UPDATE: This is a later blog entry from the same writer regarding the Landry situation: apparently a number of teams are interested in Landry! Not just Pacers! http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsider/archives/2008/07/landry_now_or_b.html
I love these hypothetical conversations. I don't see Larry Legend giving all that up but I still enjoyed the post.
if they offer that oh well !! move on use the mle on somebody that is worth it the full amount. im gonna be honest i love his hustle and his ability to finish above the rim but he has a bad knee maybe two bad knees, if offer the full mle chunk up the duece to em and wish him luck
Info courtesy of Buddy Baker? If there's a bidding war for his signature he'd have a MLE offer by now.
His knees are fine and let me ask this. Baron Davis has two bum knees. Everybody knows this. Did anyone ask him to get scoped? Did he sign with the Clippers for an astronomical sum of money?
It's bulls**t. Jasikevicius was the 'better paid' european player last year with 4 millions per year. That site talks about an offert of 12 millions/year... an absolute madness for a european team. That's **** of cow, a LIE, so be quiet. Do you know what's the general thinking about americans, out of your country? For if you don't know it, I'll tell you: Not so positive... For your own well, think what you're gonna write before submit it. Sorry for the bad English.
Yeah but he's not worth 8 million a year for a team that still didn't get out of the first round with him and probably won't this year without major changes.
Difference maker? The Rockets lost in the first round again and Landry looked like a shell of himself in the playoffs. I'm not saying the Rockets should just let him go but let's get real.
In games 3,4,6 vs Utah Landry got minutes. Not 10 minutes a game but over 20. When given his minutes he got the following. 11 rebounds 7 pts game 3 6 rebounds 13 pts. game 4 5 rebounds 8 pts game 5 In his playoff games under 10 min 4 rebounds 4 pts game 1 0 rebounds 2 pts game 2 0 rebounds 0 pts game 6 Utah played Landry and Scola very physical so both their efficiencies went down. Thi was the playoffs after all.
I think VSpan case has demonstrated perfectly that a Rocket player under contract can exit then play in Euro the upcoming season.
I wish Scola stay as a Rocket too but I would not blame him to buy out his current contract (around $3.2 million p.a. ??) and take an offer of $15million p.a. (rumour).
Only because the Rockets let him. Otherwise, as long as the guy is under contract, they have to sit out. Span got to leave because, in the end, the Rockets decided to agree to let him out of the contract, then use the salary relief he offers to get the Scola trade done. If they insisted, they could have prevented him from playing for anyone else for the length of his contract with the Rockets. Scola has multiple years left on his. If he doesn't want to play for the Rockets for the next 2 years, unless they gave their consent, he can't play for no one else for 2 years.
That situation was COMPLETELY different. V-Span wanted out, but the Rockets would not give him his release. No European team could sign him under FIBA rules. However, the Spurs were only interested in avoiding the luxury tax. That is why they unloaded Jackie Butler's contract (plus the draft rights to Scola) for V-Span; then, the Spurs and V-Span MUTUALLY agreed to void his contract. V-Span was free to play in Europe; the Spurs got to wipe V-Span's salary off their books. This scenario would NEVER happen with a good player.
Otherwise, I'm guessing Paul Millsap feels pretty underpaid nowadays and might consider leaving for Europe while he's still under contract.
