8/4 UPDATE: Collins to sign $125 million deal with the Hawks per Woj

[JayBirdHawk]

Anyone remember when Al Horford was a FA? Hawks offered 5yrs/$136 million, $6 million shy of a max - he still met with other teams as was his right. Guys are allowed to meet with as many teams as they want.

[RedDawg#8]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Anyone remember when Al Horford was a FA? Hawks offered 5yrs/$136 million, $6 million shy of a max - he still met with other teams as was his right. Guys are allowed to meet with as many teams as they want.

Hit em where it hurts lol 

 

[AHF]

7 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Anyone remember when Al Horford was a FA? Hawks offered 5yrs/$136 million, $6 million shy of a max - he still met with other teams as was his right. Guys are allowed to meet with as many teams as they want.

Most of the time players end up with more money when they do this.  Horford had an offer from the Hawks at $27.2M per year and signed with the Celtics for $28.25M per year.  Some like Bonzi Wells have a $38.5M offer from the Kings and then end up signing for $2M with another team because the market dries up.  Both teams and players take on risk when teams don't put everything they can in an offer and when a player decides to pass on an offer in hand and the player goes to talk to other teams.  Normal part of the process.  Here, the restricted part of JC's free agent status is a big factor that limits his leverage and upside.

[kg01]

9 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Anyone remember when Al Horford was a FA? Hawks offered 5yrs/$136 million, $6 million shy of a max - he still met with other teams as was his right. Guys are allowed to meet with as many teams as they want.

Somewhere somebody's goin ....

[TheBigETrain]

5 years, $125mil. Happy to get it done

[sturt]

31 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Anyone remember when Al Horford was a FA?

Who? Don't recall that name.

 

[lethalweapon3]

Yay! I can sleep now!

 

~lw3zzzzzz

[LucastheThird]

1 hour ago, timebomb said:

I always hear people give this argument every offseason. But normal people make the decision all the time to take less money to be closer to home to have more time home or because they like their current situation. Fighting for every penny is not what all people would do.

Oh and I don’t think JC would be getting less money if he accepted the deal on the table because I don’t think anymore money is out there for him.

We are taling about millions of dollars here. You might be willing to immediately accept anoffer that is millions of dollars less than what you want, but looking for the offer he wants doesn't make JC bad. 

[sturt]

 

No doubt, prompted by JC reading this thread. Surely.

[KB21]

It's done.  John is probably upset that he didn't get a max offer from anyone, and I hope he uses that to continue to improve his game.  He really stepped up on defense this season and has become more of a two way player.  When Atlanta drafted him, he was an offense only big whose offense was primarily within 10 feet of the basket.  Now, he's a rim running big who can space the floor and defend.  

[sturt]

Gallo!?!

Cam?!?

LouWill?!?

 

One of youse guys are up next!

[swanlee]

Thank god this is done, now the off season is all gravy

[Sothron]

This is fantastic news. So glad to get this done and over with. Now we can bring back Lou or get Millsap on a retirement tour as a savvy big man vet.

[KB21]

Next off season will be interesting.  The Hawks will have three big contracts which they can potentially move off of as Kevin Heurter is coming due.  Gallo, Boggy, and Clint are guys who could be moved after the up coming season, though Gallo could still get moved this year.  

[Dnice]

Glad that's resolved now.

[Sothron]

It is also reported the fifth year in the deal is a player option. 

[Peoriabird]

You mean the sky didn't fall after all???

[AHF]

1 minute ago, Sothron said:

It is also reported the fifth year in the deal is a player option. 

That is very generous of the Hawks.  I personally would not have done this.  

[sturt]

2 minutes ago, Sothron said:

It is also reported the fifth year in the deal is a player option. 

Which may have been the tipping point issue all along.

Who knows.

Maybe we will soon enough.

 

[kg01]

12 minutes ago, sturt said:

No doubt, prompted by JC reading this thread. Surely.

Obviously read my posts this mornin'.