If he it's going to get another max contract that will be 25-30 million then I'm down with trading him for some good stuff
I'd trade Hayward for a top 2 pick. Let's say the pellies win the lotto. I'd trade them Hayward. Hayward is starting to remind me of Kevin Love in Minnesota. We all know he can't lead us to the promise land but... stats
1- if we offer mega max to Hayward he stays... We can offer him more money and one more year which for him has value. He drove a Honda Accord. He values money he won't turn it down.
2- this is a good basketball situation for him. Boston may be a bit better but he isn't turning down the money for a slightly better situation.
3- he's a great player and worth the max, especially considering the lack of wing talent and that he isn't a volume shooter that requires other unique players around him to work. He could fit in with literally every NBA team.
4- if he demanded a trade sure move him but it will be a huge step back and if you don't recognize that you are not watching the games... If you are you aren't getting it.
I disagree. The extra year is meaningless as he'll still be very young and will get an even BIGGER deal after 4 years. In fact, I could see him asking for a deal that gives him an opt out after the 3rd year so he would then have 10 yrs of experience and could sign a 35% contract. That's why he had the opt out in this contract (to get to 7 yrs/30%). Also, look at LBJ; he is doing short-term deals to take advantage of the different tiers and escalating cap numbers. Others have done the same.
When you're making $30M/per, the difference between 7.5% and 4.5% won't be the deciding factor. Sure, he gives up $2.7M over three years. But then he opts out and gets 35% wherever he goes. And we all assume Boston because of Stevens. I say Indiana is more likely. His entire family, including in-laws lives there. He stays there during the off-season. Can you imagine Gordon at the 3 and George at the 4? Or go with Gordon at the 2. IF he leaves, my money is on Indiana as his likely destination.
This is DWill all over again. Jazz knew DWill was homesick for Dallas and would probably sign there as a FA. Instead, he took some extra money from Prokhorov, coupled with the promise the billionaire was going to spend like never before to buy a title. So he stayed in Brooklyn after the trade.
Imagine if we could get another Favors and draft picks from Team X in a trade. Getting that kind of return is MUCH better than gambling that Hayward will stay n a bloated contract. At the time, DWill was a top-3 PG in the league. That is justification for a max contract. Gordon isn't even an all-star.
1. Option A. Utah overpays ($30M + 7.5% raises). In '18/'19, Jazz have to let go 1-2 other core players plus decimate the bench to fit a team under the tax threshold.
2. Option B. Gordon opts out and leaves, spurning a big offer from Utah to play with another team. Utah gets nothing in return.
3. Option C. Jazz sit down with Gordon like they did with DWill and sense there is just to much risk and uncertainty. Or decide $30M is more than his value. They trade him for a prospect and picks. AND with that $30M "savings" they can re-sign the rest of the core and then pick up a SF (if not obtained in this draft or 2017).
Great postI disagree. The extra year is meaningless as he'll still be very young and will get an even BIGGER deal after 4 years. In fact, I could see him asking for a deal that gives him an opt out after the 3rd year so he would then have 10 yrs of experience and could sign a 35% contract. That's why he had the opt out in this contract (to get to 7 yrs/30%). Also, look at LBJ; he is doing short-term deals to take advantage of the different tiers and escalating cap numbers. Others have done the same.
When you're making $30M/per, the difference between 7.5% and 4.5% won't be the deciding factor. Sure, he gives up $2.7M over three years. But then he opts out and gets 35% wherever he goes. And we all assume Boston because of Stevens. I say Indiana is more likely. His entire family, including in-laws lives there. He stays there during the off-season. Can you imagine Gordon at the 3 and George at the 4? Or go with Gordon at the 2. IF he leaves, my money is on Indiana as his likely destination.
This is DWill all over again. Jazz knew DWill was homesick for Dallas and would probably sign there as a FA. Instead, he took some extra money from Prokhorov, coupled with the promise the billionaire was going to spend like never before to buy a title. So he stayed in Brooklyn after the trade.
Imagine if we could get another Favors and draft picks from Team X in a trade. Getting that kind of return is MUCH better than gambling that Hayward will stay n a bloated contract. At the time, DWill was a top-3 PG in the league. That is justification for a max contract. Gordon isn't even an all-star.
1. Option A. Utah overpays ($30M + 7.5% raises). In '18/'19, Jazz have to let go 1-2 other core players plus decimate the bench to fit a team under the tax threshold.
2. Option B. Gordon opts out and leaves, spurning a big offer from Utah to play with another team. Utah gets nothing in return.
3. Option C. Jazz sit down with Gordon like they did with DWill and sense there is just to much risk and uncertainty. Or decide $30M is more than his value. They trade him for a prospect and picks. AND with that $30M "savings" they can re-sign the rest of the core and then pick up a SF (if not obtained in this draft or 2017).
Lets say the only way for the Jazz to keep Hayward is to give him the super max next year. In 2017 the cap is projected to be 108M so the max for that year for him would be 30% of that and it would go up 7.5% every following year. So we are talking about: 32.4M in 2017, 34.8M in 2018, 37.2M in 2019 and 39.6M in 2020 and 42M in 2021. Or overall ~186M over 5 years or ~144M over 4 years.
Didn't hayward just sign a shorter deal with an early opt out though?I don't think that's a very likely scenario. Players have shown that they value financial security a lot and practically nobody(LeBron being the notable exception) from the players that deserved max signed short-term deals in order to get the jump in pay after next year. I can't see Hayward refusing 5/max or even 4/max.
Didn't hayward just sign a shorter deal with an early opt out though?
He signed the longest possible deal with the best option to have as a player(player option in the last year).
In other words, if you offer him 3 max with player option or 4/max with player option in the 4th vs 5/max with player option in the 5th, he's always going to choose the longest term contract. At least IMO.
No, he won't necessarily. The best possible deal for him - after he opts out - is a new contract with an opt out in 3 seasons. The CBA sets the max at 30% for a 7 year player and then it jumps to 35% for a 10 yr player.
So ideally (for him) he signs a $30M/per deal in 2017 with an opt out in 2020 so he can then sign for 4 or 5 years at 35%. That's why Utah doesn't have a huge advantage. He'll want the ability to opt out of his next deal in order to sign an even bigger one. And that requires just 3 years to reach the next service level plateau.