Rudy Gay- Max contract player

[EL PRESIDENTE]

per David Aldridge


i love it.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

OT: Gay to stay in Memphis (prob Max deal

@daldridgetnt: Big, and breaking: Grizzlies commit to max deal for Rudy Gay, taking him off the market. Story up soon on NBA.com

 

[Nikolokolus]

Thank god it's not my money.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Re: OT: Gay to stay in Memphis (prob Max deal

OOPS DELETE PLEASE

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Imaginary Cap Space strikes again!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

rumored 5 Years/$80 million dollars.

 

[alex42083]

NY will do it.

edit: er, if not.. then the idiot Chris Wallace would.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

will do what? Memphis and him have a reported verbal agreement. The price of every free agent just went up.

 

[alex42083]

I didn't know it was Memphis at first.. I thought you meant in the OP that he was commanding that much.

 

[Masbee]

Ho - Lee - Fuck

If Rudy Gay is a MAX player, just start the lockout now. Owners group will insist on more limited years and a hard cap to keep teams from doing this.

 

[illmatic99]

And we though 65/5 for Aldridge was bad.

LOL @ Memphis.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

WOJ: Rudy Gay has agreed to a five-year, $81.6 million deal with Memphis, including a player option on fifth, his reps at Octagon confirmed to Y!

$82 MILLION! FUCK!

 

[B-Roy]

6 years/100 Million

Dear god, some people need to save these shitty owners from themselves.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

And we though 65/5 for Aldridge was bad.

LOL @ Memphis.

What he said!

 

[Entity]

LOL. This is the David Kahn / Chris Wallace one-up war.

 

[Masbee]

rumored 5 Years/$80 million dollars.

Is that a MAX?

Is the deal $80, or is it a MAX deal? which one?

 

[Draco]

Wasn't he a RFA? What the heck is Memphis thinking.

Reminds me of us resigning Darius Miles.

 

[LittleAlex]

Wasn't he a RFA? What the heck is Memphis thinking.

Reminds me of us resigning Darius Miles.

Nothing this team has ever done has shown evidence of thought.

Why start now?

This contract is part of why the league doesn't need a new CBA, it needs to rid itself of moronic owners who overpay mediocre talents.

At least we can all rest assured that the Grizzlies won't be contending for a title anytime within the next 5 years.

 

[crowTrobot]

Is that a MAX?

approximately yes, same as roy's

 

[crowTrobot]

strange that they wouldn't wait at least a couple weeks to see what offers he gets

 

[Ed O]

will do what? Memphis and him have a reported verbal agreement. The price of every free agent just went up.

Did it? This is one fewer team with cap space, right?

Ed O.

 

[illmatic99]

So, MEM got rid of Gasol to give Gay a max deal?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

And suddenly, retroactively, we didn't overpay for Roy or LMA.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Did it? This is one fewer team with cap space, right?

Ed O.

Nope. Its going to send teams into a panic. Once Bosh, LeBron and Wade make their minds on where to sign, there will be a scramble for the guys that were denied for the leftovers.

 

[maxiep]

Re: OT: Gay to stay in Memphis (prob Max deal

:shakeshead:

And folks, that is why Memphis will be forever a bottom-tier franchise.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Nope. Its going to send teams into a panic. Once Bosh, LeBron and Wade make their minds on where to sign, there will be a scramble for the guys that were denied for the leftovers.

And because players at the Rudy Gay level are now max players, the seller's market will mean that teams will pay through the nose for B+ level free agents. All it takes IMHO is a second player at that talent level getting a max deal to make it the new going price this year.

 

[maxiep]

Ho - Lee - Fuck

Is that the next great South Korean center?

If Rudy Gay is a MAX player, just start the lockout now. Owners group will insist on more limited years and a hard cap to keep teams from doing this.

Exactly. This is "stop me before I kill again".

 

[Nikolokolus]

And because players at the Rudy Gay level are now max players, the seller's market will mean that teams will pay through the nose for B+ level free agents. All it takes IMHO is a second player at that talent level getting a max deal to make it the new going price this year.

That will be true to a point, but when the Knicks, Nets, Bulls, Clippers etc. run out of cap space there are going to be a ton of free agents left over with too few dollars left over for too many guys. I see a ton of B level guys taking the mid-level exception.

 

[BGrantFan]

It's looking like a good move locking up Aldridge last summer, eh?

 

[RoyToy]

It's looking like a good move locking up Aldridge last summer, eh?

KP doesn't know how to negotiate deals.