I thought they could, but figured they don't because it doesnt make much sense to do so early on. Guess not.
Morey called Dragic on July 1st. The mistake is thinking the ability to discuss extensions is the same as having rights to discuss free agent contracts. Not the same
If Dwight felt he was being leveraged by Fegan for another client's benefit, Fegan is the one who'd be cut off.
Can you guys stop acting as if Jarrod Rudolph is some sort of insider that knows of all things related to Dwight? I don't doubt that he knew things other didn't, but that was when Dwight was in Orlando. Jarrod Rudolph isn't even a well known name. Barely anybody even knows about him. He is just a writer for RealGM. Nothing special, honestly... His opinion is just as valuable as anybody else's opinion.
It has nothing to do with where Dwight is physically located. Do you really think reporters are physically meeting with players and/or their agents when they get offseason scoops? It's all done electronically; email and/or text. Dwight can be in Orlando or LA, and it won't have a significant impact over which reporters are preferred by his team. The fact that Jarrod Rudolph isn't a well-known name and isn't a great reporter is exactly why Dwight's camp uses him. He doesn't question. He doesn't present the other side, like a responsible reporter such as Woj or Stein would. He tows the company line and promotes the agenda of Dwight's camp. That's why Rudolph got the exclusive interview with Dwight the morning after his "opt-in" at the 2012 deadline (which happened when Dwight was physically in San Antonio, by the way). That's why Rudolph continued to say Dwight-to-Brooklyn was 90%, even the morning of "deadline day" last summer when the whole world knew it wasn't happening. That's why our own cyberx says Dwight and Rudolph are "like this". The world you're describing stopped existing after 1990 or so. Rudolph is very plugged in on what Dwight's camp thinks, and there is absolutely zero reason to believe that connection stopped after Dwight left Orlando. EDIT: I'll add that it of course it helps to start the relationship when a player can spend some time with the reporter. But once that bond is formed, it doesn't go away when a player leaves, especially in the electronic era. There are very few reporters that a player and his associates will implicitly trust, and once such a relationship is formed, they tend to stick with it.
Not exactly. Both Lin,Asik, and Landry Fields were coming off the regular 2 year deals that 2nd round picks get, which was also only gets the early-bird rights. Lin's early-bird rights was reaffirmed after the court case that gave him his early-bird because he was waived, but players can not receive full-bird regardless which is 3 years with a team. The poison pill was a loop-hole in the Gilbert Arenas provision. Assuming Parsons is still on the team after next season, the Rockets should have full-bird rights.
PAINFUL FONT SIZE ... we get it Then Morey lets him walk. He can find another gem in the 2nd round or overseas. Agents don't scare Morey.
as long as we keep winning, I don't think Parsons is going anywhere no matter which agent is representing him. This guy loves our team, and is having fun playing with the guys on this team.
My guess is he signed an endorsement deal with David Bitton/Buffalo Jeans: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>.@<a href="https://twitter.com/chandlerparsons">chandlerparsons</a> keeping cool in the heat w/ Buffalo. <a href="http://t.co/IO5tSb7viy" title="http://twitter.com/BuffaloJeans/status/336246813172568065/photo/1">twitter.com/BuffaloJeans/s…</a></p>— Buffalo David Bitton (@BuffaloJeans) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffaloJeans/status/336246813172568065">May 19, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Gilbert Arenas has less and less poison pill affect to teams who are under the cap. Us being under the cap robs the Gilbert Arenas Rule from its poison pill affect
The Gilbert Arenas provision can't be applied to Chandler Parsons after next season, hence he can't be poison pilled.
To explain this, it's a condition that only applies to early bird or non bird free agents, due to maximums they can be paid, whereas we would have full bird rights.
Teams are now limited in the salary they can offer in an offer sheet to a restricted free agent with one or two years in the league. The first-year salary in the offer sheet cannot be greater than the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception (see question number 25). Limiting the first-year salary in this way enables the player's original team to match the offer sheet by using the Early Bird exception (if applicable -- see question number 25), or Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception (provided they have it and haven't used it already)1. The second-year salary in such an offer sheet is limited to the standard 4.5% raise. The third-year salary can jump considerably -- it is allowed to be as high as it would have been had the first-year salary not been limited by this rule to the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception.
