[2016] July 1st Free Agency Thread

Lol everyone just stop quoting this guy, he was nothing rational to say. PERIOD.

 

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If you're a high school athlete in the U.S. who likes to play football, baseball, and basketball..... you best be focusing on playing basketball. Doesn't even matter how much football is still "king" in the US. Basketball is where you get P-A-I-D. Unbelievable. And it gets even crazier next offseason.

 

There are plenty of 3/4 pitchers in the league getting paid crazy amounts, too. Guys that can throw 180 innings, but still have 4+ eras. There's multiple of those guys getting $20+ million. Moreover, there is more opportunity in baseball just from a numbers standpoint. 9 position players, 5 starters, 5 relief players, plus bench. It's the 25 man roster... which expands to 40. If you're guy #25 sure, you're not getting paid crazy, but it's still a pretty good gig, right.

If I'm looking at $$$s, I'm pushing my kids towards baseball. The one thing that scares you away from that is if it just slowly gets less and less popular. But it's been doing that already, and the $$ amounts keep going up, just with inflation, sports being the only live programming that seems to matter anymore, and the economics of baseball generally with 162 games, stadiums that can seat 40k+, tv rights, etc.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mavs source: &quot;The worst thing we can do is overpay for mediocrity.&quot;</p>&mdash; Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/748894171574919173">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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But you do need to be somewhat blessed from an athletic/genetic standpoint to have the best chance at succeeding at basketball.

Same goes with being a pitcher in baseball, albeit you do see all sorts of body types (and genetic backgrounds) able to succeed here.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bradley Beal has agreed to a five-year, $128M-plus max contract to stay with the Wizards, agent Mark Bartelstein tells <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVertical">@TheVertical</a>.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/748896204700971009">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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But Parsons..

 

Not knocking Bazmore or Horford, but geez I hope we add a shooter.

 

Seth Curry pls

 

You are probably looking at Ryan Anderson at 18 per or old fart like Crawford like 8-10 mil per.

 

Restricted and you are bidding against the Kings, whose probably will be rejected by most FA.

 

Dang it. Thought Marv would be a great target.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now that the Hornets have retained Nicolas Batum, league sources say Charlotte is actively working to seal a deal with Marvin Williams ASAP</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/748913829858332672">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Indiana is nearing a deal with free agent center Al Jefferson, league source tells <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVertical">@TheVertical</a>.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/748915126183440384">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Freaking steal:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Al Jefferson and the Indiana Pacers are close to verbally agreeing on a three-year, $30 million deal, according to league sources</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/748916103426895876">July 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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LMAO even fat AL got 30/3 LMAO

and you want DMO to sign at a discount?

 

Now THAT is a value deal

 

Meh, Al is basically done imo, can't guard and rebound to save his life and his always injured...