TJ McConnell

[spikeslovechild]

According to BREF he signed a 4 year min contract extension September 22, 2015. His original deal according to media reports was a one year partially guaranteed deal (june).

So that may have been the reason for the conflicting info.

[spikeslovechild]

More info from rotoworld:


T.J. McConnell - G - 76ers
T.J. McConnell officially signed a training camp deal with the 76ers on Sunday.
The Sixers also made the signings of J.P. Tokoto, Jordan McRae and Christian Wood official on Sunday, although none of these guys are guaranteed a spot on Philadelphia's opening-night roster.
Related: Jordan McRae, Christian Wood, J.P. Tokoto
Source: Hoops Rumors
Sep 27 - 4:16 PM

T.J. McConnell - G - 76ers

T.J. McConnell has yet to sign a training camp deal with the 76ers, according to Derek Bodner.
While McConnell had reportedly signed a partially-guaranteed deal back in June, it sounds as if that may not have come to fruition. We'll keep a close eye on the situation, but McConnell can be left undrafted in fantasy leagues for the foreseeable future.
Source: Derek Bodner on Twitter
Sep 8 - 11:10 AM

So it appears it is a hinkie special.

[worthlessBucks]

Intelligent little soldier you guys got there. Solid at Zona, nice to seem him get his shot. His presence alone makes your offense look infinitely more competent than last year. The big fella helps too.

[MRxBLACK]

Anyone know if TJ is on a Hinkie special? Or is it just a one-year deal?

He's on the special.

[Eyeamok]

Anyone know if TJ is on a Hinkie special? Or is it just a one-year deal?

He's on the special.

The Hinkie special could really be a very lucrative thing for a lot of guys once the salary cap goes up.

Fringe players get a lot more real time playing experience here in Philly than they would on other teams.
This exposes the players to NBA teams night in night out and they are not just sitting on the bench or dominating overseas or in the d-league. I could see a lot of these players who would have been relegated to the minor leagues of basketball, cashing in, in a few years. Their games would have rounded out a lot, they will know the ins and outs of the NBA and they would have that solid in game experience that will help them produce.

Guys on the Hinkie special that can keep injury free and keep growing will probably reap a nice financial reward in the years to come.

[HartfordWhalers]

Anyone know if TJ is on a Hinkie special? Or is it just a one-year deal?

He's on the special.

Source? I hadn't seen that yet, although it sure doesn't surprise me.

[MRxBLACK]

Anyone know if TJ is on a Hinkie special? Or is it just a one-year deal?

He's on the special.

Source? I hadn't seen that yet, although it sure doesn't surprise me.

Best salary site I know: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/philadelphia-76ers-team-salary/

[Ericb5]

McConnell has been a revelation, and he is exactly what we need right now for our big guys.

I know that not everyone agrees on the importance of true point guards verses distributors and such, but to me, this validates my opinion on the position. He is a real point guard, and it isn't about a sum of his skills, it is about his mental makeup. He knows how to play the position, and he plays hard.

His physical attributes will then determine his eventual role on a good team, but he is clearly a better point guard than someone like Canaan or Wroten.

Okafor and Noel are developing rapidly, and McConnell helps them.

[HartfordWhalers]

He's on the special.

Source? I hadn't seen that yet, although it sure doesn't surprise me.

Best salary site I know: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/philadelphia-76ers-team-salary/

Drinking my coffee and misread. Thought you were saying Pressey was on the special. Which is what I have been wondering about (they don't have it yet, and Pincus didn't tweet anything either, but its a great site and one I recommend.) This isn't even the Pressey thread so...

[dbodner]

It's not really the special. It's the standard 4 year minimum contract, with T.J. getting the league minimum for each year of experience, with a partial guarantee in the first year.

[TASTIC]

This guy has carried my AST and AST/TO for multiple fantasy leagues, love him. Perfect pass first guy to spoon-feed the big dogs down-low.

Had to make this over lunch today:

[HartfordWhalers]

It's not really the special. It's the standard 4 year minimum contract, with T.J. getting the league minimum for each year of experience, with a partial guarantee in the first year.

Disagree. It is pretty rare as you cannot use the MLE to get a contract that long.


Here is the entire list of non-Sixers 4 year (3+TO) minimum level contracts given out last summer:
Jordan Mickey (2 years gtd)
Joseph Young (2 years gtd)
Rakeem Christmas (3 years gtd)


On contrast, even the teams that had plenty of cap room and could have didn't with players like Raul Neto, Pat Connaughton and Luis Montero getting 3 year deals, Cliff Alexander and Duje Dukan getting 2 year deals etc.

[PhilasFinest]

Definitely highly surprised and impressed with the play of TJ to start the season.

He has fantastic court vision and his ability to keep his dribble alive and find an open man has been refreshing to watch early on. He doesn't force the issue and often makes smart plays. Also plays with a high motor, and pressures his man on the ball defensively.Hopefully BB and company can develop his perimeter shot to become respectable, which would go a long way in making him a career NBA player.

