Looks like the Rubio situation just went nasty

[handiman]

The leverage the player has is that if the team refuses to make a deal on the buyout, he can stay and just dog it all year, fake injuries, be a cancer in the locker room and say bad things about the team to the press...

Again, that example is more along the lines of the NBA buyout scenarios, where a team wants out from a bad contract. In the Euro (i.e. Rubio) scenario, if the player takes that approach, the team could simply cut him and have very little financial stake. Sure, they lose what they could have gotten in the buyout, but the gamble will pay off in their favor more often than not, given that few players want to make themselves look that bad on the court.

 

[Da_O]

This thread seems like someones gleaming beam of hope that we will land Rubio somehow. It's just not in the cards fellas.

 

[barfo]

Again, that example is more along the lines of the NBA buyout scenarios, where a team wants out from a bad contract.

You really aren't making much sense.

In the Euro (i.e. Rubio) scenario, if the player takes that approach, the team could simply cut him and have very little financial stake.

Isn't that exactly what the player wants? Being cut releases him from the buyout provision and frees him to go to the NBA without having to pay to do so.

Sure, they lose what they could have gotten in the buyout, but the gamble will pay off in their favor more often than not, given that few players want to make themselves look that bad on the court.

Sure, they lose millions of dollars, and the player gains millions of dollars, but the player isn't going to do it because it'll make him look bad.

barfo

 

[porkchopexpress]

Again, that example is more along the lines of the NBA buyout scenarios, where a team wants out from a bad contract. In the Euro (i.e. Rubio) scenario, if the player takes that approach, the team could simply cut him and have very little financial stake. Sure, they lose what they could have gotten in the buyout, but the gamble will pay off in their favor more often than not, given that few players want to make themselves look that bad on the court.

If they cut him, he'd just sign with whatever NBA team picked him with zero buyout. Again, why would his club do this?

 

[handiman]

This thread seems like someones gleaming beam of hope that we will land Rubio somehow. It's just not in the cards fellas.

Exactly.

If they cut him, he'd just sign with whatever NBA team picked him with zero buyout. Again, why would his club do this?

Not because they would want to, but because they have that financial recourse that NBA teams do not. It would be like having an expiring contract to cash in any time you want. That's a rare commodity in today's NBA.

 

[LittleAlex]

I think it is sad that I won't get to see him play in the NBA for another couple of years due to some bullshit, though apparently legal, tactics used by his former team. I have no idea if he would turn out good or not, but I was kind of looking forward to finding out.

 

[barfo]

Exactly.


Not because they would want to, but because they have that financial recourse that NBA teams do not. It would be like having an expiring contract to cash in any time you want. That's a rare commodity in today's NBA.

His team is not in the NBA, and his contract is relatively tiny. Especially as compared to the buyout. It would not be rational for them to consider cutting him and thus losing both the buyout and their best player.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

You signed a contract, now fullfill the contract. I would be pissed if I were tham as well. Here's the buyout, pay it.

Exactly.

Nothing to see here, move along.

Not that it has any bearing on our team, who has no interest at all in acquiring him, or our coach, who would never play him.

 

[oldmangrouch]

People who think CHILDREN have a god-given right to drop out of school and play sports should be required to study this case in depth. Rubio is caught up in an outrageous contract that his parents signed for him. A $5 million buy-out on a $70K contract? Thanks mom and dad...why not just call it "indentured servitude" and be done with it?

It really sounds like one of those Hollywood "stage parent" situations. You have to wonder if Rubio actually saw any of the money himself.