Dewayne Dedmon returns

[GrimeyKidd]

 

[Royjr9]

3 minutes ago, GrimeyKidd said:

 

I think a lot of guys are looking around the money simply won’t be their. Dallas and a couple teams may spend but everybody else is bargain shoppping.

[Buzzard]

Just now, GrimeyKidd said:

 

That is a big and unexpected move.

[Marvin24Williams]

Awesome. I thought for sure he would opt out and test the waters.

Wait can we still absorb Farieds contract?

[KB21]

This probably means a trade is lined up, and they needed him to go ahead and exercise that option for the trade.  

[Peoriabird]

I expect some apologies at some point.  Especially from those who were convinced he was signing with Milwaukee

[GrimeyKidd]

1 minute ago, KB21 said:

This probably means a trade is lined up, and they needed him to go ahead and exercise that option for the trade.  

Not sure if u can move a guy that opts in so soon

[Buzzard]

1 minute ago, Marvin24Williams said:

Awesome. I thought for sure he would opt out and test the waters.

Wait can we still absorb Farieds contract?

Yes I think so since he was a cap hold anyway. The thing this does is make him a signed asset that can now be traded.

[Buzzard]

3 minutes ago, GrimeyKidd said:

Not sure if u can move a guy that opts in so soon

Yes we can trade him. CP3 opted in just so he could be moved to Houston last season.

[JayBirdHawk]

5 minutes ago, Marvin24Williams said:

Awesome. I thought for sure he would opt out and test the waters.

Wait can we still absorb Farieds contract?

Yes, we can. If Moose also opts in. I think we'll still have about $16+ mil if we renounce any other FA capholds.

[hazer]

Hory shet, that’s kick ass any way you look at it. Hawks either have their starter back or a valuable trade piece. 

[nathan2331]

This is great news. I was expecting him to opt out but I'm glad to have him aboard if we don't end up trading him. Hopefully we won't need to.

[lethalweapon3]

~lwy3s

[capstone21]

Dedmon had an excellent season last year ... he was a great pickup and I am surprised he opted in.

i would love for him to come back but I think u guys are right and he is going to be traded 

[Alex]

6 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Yes, we can. If Moose also opts in. I think we'll still have about $16+ mil if we renounce any other FA capholds.

I thought people were saying the Hawks were going to be one of the few teams with a lot of space.  16 million isn’t much at all.  As bad as this team is it’s going to take a lot more cash than that.

[Buzzard]

2 minutes ago, hazer said:

Hory shet, that’s kick ass any way you look at it. Hawks either have their starter back or a valuable trade piece. 

I wonder if this has anything at all to do with a trade. Schlenk would have communicated this with him and Dedmon would have approved of the trade partner; otherwise he would have waited. This smells of something as usually options are not exercised until the last minute. This gives their agent time to gauge the interest. The deadline is the 29th; so a full week and change ahead of the deadline.

[JayBirdHawk]

Just now, Alex said:

I thought people were saying the Hawks were going to be one of the few teams with a lot of space.  16 million isn’t much at all.  As bad as this team is it’s going to take a lot more cash than that.

That should read $26 million. 

I remember seeing that if we renounced all FA capholds, both Dedmon ($7.2) and Moose opt out ($5) we could have as much as $40 million in capspace.

My apologies. So $40 - $12,  so $28 million.

[Buzzard]

4 minutes ago, Alex said:

I thought people were saying the Hawks were going to be one of the few teams with a lot of space.  16 million isn’t much at all.  As bad as this team is it’s going to take a lot more cash than that.

It is not a one year fix to greatness. Maybe at the most we are pushing for a 8th seed. But greatness and signing max free agents this year, come on man!

[JayBirdHawk]

7 minutes ago, Alex said:

I thought people were saying the Hawks were going to be one of the few teams with a lot of space.  16 million isn’t much at all.  As bad as this team is it’s going to take a lot more cash than that.

This should help you...

 

[Buzzard]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

That should read $26 million. 

I remember seeing that if we renounced all FA capholds, both Dedmon ($7.2) and Moose opt out ($5) we could have as much as $40 million in capspace.

My apologies. So $40 - $12,  so $28 million.

That is what I see also. 26 to 28 in cap.