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Rili67 wrote:Why do you think so many people are saying AD is resigning with the pels? The NBA makes it very hard for player to sign with any other team than the one you were drafted with. You would have to sign the Q.O. for one year, then hope that you don't have a bad season or a bad injury.
It's a lot safer to sign your first big deal with the team you were drafted by.
Rili67 wrote:Why do you think so many people are saying AD is resigning with the pels? The NBA makes it very hard for player to sign with any other team than the one you were drafted with. You would have to sign the Q.O. for one year, then hope that you don't have a bad season or a bad injury.
It's a lot safer to sign your first big deal with the team you were drafted by.
ADDinChicago wrote:I think a lot depends on who you listen to about it. AD's logical thing to do would be re-sign with the Pelicans, but he also holds all the cards. They have put their entire franchise on the plan of Davis wanting to be there. There have been grumblings that he doesn't think they'll be good enough to actually compete. He could force their hand quite easily if he wants out by taking the QO and then forcing a trade. He would net you a ton back. Possibly more than anyone else now in the NBA because of his position and age. "Safe" isn't always "smart". Smart to retain his rights, but Davis has been injured quite a bit and no one wouldn't take him right now because of it. If and when he does re-sign, he's most likely going to bolt the first chance he gets by exercising an option or forcing them to deal him. Especially when the cap jumps, it's going to be even harder for small market teams to compete. New Orleans is just prolonging the inevitable. And that doesn't mean he'll be a Bull, but you'd have to think they have an edge when he goes on the market because of his ties here and his love of home (if you believe his family).
waffle wrote:I think he ends up elsewhere simply because we won't pay what he thinks he is worth. Love D Rose to death but you just worry that his best days may be behind him and that he may be injury prone, or worse, for the remainder of his career.
Rili67 wrote:At the end of the day... even if rose plays ok.. something like 18/6 ... I think he STILL has to take a pay cut. His injury history, plus the fact he will have missed over half the games played on his current contract means that he has to give a little up. If he plays 18/6 ball with decent percentages, I'm ok with the bulls offering him something like 4/50mil, past that..he can walk. He's an injury risk, and his best days are behind him. I seriously don't see him re-inventing himself to be a shooter/play maker.
Benedict Miller wrote:Rose will not be a Bull. He will go play for whatever's best for him & his kid's future.
transplant wrote:Rose's next contract?
I think I'd rather take a shot at providing a can't-miss formula for perpetual global peace and contentment. I mean, how the **** does anyone know?
The past and present doesn't matter a whit. Not a **** whit! It's all speculation about how Rose comes back from his latest surgery and whether he can put together any sort of sustained level of performance that might convince a team to bet on his performance from 2017-2022. You want me to intelligently predict that?
No. Thank. You.
greenl wrote:Benedict Miller wrote:Rose will not be a Bull. He will go play for whatever's best for him & his kid's future.
Agree with the former- but his future and his kids future and his kids kids futures are taken care of- unless they are taking advice from MC Hammer on how to blow through $300mm.
NickAnderson wrote:
How old are you, just curious.
by gomeziee on 21 Jul 2013 00:53
im 20, and i did grow up watching MJ play in the 90's.
Stratmaster wrote:waffle wrote:I think he ends up elsewhere simply because we won't pay what he thinks he is worth. Love D Rose to death but you just worry that his best days may be behind him and that he may be injury prone, or worse, for the remainder of his career.
I will take that a step further. Rose's best days are definitely behind him. A guy who plays his style of basketball isn;t going to get better after 3 knee surgeries and 4 years of aging.
That doesn't mean he can't still end up being a very good player.
I will even go so far as to say I don't see him ever playing in the all-star game again unless it is purely out of name recognition. There are multiple great PG's in the East now, and the Bulls roster is so much different. Rose isn't ever going to be the only major scorer again, which is what got him the MVP nods and some of his reputation.
That doesn't mean he can't still end up being a very good player.
Rose is going to have to adjust his game a good bit to be a positive on the court. He needs to fall out of love with the 3's and be more focused about facilitating.
That doesn't mean he can't end up being a very good player. In fact, if he makes that adjustment, with the other talent and scoring the Bulls have added, he could be a very good PG on a tean that contends for a championship season after season.
I don't pay him more than 10-15 mil a season unless something really fantastic happens over the next two seasons and everything I just said above ends up being proven wrong. And he should be willing tos ign for that. He has been the most overpaid person in the world in any field of work for the past few seasons. He is from chicago. If there was ever a guy who should play for a discount for the Bulls it is Drose. I could see 3 years/45 mil. If he is relatively injury free and plays well he can then get another payday. I expect though that he will insist on 4 or 5 in order to give the discount.