Congrats Glen, well deserved. Here's hoping Woodson's next, I agree totally.
As for our FAs, I'd love to bring 'em all back but how? Anyone know exactly how we can do it? Can we even do it?
Let's assume Lin gets the full MLE or more (I believe we can match any offer). The cat's out of the bag pretty much with JR -- I think he's gonna want to test the waters. Rumor has it that he probably declines his $2.5M player option -- he'll be looking for more than that. Someone's gonna give it to him too if we don't..Novak's gonna get paid decent money -- what $2-4M, in that range? The man is leading the league in 3-pt shooting... And then there's Fields. Landry probably gets paid somewhere in between what JR and Novak get (closer to Novak). So where's this all leave us?
Are we allowed to exceed the cap to retain all of these guys? Can we match any offer for each? Not sure but I was under the impression that we'll be able to do whatever we need to retain Lin but not for the other guys. Need verification -- maybe I'm wrong on this..Anyone know how we'd be able to bring all 4 guys back? Just curious..
I've come up with the perfect solution
Lin- Qualifying offer, then in 2013 he gets a huge ling term deal, think Rondo's deal
Fields- Qualifying offer, then in 2013 he gets 4yr deal for about 16mil
Novak- vets minimum, not worth much more
Smith- MLE very key to our team with Shumpert becoming the starting 2 we need a guy who can come off the bench and create his own shot for the 2nd unit
Problem is none of them have bird rights, Lin and Fields' kick in next year which is why I think they can wait 1 more year while we lock up JR, Novak's vet minimum is 1.7mil which is fine for him, add in a 1 million dollar bonus if he shoots over 40% from 3 and his deal is fine
If we lose out on guys here are some alternatives
Lin- DJ Augustine(FA), Raymond Felton(FA) or Tyshawn Taylor(Draft)
Fields- Jeff Green(FA) or Danny Green
Smith- Reggie Williams(trade), Dion Waiters(Draft) or Jamal Crawford
Novak- Ray Allen
I'd love to draft Taylor and Waiters, sign Allen and Novak back and then sign and trade Fields for a big man like Tyler Hansbrough to replace JJ as our energy guy at the 4/5