[dbodner]

It's not really the special. It's the standard 4 year minimum contract, with T.J. getting the league minimum for each year of experience, with a partial guarantee in the first year.

Disagree. It is pretty rare as you cannot use the MLE to get a contract that long.

I guess it's kind of semantics. I view the Hinkie special as having year[s] 1/2 guaranteed at an elevated rate, then minimum non-guaranteed years at the end, to entice guys to give up years of service, not contracts that are at the minimum every year of the contract.

[HartfordWhalers]

It's not really the special. It's the standard 4 year minimum contract, with T.J. getting the league minimum for each year of experience, with a partial guarantee in the first year.

Disagree. It is pretty rare as you cannot use the MLE to get a contract that long.

I guess it's kind of semantics. I view the Hinkie special as having year[s] 1/2 guaranteed at an elevated rate, then minimum non-guaranteed guys at the end, to entice guys to give up years of service, not contracts that are at the minimum every year of the contract.

That isn't the distinction. I included ones that fit what you describe, with all 3 players I listed as having similar deals getting more than the minimum to start. Otherwise there would be zero "Hinkie special" type deals outside of Philly.

What you see is almost all other teams are content to sign 2nd rounders and undrafted free agents for 2 years, maybe 3. Besides Philly, only Boston and Indiana locked someone up for the full 4 with cheap latter years. And there really isn't a good reason that Utah or Portland for instance shouldn't be doing that also, even if it means more guaranteed money up front.

[spikeslovechild]

It's not really the special. It's the standard 4 year minimum contract, with T.J. getting the league minimum for each year of experience, with a partial guarantee in the first year.

Disagree. It is pretty rare as you cannot use the MLE to get a contract that long.

I guess it's kind of semantics. I view the Hinkie special as having year[s] 1/2 guaranteed at an elevated rate, then minimum non-guaranteed guys at the end, to entice guys to give up years of service, not contracts that are at the minimum every year of the contract.

How much dough would he have gotten as a RFA next year? McDaniels signed a 3/10 million deal alone. It really doesn't take many of these type of players to hit on to come out ahead. What stops other teams from doing this is that most teams would rather give up these roster spots to veterans in the hopeless effort of competing with a bad roster rather then play mad scientist and go through 10-15 young players to find 2-3 gems.

My Knicks being one of those teams.

[dbodner]

Disagree. It is pretty rare as you cannot use the MLE to get a contract that long.

I guess it's kind of semantics. I view the Hinkie special as having year[s] 1/2 guaranteed at an elevated rate, then minimum non-guaranteed guys at the end, to entice guys to give up years of service, not contracts that are at the minimum every year of the contract.

That isn't the distinction. I included ones that fit what you describe, with all 3 players I listed as having similar deals getting more than the minimum to start. Otherwise there would be zero "Hinkie special" type deals outside of Philly.

I would just describe McConnell's as a partially guaranteed, 4-year minimum contract, because that's the most descriptive of what it is. I was giving my definition of a Hinkie special. Perhaps yours is different. Arguing over the semantics about a term made up on the internet by a basketball subculture seems like a little bit of a waste of time.

[HartfordWhalers]

I guess it's kind of semantics. I view the Hinkie special as having year[s] 1/2 guaranteed at an elevated rate, then minimum non-guaranteed guys at the end, to entice guys to give up years of service, not contracts that are at the minimum every year of the contract.

That isn't the distinction. I included ones that fit what you describe, with all 3 players I listed as having similar deals getting more than the minimum to start. Otherwise there would be zero "Hinkie special" type deals outside of Philly.

I would just describe McConnell's as a partially guaranteed, 4-year minimum contract, because that's the most descriptive of what it is. I was giving my definition of a Hinkie special. Perhaps yours is different. Arguing over the semantics about a term made up on the internet by a basketball subculture seems like a little bit of a waste of time.

I'm not really worried about the wording at all. I think you are missing my message.

My point was in terms of the contracts fundamentals -- a 3+1 that buys cheap future years -- there were a grand total of 3 not done by Philly last year, and at least (?) 3 by Philly that made the team. That includes first years making up to 1.17m of Mickey down to the 525k of Wood/McConnell, and up to 3 fully guaranteed years in the case of Christmas.

The year before I'm not sure anyone but Philly did a 3+1 buying the future years (I can check if needed). The point being, buying up the low cost 4th year is extremely rare still outside of Philly, and you are a lot more likely to see players signing simple 2 year deals even.

[the_process]

According to http://www.spotrac.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/yearly/cap/, McConnell is on a one year deal as is Pressey. They do have Wood and Holmes on Hinkie specials.

[roma258]

According to http://www.spotrac.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/yearly/cap/, McConnell is on a one year deal as is Pressey. They do have Wood and Holmes on Hinkie specials.

HoopsHype has him for 4. Anyway, it's kinda of a good sign we're worried about this. Kid's a player.
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/philadelphia_76ers/