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What does Dante get in Free Agency?

checkbookdoc said:
It would be crazy for the Jazz to offer a guaranteed 4 years at $10M each for a player with MAJOR red flags regarding both production and health. I could see that offer if the last two years were team options. Otherwise, I am guessing it will be something like 2/15 or 3/22.
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lol k then he says seeya later
 
honestly I would be kinda pissed that we let Hood go only to spend a bunch of that cap space on a wet noodle

I really hope the Jazz don't commit much to a dude that is always hurt and not very good at basketball.
 
DownUnder said:
we didn't let hood go, we traded him for a better fit. So far the Jazz management's assessment of who's worth paying has been pretty spot on. If they end up paying Dante there'll be very good reasons that they want to, despite what you think.
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They let Hood go in order to save 10 million in cap space.
 
David Stern said:
It will be interesting to see how these answers change when he's actually back and playing... but I'm going to guess that there are not going to be any teams out there that are bidding against the Jazz for a player that has missed essentially 1/2 of his career, and been underwhelming for the other 1/2. I think it's obvious that the Jazz view him as the PG of the future, and that there is room for Ricky and Dante to play together for a season. So considering the Jazz are probably bidding against themselves, what does Dante get? My guess is 4 years, $40 million with a front-loaded contract.
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If it was say 4yrs $38Mil can we front load it to the extent we pay him:

1st yr: $20Mil
2nd yr: :$6Mil
3rd yr: $6Mil
4th yr: $6Mil

That way using our cap space next season while having the majority of his money off the books in time to make a play in 18/19 FAs??
 
3 years 27 mil with the third being a team option.

And most of that is on potential. If you look at PGs in the 7 to 12 mil range almost all of them have been more productive than Dante .

And if I'm Dante, l have to feel like if l can string a couple healthy years together my career will take off. If that's the case then l don't want to be stuck in some long term contract for back-up PG money.
 
elan_prodigy said:
If it was say 4yrs $38Mil can we front load it to the extent we pay him:

1st yr: $20Mil
2nd yr: :$6Mil
3rd yr: $6Mil
4th yr: $6Mil

That way using our cap space next season while having the majority of his money off the books in time to make a play in 18/19 FAs??
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No but that would be awesome. There’s a certain percentage you can go down by each year, like 12% or something.
 
elan_prodigy said:
If it was say 4yrs $38Mil can we front load it to the extent we pay him:

1st yr: $20Mil
2nd yr: :$6Mil
3rd yr: $6Mil
4th yr: $6Mil

That way using our cap space next season while having the majority of his money off the books in time to make a play in 18/19 FAs??
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Anybody know the rules on structuring contracts like this? Because yeah, that would be awesome.
 
Jazz seem to like him. But the rest of the NBA pretty much forgot he even exists. I don't see anyone offering him anything above MLE. And the Jazz won't guarantee 4 years. Maybe they offer something like 33 over 3, with third year team option.
 
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