SLCceltic wrote:What's with the Svi disrespect in this thread ??
Houser's next deal will be way too expensive for us. Svi is a very nice replacement and would very likely thrive at this stage of his career with Houser's minutes
Interesting take, Svi has been a good player in the past and looked pretty good at times here, but was never really given a chance. I think Svi is a better jack of all trades type than Hauser, but Hausers shooting is just so good that he is perfect for standing at the 3 pt line with the Jays doing their thing. Hauser will likely get paid more than he should, but I think the Cs just pony up to keep this team together if they win it all this year. Extend White, extend Hauser too. Instead of his team option next year, you could decline it an extend him, give him money earlier and make the number lower. If the C's pick up his option next year, they can pay him 2 million for 2025.
If however, they decline the option and extend him for say 4 years for $50 million, they can pay him an average of 12.5 mil per year in actual dollars, but since they had the option of paying him just $2 million for next year its really like an extension of 3 years for $16 mil per. The "new money" is 48 million and 3 years.
I think something like this will happen with Hauser. Next year will be expensive, but then he essentially takes Horford's salary slot.
... separate from all that, I can't speak for everyone, but I think Svi is mostly be written off the team because he plays the least and we need at least some turnover to bring in some upside guys like Walsh, the hope being we hit on one or two and extend our window / produce some home grown talent for the long-term. Its not that I don't like Svi, but there isnt much of a spot for him and Brisset may pick up his player option, so in the end, Svi is just a means to an ends of creating a roster spot.