MAN! Looking at the Cuttino thing makes finding a Diamond in the Ruff kinda . . . .useless because once they blossum . . . because of the CBA [the agreement not the league] . . you can only offer them so much. Thank kinda hurts teams that takes chances on CBA [the league] players and 2nd Rounds. Who put in the time to develope them. They get some seasoning and you can only give them x amount while TEAM 2 can give them 2X How can we prevent this? Sign 2nd Rounders to more money/Longer contracts? [This would make bad experiments COSTLY] Rocket River Aelliot? Davo? Ideas? ------------------
You got it right. You can take the risk of giving them big money/long term deals, and if they pull a Mobley you're in great shape. But remember the last time we signed a largely unproven player to a long-term deal? Matt Maloney. His salary will eat into our cap for the next 5 years while he rides the bench for the Bulls. Is it a risk worth taking? Only if the team knows something other teams don't. The only guy from this year's draft I would even consider giving a 4 year deal to is Olumide Oyedeji. ------------------
We can b*tch all we want about the CBA but every team in the NBA has a level playing field. Look no further than MLB to see how bad it could be. ------------------ "Stranger things have happened, but none stranger than this" - Commentator after a parachutist landed in the ring of a Holyfield fight
RocketSauce I understand . . [MLB is a joke to me. . ] But i was just wondering if some tweaking could be done .. .to make it easier to keep your 'Projects' when they pan out. What you find is. . .some teams will never take a chance . . or are not good at developing players. . .so they just sit and wait on another team [Rockets] to do it for them. Rocket River ------------------
