Post#592 » by RexBoyWonder » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:09 pm
Key word with Oden - LEAN. i like it. in shape, less presure on knees.
The thing is - We shouldn't mind giving him MiniMLE Money if that's what it takes to land him here - and it looks like it does take that much.
We have 1 MiniMLE to give out every year. not using it this year won't help anything exept save a few bucks. It's not like there are other players out there that we need or want that we could get with the same MiniMLE. ther'e arn't any. It's Oden or bust, Oden or we dont use the MiniMLE at all.
After getting rid of Miller, we can't take the cheap rout with this. we saved alot of money on Mile, and that waws the right call. Now is the time to use half of that saving and invest it in our biggest need - a true center (Oden).
Where it gets tricky is next year. If we give Oden the MiniMLe and he breaks again, we dont want him taking up any of our Salary cap NEXT YEAR. We'll need every & to bring the big 3 and add talent under the cap.
Here's why im optimstic - we SHOULD give Oden the MiniMLE because IF he does break again, it's the end of his carrer. and in that case, under the CBA - he won't count on salary cap (I'll try to qutoe this from the CBA when i'll have some time to look it up). So..looking at it rationally - We dont really risk anything exept some money, a much smaller amont then what Miller would have cost us. in terms of hurting us on the court - Oden can either help us big time, or not help at all. but he won't hurt us - he won't keep us from getting anyone else that we want.
Time for the first father-son campionship in NBA History. Bring Oden home Pat.
Chalm Downs wrote:his nickname is boywonder ffs
