Onus wrote:vvoland wrote:
I agree that letting it get to RFA was a mistake but, based on what slater said, it looks like that was gsw's choice.
I probably would trade JK + an frp for white but that's an impossibility so why ask?
I really don't think that small of a difference is so easily bridged. The FO seems to have a thing about winning the negotiation. They made dray and Iggy go get offers from other teams and, according to dray, didn't even match, much less exceed, what he was offered from mem(?). I think Iggy said something similar re: sac, iirc. Didn't Iggy or dray say that lacob was trying to get klay on a discount in '19 since he was injured and they thought about low-balling Steph on the most recent extension?
That 2/40 offer certainly makes sense from the team side, might even open up the NTMLE next summer but, if you're his agent, do you really need to run to sign it? Is it going away by sep 1 or even oct 1?
It’s only gsw choice if the ask is above what they’re willing. Like if jks ask was 15m gsw would’ve signed him. So it’s a 2 way street to go to rfa.
Because Ellis is essentially a lower tier white. So getting a white type player for jk should be something you’re into.
Dray and iggy were done by Myers and Myers conceded to their demands.
3M is not a bridge too far to come together when it really has no repercussion for the warriors to go up 3M.
Knowing that the warriors have the highest monetary value yes it would be in jk’s best interest to sign that deal. The warriors could always lower the offer to match what the other offers are, hell they could lower than what the other offers are and jk wouldn’t be able to negotiate for more since in order for another team to even make an offer at this point they would need to make moves to exceed their current offer which wouldn’t even guarantee that jk would be coming. Like for jk to sign with the kings he would have to accept the mle, or to sign with phx it would be even less. If those teams would want to up their offer they would have to trade off assets to even make a greater offer than the mle and then we could still match it and then they would be assed out of that asset. So yea it’s actually in jk’s best interest to take the best monetary offer that is available to him now before we lower our offer. But our front office wants to keep things amicable since they still do want jk back which is why they aren’t forcing the issue.
The emphasis I got from the news that it was the warriors asking for him to waive the NTC that's the sticking point, not the 45. They're offering him
45M over two years, he COUNTERED with
2/52 over those 2 years (and asked for a 3rd but I think he'd be happy to drop it and get to UFA earlier).
That's a $3.5M annual difference, IF they dropped the request about the NTC. When I said 2/46 gets it done, I certainly didn't mean he'd waive his NTC in a team option 2nd year.
That's probably why it's better to guarantee the entire 45M, as that removes the NTC as an option, unless expressly given by the team, i believe. I can see asking for it and playing a bit of hardball as it does give the team a bit of protection in year 2 but, in reality, you just need him tradeable anytime between now and Feb '27. a 2 year deal does that. I still think 46M is enough but sure, maybe it's 50M. As long as it allows them to sign Al, who cares, no?
The public negotiating is a terrible look, for both sides.
