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Author:  badrogue17 [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:41 am ]
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Free agent time
Author:  312player [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:53 am ]
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Stunned, he must just hate Green. He should have opted in for 31 million and not played all year..then hit FA
Author:  badrogue17 [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:55 am ]
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Wherever he signs he will rehab for free for a year . I’m guessing he has a back channel max deal in place already .
Author:  Douchebag [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:59 am ]
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312player wrote:
Stunned, he must just hate Green. He should have opted in for 31 million and not played all year..then hit FA

He will still get a max deal and make more money by opting out and sitting next year.
Author:  Hussra [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:00 pm ]
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Good news for Golden State. Now they can use his cap space to shore up their roster until Klay returns, which should be in time for the 2020 playoffs. No point in having KD's dead cap space on their books (or 50% of it, for long term injury) during one of Curry/Green's prime years.
Author:  long time guy [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:15 pm ]
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Hussra wrote:
Good news for Golden State. Now they can use his cap space to shore up their roster until Klay returns, which should be in time for the 2020 playoffs. No point in having KD's dead cap space on their books (or 50% of it, for long term injury) during one of Curry/Green's prime years.



They are going to struggle to make the playoffs this season
Author:  312player [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:16 pm ]
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Hussra wrote:
Good news for Golden State. Now they can use his cap space to shore up their roster until Klay returns, which should be in time for the 2020 playoffs. No point in having KD's dead cap space on their books (or 50% of it, for long term injury) during one of Curry/Green's prime years.



Sounds like horrible news for GS, they just lost their best player.
Author:  long time guy [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:23 pm ]
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312player wrote:
Hussra wrote:
Good news for Golden State. Now they can use his cap space to shore up their roster until Klay returns, which should be in time for the 2020 playoffs. No point in having KD's dead cap space on their books (or 50% of it, for long term injury) during one of Curry/Green's prime years.



Sounds like horrible news for GS, they just lost their best player.


Yep.
Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:31 pm ]
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Assuming he is out all next year, how does this benefit him? If he exercises the option he gets paid and does nothing (except rehab, which he needs to do regardless wherever he goes). And then after next year he can sign a max deal.

Are people saying another team will sign him NOW to a max deal, which includes next year's lost season? Even if that were the case, it seems like he'd still be shorting himself on the back end.
Author:  Douchebag [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:34 pm ]
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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Are people saying another team will sign him NOW to a max deal, which includes next year's lost season? Even if that were the case, it seems like he'd still be shorting himself on the back end.

Yes, someone will give him a max deal this off-season. Any team in the league with enough cap space would do it.
Author:  312player [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:35 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Are people saying another team will sign him NOW to a max deal, which includes next year's lost season? Even if that were the case, it seems like he'd still be shorting himself on the back end.

Yes, someone will give him a max deal this off-season. Any team in the league with enough cap space would do it.



You're probably right, I wouldn't take that risk. Cousins isn't half the player he was before the Achilles tear and it's been 2 years.
Author:  Big Chicagoan [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:37 pm ]
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312player wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Are people saying another team will sign him NOW to a max deal, which includes next year's lost season? Even if that were the case, it seems like he'd still be shorting himself on the back end.

Yes, someone will give him a max deal this off-season. Any team in the league with enough cap space would do it.



You're probably right, I wouldn't take that risk. Cousins isn't half the player he was before the Achilles tear and it's been 2 years.



Cousins wasn't asked to be the player he was before yet.
Author:  Nardi [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:38 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Are people saying another team will sign him NOW to a max deal, which includes next year's lost season? Even if that were the case, it seems like he'd still be shorting himself on the back end.

Yes, someone will give him a max deal this off-season. Any team in the league with enough cap space would do it.

It is still less than what GS can pay him after the option year of $31 million. Durant is walking away from MORE money, not less.
Author:  Douchebag [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:39 pm ]
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Big Chicagoan wrote:
312player wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Are people saying another team will sign him NOW to a max deal, which includes next year's lost season? Even if that were the case, it seems like he'd still be shorting himself on the back end.

Yes, someone will give him a max deal this off-season. Any team in the league with enough cap space would do it.



You're probably right, I wouldn't take that risk. Cousins isn't half the player he was before the Achilles tear and it's been 2 years.



Cousins wasn't asked to be the player he was before yet.

And Cousins is a head case, so I don't think any team was willing to risk giving him a max deal coming off the achilles injury.
Author:  long time guy [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:41 pm ]
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He might not be walking away at all. Probably will sign a max deal with G.S.
Author:  FavreFan [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:44 pm ]
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312player wrote:
Hussra wrote:
Good news for Golden State. Now they can use his cap space to shore up their roster until Klay returns, which should be in time for the 2020 playoffs. No point in having KD's dead cap space on their books (or 50% of it, for long term injury) during one of Curry/Green's prime years.



Sounds like horrible news for GS, they just lost their best player.

Nah they still have Steph
Author:  Nardi [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:54 pm ]
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long time guy wrote:
He might not be walking away at all. Probably will sign a max deal with G.S.

That's what I'm thinking too.
Author:  long time guy [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:55 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
312player wrote:
Hussra wrote:
Good news for Golden State. Now they can use his cap space to shore up their roster until Klay returns, which should be in time for the 2020 playoffs. No point in having KD's dead cap space on their books (or 50% of it, for long term injury) during one of Curry/Green's prime years.



Sounds like horrible news for GS, they just lost their best player.

Nah they still have Steph


Not to mention "top 15 player" Draymond :lol: :lol:
Both will be woefully exposed and exploited this season. Time to saddle up Warrior fans as it's about to be one rough ride.
Author:  Douchebag [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:56 pm ]
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Nardi wrote:
long time guy wrote:
He might not be walking away at all. Probably will sign a max deal with G.S.

That's what I'm thinking too.

He's going to be a Knick, and he will melt under the pressure from the New York media because he is wayyy too sensitive.
Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:59 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Nardi wrote:
long time guy wrote:
He might not be walking away at all. Probably will sign a max deal with G.S.

That's what I'm thinking too.

He's going to be a Knick, and he will melt under the pressure from the New York media because he is wayyy too sensitive.


The last time the Knicks gave a max deal to an injured guy it worked out well.
Author:  Regular Reader [ Wed Jun 26, 2019 1:22 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Nardi wrote:
long time guy wrote:
He might not be walking away at all. Probably will sign a max deal with G.S.

That's what I'm thinking too.

He's going to be a Knick, and he will melt under the pressure from the New York media because he is wayyy too sensitive.


Either way, Knick fans lose and lose loudly, so it's a win for everyone else.
Author:  Drake LaRrieta [ Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:06 am ]
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It's probably good for Golden State that he's off the books. How bad would it be for him to not use the option and sit on the sidelines to collect a check?

I generally think that a lot of the time players who sign big contracts underperform. Who knows what he will play like after injury?
Author:  whistler [ Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:59 pm ]
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How pathetic. He pretty much didnt wanna be there anymore and theyre retiring his number.

What a crock.
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