Vlady’s side and the Sonics talked yesterday. They are still at a point were they agree to disagree. The Sonics have upped their offer to 6 year 42 million with incentives and the Vlady wants $50 million guarantee. At this point Radmanovic camp is waiting out an offer from some other team. If that doesn’t happen, which seems unlikely, they can sign the 1-year $3.2 million tender before October 1st.
Radmanovic’s camp still believes that the free agent market is robust and they are better off becoming an unrestricted free agent next season. Their belief is that they will be able to get substantially more in the opening market next year then the $42 million dollar offer the Sonics are offering.
The Sonics are standing pat.
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Sign him. The Sonics aren't making a serious push into the playoffs for another two years anyway. It will be 2 years before Swift and/or Petro are able to really contribute. At that time Danny will be gone and Rashard will opt out of his contract. Does anyone see management giving Lewis more money? That will be the opportunity for the Sonics to get a big in a S/T deal. They'll have money and trade bait.
A sign and trade deal for Odom would be great! I'm not sure why Vlady would risk losing out on $42 guaranteed + incentives. If he were to get hurt, on or off the court, it would seriously diminish his value. I'm sure the incentive clause wouldn't be hard to reach.
Diezel,
Learn a little about the CBA before you start cheapshotting management. They CAN'T use the MLE on Finley for a few reasons 1) they don't have a starting spot for him 2) We would not be offering more than Miami 3) We lose Wilkins automatically 4) Finley's lost a step already and 5)He has to WANT to come here.
Sign and trade Vladi to whom? Seriously, who are they going to sign and trade him too and what are they going to get back?
Portland's not going to be close to Seattle. They lost SAR for nothing, cut Anderson, drafted another HS guy and have 5-6 certified knuckleheads on that team. Nate went because of the money, plain and simple.
Blaming Vitaly for the loss against the Spurs is borderline nuts. There was about 3 things that should have happened on that play that didn't and it left Vitaly in no mans land. If he steps up on Parker then Duncan is open, if he doesn't then Parker makes a layin and you're typing that Vitaly shouldh ave been there to stop penetration.
The cheapshots on management and spending are old and completely bogus. They were in the top third of the league in salary last year and if some fans had thier ways they would have huge cap slugs taking up valuable roster slots because thats 'proof' that the Sonics aren't cheap. Man, that's how I want to prove the fans right.
I think the Sonics are doing the right thing with Vlade. $42M guaranteed with incentives for $50M is a great deal. Incentives were built into Lewis' contract and he has started to actually earn them. The fact that he didn't get paid the bonus' until his play warranted them is perfect. Guaranteed contracts have in recent years given the Sonics players like Jerome James (saved all his game for one playoff series in his contract year), Vin Baker (couldn't climb out of his emotional slump), and Calvin Booth (getting paid by Milwaukee to stay home).
The Sonics made wise decisions to NOT overpay Brent Barry (I was FURIOUS at the time), GP, AD and JJ. Barry and Gary have showed that they couldn't earn the money they got elsewhere, I am certain that JJ will make NY fans dream of getting Baker back, and AD will likely be another Barry. He was great for the Sonics and gave them everything they could ask for. He WON'T be worth what the Wizards paid for.
Vlade is going to sign something between the $42M and the $50M soon. He has a chance to start with Weiss in charge and will get starter minutes to put up numbers in any case. If he signs the tender I see him firing his agent next fall after he gets a weak MLE type deal in Free Agency.
Patrick looks like a fag!!!!
Who wouldn't trade Vlad for Maggette? One is a bona fide stud, the other is a whinny piece of no "D'" no rebounding eurotrash.
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The mid-level exception is only for teams that are over the cap. So you can have room under the cap, or you can have a MLE, but not both.
If Radmanovic was starting for the Clippers, I'm sure he would be putting up the same type of numbers as Maggette. Don't you guys think about these things?
Let's not forget that Maggette was traded a few times before landing in LA. He finally got a chance to play big minutes before putting up his numbers.
At the time of the Maggette trade, I think the Sonics were in a win-now situation. They couldn't wait 5 years for Maggette to mature.
Bitch all you want about Walker, but let's give him some props for the deals (signing & trades) he didn't make and the ones he did. I remember a lot of people being pissed off when they traded away Payton.
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