AirP. wrote:Onus wrote:ChuckDurn wrote:Okay, I need somebody who understands the logistics of this better than me, because I see something really weird happening. Maybe I’m having a brain cramp on how things work, but something seems either really “off” about how this is all transpiring, or there’s a massively obvious signal being sent.
The mechanics of a sign-and-trade with an RFA under team X’s control are typically “the RFA finds a deal they would agree to with team Y, and then team Y negotiates with team X on a deal such that team X doesn’t match the offer.”
But the starting point is that the RFA has chosen a team to sign a contract with.
What we’re hearing here is that multiple teams are in-play and potentially making offers to the Warriors. And if that’s the case, does it basically mean that Kuminga is happy to sign with any of them? Even if the contract offers are different?
It seems to me that this is either (a) reporters / podcasters / media committing malpractice in how they’re depicting what’s happening (granted, they might be getting fed really bad information from agents or teams); (b) an indication that Kuminga is talking with all the reported teams and the offers must seem relatively the same; or (c) signaling that Kuminga just wants to get away from the Warriors so badly that he’ll take just about any reasonable offer, even if the offers aren’t close to equivalent.
Am I missing something here?
My guess is that the warriors offered something like 20 per year. Jk’s agent is looking for more and trying to find a team willing to pay more in the 25+ range. The problem is that we can still make 25 work so we want actual compensation. Jk doesn’t care where he’s playing as long as he gets featured and gets paid. So we’re in limbo until a team satisfies both jk and our wants.
I don't think it's just about his next (2nd) contract, he has to think about his 3rd contract and the rest of his career. If he doesn't get the money and role he wants, he's going to try to make his 2nd contract as short as possible so he can move on freely to a team that will give him the role to prove his worth. At this point I think it's safe to say if Kuminga resigns with GS on a short contract, he will be playing for HIS future, not for the team's current goals of trying to win a championship.
Short as possible is a 2+1 po. I’ve always said the most likely outcome is that jk resigns on a 2+1. Unless he finds a team that is willing to pay him significantly more than what we want to which obviously hasn’t materialized.
