bondom34 wrote:nickhx2 wrote:bondom34 wrote:Its his first payday and he'd be on a team with 2 guys clearly worse making their max.
well if that's a thing for him then that's a thing for him, and it clearly is for many athletes. but do you know for sure he'd automatically reject an offer that starts at only 2m annually under the max? or that not being the highest paid guy on the team would cause issues for him?
as i said before, if he finds value in the situation, he might find it to be worth it. and not being able to offer the max is clearly suboptimal but i don't see that as a bad pitch in itself given the rest.
I wouldn't say its definitely a thing, but in general when you're pitching someon on a job, the pitch shouldn't involve it. If he's willing great, but you don't want to ask.
I mean, that's a sensationalistic headline designed to get all 'lulz clippers' clicks, I'm sure Doc and Ballmer are not gonna sit there and their first phrase is you need to take a paycut if you wanna come here.
Obviously for many reasons, the Clippers should not be the most attractive choice for him, but with what they have to offer, it's logical that their best pitch is playing with 3 other all-NBA players whose game fits really well with him, even if he has to take a $2M paycut, rather than getting your max and playing on a considerably worse team.
If you think that's not enough to convince him, I fully agree with you, but that's the best they can do with their situation and that's absolutely the way they have to pitch it first. I don't doubt they'd let him pick if he wants one of the big 3 traded or not.
He knows all the options already anyway, it's not like he hasn't gone through the situation with his agent and it's gonna be a surprise for him.
