vincecarter4pres wrote:Indiana should be ahead if they match Hibbert and add an extra piece or two.
Rumor is they aren't matching him. They just paid through the teeth for George Hill for no reason and I don't see what pieces are really there for them to add.
Yep. The way the Blazers are rumored to have structured Hibbert's contract, the Pacers will be hard pressed to add one extra piece, let alone two if they match.
If the rumor is accurate, what they've done is given him a signing bonus, so he's going to be paid a total of 17.2 mil next season. On top of that, apparently there is a stipulation in the contract in which half of that 17.2 mil must be paid before Oct 15th. Again, this is just rumor, but it does fit into how the Blazers have structured their previous two contracts that they offered to RFA. Milsap and Matthews both had large signing bonuses that needed large chunks of cash paid up front.
