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hugepatsfan wrote:Give Al a no trade clause and tell him he'll have his number retired if he finishes his career here. Freak him out that if he signs with more money on another team they might have to use his salary in a trade to make the hard cap rules work for them in a midseason deal. Those are all the stops they have to pull out to convince him to stay.
hugepatsfan wrote:Give Al a no trade clause and tell him he'll have his number retired if he finishes his career here. Freak him out that if he signs with more money on another team they might have to use his salary in a trade to make the hard cap rules work for them in a midseason deal. Those are all the stops they have to pull out to convince him to stay.
cloverleaf wrote:hugepatsfan wrote:Give Al a no trade clause and tell him he'll have his number retired if he finishes his career here. Freak him out that if he signs with more money on another team they might have to use his salary in a trade to make the hard cap rules work for them in a midseason deal. Those are all the stops they have to pull out to convince him to stay.
Al shouldn't have his # retired here and the C's shouldn't try arm-twisting him about anything.
themoneyteam2 wrote:Duncan Robinson just got $16M/yr, for all these clowns wanting to get rid of Hauser who makes only $10M and is a far superior player (and just about to hit his prime). He’s a piece you want to keep when JT gets back from injury
Celts17Pride wrote:fallguy wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:Celtics have identified three players they want to retool around in Tatum, Brown and White and next year will be a bridge year. Stevens is all about finding players this year and beyond and setting up for next off-season to complete the retool. Don't know why this is so hard to understand.
You're right, but there's legitimate debate about whether you can build a title team around those guys at those salaries at those ages (not that they're old but we'll move past White peak years here in relatively short order). Especially with the CBA.
SGA, Booker are going to sign for $70+ million a year. It's a NBA problem. Celtics are actually in good shape with Tatum, Brown and White because they got ahead of it.
hugepatsfan wrote:Right now they're $331,539 above the 2nd apron and $20,260,539 above the tax. That's with 15 players signed. They only need 14.
They might not duck the tax this year but they should give themselves options to. Therefore, I expect Hauser to be moved next. It's just too risky to keep him on a 4 year deal. I hate to speak of bad things, but imagine a world where he pops his knee in November. That becomes an albatross 4 year term to move at the deadline if he's hurt like that. Too, too risky.
If they dump Hauser they're back down to the required 14 players and $10,215,896 above the luxury tax. At that point, if they do want to duck the tax midyear, it's as "simple" as dumping Niang and 2 minimum/rookie contract players and then replacing those 3 guys with pro rated minimum salaries for whoever the 2-way guys are (presumably the 2 rookies and Peterson). I hesitate to call dumping 3 players "simple" but Niang on an $8.2M deal is usually fine to move at the deadline and then the rookie/minimum deals are usually easy enough too.
I think it's important to give themselves an avenue to duck the tax without NEEDING to touch the Simons deal. That's a big number to move in this league where everyone ends up hard capped at some threshold. Hauser would have to go if they keep Simons and duck the tax, and on a 4 year deal too much risk to carry into the year.
celticgreenie wrote:It's just hard for me to envision Al leaving for the Warriors. Curry I get but Butler and Green don't seem like his kind of people to play with. Put it to you this way, do we think there's hidden footage of Al sucker punching some young player during a practice?
phincsfan wrote:celticgreenie wrote:It's just hard for me to envision Al leaving for the Warriors. Curry I get but Butler and Green don't seem like his kind of people to play with. Put it to you this way, do we think there's hidden footage of Al sucker punching some young player during a practice?
Al’s living the life. He seems like all the moving around doesn’t faze him. His family travels all over with him.
cloverleaf wrote:hugepatsfan wrote:Give Al a no trade clause and tell him he'll have his number retired if he finishes his career here. Freak him out that if he signs with more money on another team they might have to use his salary in a trade to make the hard cap rules work for them in a midseason deal. Those are all the stops they have to pull out to convince him to stay.
Al shouldn't have his # retired here and the C's shouldn't try arm-twisting him about anything.
31to6 wrote:It’s small potatoes, but one thing I don’t quite get is the love some have on this board for Drew Peterson. I mean, he might make the league, but he’s maybe 6th on our wing depth chart? JB, Sam, Baylor, Hugo, Minott, then Drew or Walsh or Max Shulga — it doesn’t seem to matter much.
I propose we use this as a wedge issue to irrevocably drive the board apart.
**** THE DREW FANS!!
jfs1000d wrote:And to get on those who don't like what Brad is doing…i just think staying above apron is dumb basketball management.
The owners wanted this stupid system, brad just living in it.
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