Btw, what about trying to sit down with Hayward and Millsap instead of Paul? I mean, Paul is obviously the better player here, but aside the fact that the 4 (especially one being able to play the 5 in a small ball lineup) is probably our biggest hole as today, Millsap and Hayward played together in Utah no? Maybe giving them a chance to play together again would help us a bit...and Millsap will also be cheaper than Paul, probably 10M cheaper or something close to this, which is not exactly a bunch of peanuts, especially in a sign & trade scenario.
CyberEx, can you confirm the Rockets will even get a meeting with Gordon Hayward? All I've seen is Boston, Utah & Miami.
Agreed. CP3 looks that can happen. I think Hayward will stay in Utah. They can offer him more money. They have a winning team. And he can be the leader there. There is no reason for Hayward to pick Houston. He will loose money plus be the third player here. In Utah he is god.
Big news.... Of course he's trying to sign the best free agents available. That's every GM's goal every off season, isn't it?
Worth noting that Clutch basically confirmed that CP3 was signing here with Dwight before the Clippers pulled the trigger on the Doc Rivers trade. We at least have a history of courting him, with mutual interest, and he has shown interest in forming a super team in Houston.
Channing Frye wanted to come here instead of re-signing with the team where he'd just won a ring? Good to know. ETA: Channing wasn't even a FA last summer. How were we supposed to sign him, exactly?
FAs signed while we were "waiting around on Horford." Excluding those who were a lock to re-up with their existing teams, who was a devastating miss? BRADLEY BEAL: 5 years, $128 million with Wizards TIMOFEY MOZGOV: 4 years, $64 million with Lakers DEMAR DEROZAN: 5 years, $145 million with Raptors ANDRE DRUMMOND: 5 years, $130 million with Pistons NICOLAS BATUM: 5 years, $120 million with Hornets JORDAN CLARKSON: 4 years, $50 million with Lakers HASSAN WHITESIDE: 4-years, $98 million with Heat ISH SMITH: 3-year contract with Pistons D.J. AUGUSTIN: 4-years, $29 million with Magic JEREMY LIN: 3 years, $36 million with Nets AL JEFFERSON: 3 years, $30 million with Pacers JERRYD BAYLESS: 3 years, $27 million with 76ers MIRZA TELETOVIC: 3 years, $30 million with Bucks CHANDLER PARSONS: 4 years, $94 million with Grizzlies EVAN TURNER: 4 years, $70 million with Blazers EVAN FOURNIER: 5 years, $85 million with Magic MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA: 4 years, $38 million with Bucks (Cavs can match) SOLOMON HILL: 4 years, $48 million with Pelicans JEFF GREEN: 1 year, $15 million with Magic DARRELL ARTHUR: 3 years, $23 million with Nuggets DWIGHT HOWARD: 3 years, $70 million with Hawks MIKE CONLEY: 5 years, $153 million with Grizzlies JUSTIN HAMILTON: 2 years, $6 million with Nets JARED DUDLEY: 3 years, $30 million with Suns E'TWAUN MOORE: 4 years, $34 million with Pelicans JOAKIM NOAH: 4 years, $72 million with Knicks KENT BAZEMORE: 4 years, $70 million with Hawks JOE JOHNSON: 2 years, $22 million with Jazz LUOL DENG: 4 years, $72 million with Lakers JON LEUER: 4 years, $42 million with Pistons ARRON AFFLALO: 2 years, $25 million with Kings BISMACK BIYOMBO: 4 years, $72 million with Magic TREVOR BOOKER: 2 years, $18.5 million with Nets Ryno was the next guy signed, with EG coming a few spots later. There are definitely years we played ourselves waiting around for a big name that was probably never going to come -- potentially missing Lowry while we waited for Melo is the first that comes to mind in recent history -- but I have a hard time seeing it last summer.
I think Millsap wants a max contract, but I agree that we should be focusing on him rather than CP3. However, CP3 has shown interest in playing for us, which Millsap hasn't. Either one will make us better, but I prefer Millsap, only because I think the Ryan Anderson experiment was a failure and we need to fix that situation ASAP Rocky.
I imagine Morey has some risk analysis equation that asks "If we have a 10% chance to sign Chris Paul and an 80% chance to sign Brandon Jennings (or whomever) which should we pursue?" I just can't blame the guy for swinging for the fences. A 10% chance at a superstar is often worth missing out on an above average starter. I don't see failing to sign a superstar as embarrassing for the team. 29 other teams also fail to sign any given superstar. But yeah, I'd have taken Kyle Lowry over Melo any day of the week for his defense alone.
I feel like Derozan, Drummond, Conley, Beal where all going to re-sign with their teams no matter what as they all got the most possible money, Batum didn't get the most possible money but he re-signed very quickly and got 5 years, I feel like the only guy we missed out on was Hassan Whiteside, who had no incentive to stay with Miami due to them not having any bird rights plus he was having issues with the coaching staff. We could have offered him exactly what he got + a better team.
Right. I fail to see where we missed big -- but apparently, this is bizarro world where Morey screwed everything up by signing Ryno instead of Channing Frye, who wasn't even a free agent. Any reason to complain, I guess.