Post#4 » by MaxRider » Thu Jul 3, 2008 6:10 pm
This is just my opinion. During the 2007 draft we are short at PF (a big hole). Howard just got traded for James. Hayes is a free agent (even though we knew he's going to re-sign with us). Basically we just need PF, I remembered we all were looking forward to see Morey drafting a PF in the 1st round. Instead we got another PG in Brooks. We were all ***ching Morey for not drafting Big Baby, McRoberts, whatever that 3pts white guy name is, or whoever. Then we learned later that we got Landry in a trade (it's future 2nd and 1M cash for the 31st pick). I like it because I like Landry game. We must be pretty high on him at that time to spent 1M extra instead of just drafting him with our 1st round pick. Later we got Scola falling to us luckily (big surprise). Then Francis and Mutombo re-signed with us. All the sudden we are loaded on our roster (19 players with 17 under guaranteed contract). Mutombo even **tch about only offered with the veteran exception (later okay with it since Les made some donation to Mutombo hospital fund). That for just trying to avoid the luxury tax fine. Then we still got Landry without a contract. I think management don't want him anymore since we got Scola, but can't trade him away. So they offer him the minimum salary to save money. Typically 2nd round get 1 year guaranteed contract with team option on the 2nd year. You offer minimum salary to undrafted player, not for 31st pick, that minimum is not even guaranteed. I don't know what Morey said to Landry to make him sign that 1 year contract (bigger amount of guaranteed contract is definitely not the reason). Maybe telling him we got more money to offer him in 2008 (let's hope he wont pull the Boozer on us).
