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Come on now be realistic. Do you not think the Hawks or Char would not match what MEM would offer those FA's? I seriously doubt that MEM is going to overpay BIG $$$ for a FA at this juncture! And neither the Hawks nor Char are going to let their KEY players go for nothing - you need to rethink your outlook and your arguments keep failing the test of logic.
No... you are missing my point from an earlier post. I think ATL and Charlotte would probably both match a max offer for those two players, but there is some underlying reason that they didn't get deals done last summer to lock up those players early. If they both match, then the Grizz have taken two big players(teams) in the FA market out of the game. I was not trying to insinuate that the Grizz could DEFINITELY sign one of these guys, but they have to try to make a move this off-season and not wait until the '09 off-season.
The only issue with logic on here is that people seem to think that Heisley is getting rid of all the big contracts in order to sell the team. He is still asking TOP DOLLAR for the team. No one is going to step up and pay $365M for a team that has one possible future star. The future has to look bright for someone to pay above market price, which is what that price is currently. I agree with him that he is tired of losing money each year with talent that is not going to be able to compete. The only option then is to tear the team down and start over with young talent. If the team can get a young star by outbidding another owner, then Heisley has shown numerous times he is willing to spend the money.
