spring loose, but it is highly unlikely.

Kawhi is currently walking away from the supermax. It's not unlikely enough to definitively say "not happening."

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Can't wait for Knicks fans to talk about how they'll trade Ntilikina and Noah for Davis then sign Kyrie, KD, and Butler in one offseason.

Kyrie-Butler-KD-Porzingis-AD w/ Burke-Lee-Hardaway-Knox-Robinson as bench.

Mecca of Basketball!!

I feel bad for Knicks fans. I gained a lot of respect for them the historically bad season when they all still showed up. WIth "Fire Isaiah" signs. Not the celebrity row douches, the guys and girls I rode the subway with to Penn Station.

Kevin Knox is going to end up the best player from this draft class. He was completely under the radar. Looks like a mix of Tatum/Giannis to me. Knicks nailed the draft this year and in 2015.

[Big Joke Line]

Can't wait for Knicks fans to talk about how they'll trade Ntilikina and Noah for Davis then sign Kyrie, KD, and Butler in one offseason.

Kyrie-Butler-KD-Porzingis-AD w/ Burke-Lee-Hardaway-Knox-Robinson as bench.

Mecca of Basketball!!

I feel bad for Knicks fans. I gained a lot of respect for them the historically bad season when they all still showed up. WIth "Fire Isaiah" signs. Not the celebrity row douches, the guys and girls I rode the subway with to Penn Station.

Kevin Knox is going to end up the best player from this draft class. He was completely under the radar. Looks like a mix of Tatum/Giannis to me. Knicks nailed the draft this year and in 2015.

Zinger's already good and has a lot of room to improve. Really IMO he just needs to get super aggresive to be very good.

[SmartWentCrazy]

I look at your roster & I wonder how true that is for this year. If you're able to retain Irving next season, than you're staring at years of being a tax payer. My assumption (it could be wrong) is that you'd want to avoid the tax this year in order to delay starting the clock on the repeater tax. I don't have insight on your ownership's willingness to spend big, but any year you can avoid the tax & postpone repeater taxes is huge for most owners. What are your thoughts?

Pretty spot on analysis. I am not sure if he was referring to this year specifically, or just in general, knowing that Kyrie (to say nothing of the rookie contract guys) has to get paid.

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Supposedly the question was how the 2019 tax bill affects this year's decisions. Aing is a bit cryptic with his response. With the Nets being one of the teams that met with him. Nets boards are very split into Hell no & Hell yes camps. Some of the latter think we'd need to make some extra room to make an offer you wouldn't match. I'm more of the camp that I'd offer what we have in cap space, about $10.5mil, escalate from there, and dare the Celtics to either make other moves to duck the tax this year or let him walk.

Smart, in my opinion is a great guy to have on a value contract, but not someone worth overpaying. 3/$34mil-4/$46mil would be a fair contract in my opinion. He'd be a nice to have in Brooklyn, but not a necessity, so I'm hoping we don't overpay. I think it's more smoke than fire, as 2019 cap space is a priority for us, but you can't turn down value deals.

Celtics would match all of those, IMO.

Were 8-9M under the tax and one Yabusele dump away at that point— the deal doesnt feel painful enough for us to not match.

[Big Joke Line]

Pretty spot on analysis. I am not sure if he was referring to this year specifically, or just in general, knowing that Kyrie (to say nothing of the rookie contract guys) has to get paid.

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Supposedly the question was how the 2019 tax bill affects this year's decisions. Aing is a bit cryptic with his response. With the Nets being one of the teams that met with him. Nets boards are very split into Hell no & Hell yes camps. Some of the latter think we'd need to make some extra room to make an offer you wouldn't match. I'm more of the camp that I'd offer what we have in cap space, about $10.5mil, escalate from there, and dare the Celtics to either make other moves to duck the tax this year or let him walk.

Smart, in my opinion is a great guy to have on a value contract, but not someone worth overpaying. 3/$34mil-4/$46mil would be a fair contract in my opinion. He'd be a nice to have in Brooklyn, but not a necessity, so I'm hoping we don't overpay. I think it's more smoke than fire, as 2019 cap space is a priority for us, but you can't turn down value deals.

Celtics would match all of those, IMO.

Were 8-9M under the tax and one Yabusele dump away at that point— the deal doesnt feel painful enough for us to not match.

Don't go Crazy but I dont think they'd match either. Not Smart.

[SmartWentCrazy]

Can't wait for Knicks fans to talk about how they'll trade Ntilikina and Noah for Davis then sign Kyrie, KD, and Butler in one offseason.

Kyrie-Butler-KD-Porzingis-AD w/ Burke-Lee-Hardaway-Knox-Robinson as bench.

Mecca of Basketball!!

I feel bad for Knicks fans. I gained a lot of respect for them the historically bad season when they all still showed up. WIth "Fire Isaiah" signs. Not the celebrity row douches, the guys and girls I rode the subway with to Penn Station.

Kevin Knox is going to end up the best player from this draft class. He was completely under the radar. Looks like a mix of Tatum/Giannis to me. Knicks nailed the draft this year and in 2015.

A mix of Tatum/Giannis is a guy with GOAT potential. Think of what Giannis would do with Tatum’s jumper...

Knox is good, but lets not overreact to summer league.

[thelarrybirdx]

Can't wait for Knicks fans to talk about how they'll trade Ntilikina and Noah for Davis then sign Kyrie, KD, and Butler in one offseason.

Kyrie-Butler-KD-Porzingis-AD w/ Burke-Lee-Hardaway-Knox-Robinson as bench.

Mecca of Basketball!!

I feel bad for Knicks fans. I gained a lot of respect for them the historically bad season when they all still showed up. WIth "Fire Isaiah" signs. Not the celebrity row douches, the guys and girls I rode the subway with to Penn Station.

Kevin Knox is going to end up the best player from this draft class. He was completely under the radar. Looks like a mix of Tatum/Giannis to me. Knicks nailed the draft this year and in 2015.

Yikes that’s a pretty bold statement


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I like this, basically daring teams to sign Smart and/or Bird to offer sheets, we're going to match anything you throw at us.

[Big Joke Line]

I feel bad for Knicks fans. I gained a lot of respect for them the historically bad season when they all still showed up. WIth "Fire Isaiah" signs. Not the celebrity row douches, the guys and girls I rode the subway with to Penn Station.

Kevin Knox is going to end up the best player from this draft class. He was completely under the radar. Looks like a mix of Tatum/Giannis to me. Knicks nailed the draft this year and in 2015.

A mix of Tatum/Giannis is a guy with GOAT potential. Think of what Giannis would do with Tatum’s jumper...

Knox is good, but lets not overreact to summer league.

I think what Crazy is trying to say is slow your Roll RIck.

[djFan71]

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Loved that when I heard him say it. He said it with the proper disdain as well. Like, why are you even asking me this?

[ConstableGeneva]

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Loved that when I heard him say it. He said it with the proper disdain as well. Like, why are you even asking me this?

Then he suddenly realized how arrogant his statement was so he mentioned a couple of teams to say East will be tough. But by then, we already knew what he was thinking -- we're a cut above the rest of the East and our eye is on beating the Warriors.