Wildcat wrote:JayTWill wrote:Wildcat wrote:
Good swing and miss, mate.
Facts are simple. 4 years guarantee contract @ 64 million is better than 2 years @ 58 million. Being out for 2 months right off the bat makes it even more obvious the guarantee years are better. OKC ain't picking up his 3rd year unless he's trade fodder. Him saying he was willing to take a discount to stay in LA, then not accept the Knicks maximum offer, was a bull move. I promise you, if he wanted to be in NY, he'd stay in NY.
4/64 or 4/72 from the Knicks? I hope you really wouldn't settle for the extra $6M for an extra 2 years of your service.
iHart received a 2 year/$16M contract from the Knicks after being a relatively unknown backup that bounced around the league. Two years later he received a 2 year deal for $58.5M with a 3rd year team option to take it up to $87M. You think that if in two years the Thunder don't pick up the 3rd year option he should be concerned with possibly not being able to make up the $13.5M difference in the 4 year Knicks deal and the 2 year Thunders' deal in what should be the prime of his career with a higher cap?
What do you think the probability is that he ends up losing money for not taking that deal? Near worst case scenario he would receive nearly $8M total for 2 years as a minimum salary player with 8 years of service at that time. On the flip side he could have his 3rd year option picked where he would have already made $15M more in 3 years than he would made on 4 years with the Knicks with the opportunity to get another big deal before even reaching the age of 30.
I can see different reasons for him to leave but I don't see any reason for him to stay financially.
Yep, that's on me: 4/72 mil. No one is going to convince me that 2/58 where your role isn't clearly defined is better than 4/72 because he was pitched really well. You also don't pay that kind of money for a super-reserve if there wasn't an idea to move him for a bigger target because coincidentally there's quite a few exceptional FA's that year.
If he wanted to stay, and he was legit about all this comradery bravo, you take that money and stay.
How did the comradery work out for Donte? You want iHart to take $13-14M less per year to stay loyal to a roster that only has 3 players that have played more than 2 seasons here? McBride and Sims may have only survived this long because they have been on dirt cheap deals and if Mitch could stay healthy for a moment he may have been shipped out this off-season also.
For all we know iHart accepts the Knicks deal and Rose still trades for KAT either involving iHart in the deal or possibly putting him in the same exact position he is in OKC with Chet or he possibly just becomes the next trade chip in the new revolving door of Knicks players. I'm sure iHart would feel like an idiot if he was sitting on another teams bench after being traded with much less money in his pockets.
It feels like just yesterday you were telling us Randle wasn't going anywhere as he was having ribbon cutting ceremonies, kissing babies and handing out turkeys while surrounded by Thibs and Knicks legends. He is now sitting in Minnesota but you want iHart to stay for the comradery. Do you feel like if iHart stayed Randle would still be here or something?
RIP mags
