Imagine if there were no salary cap? New York & LA would have a $700M roster. Lebron would get $200M/year. Every player would hold out every season to extort the front office. Bucks, Grizzlies, Raptors, etc would go 10-72 every year.
I'd still watch. Also, Max to Noah has to be some kind of misdirection. That guy is worth $10 mill at best.
This is nuts!! The Wizards' front office is a head-scratcher. That being said, Horford will get the max (surely now) and I didn't doubt that he would in the first place. Worth it in the new market...Noah isn't worth it in the slightest.
I really wanted Noah on this MDA led Rockets team, would be a great fit - game as well as intangibles. But man, not at the max. D-Mo and Capella are not championship 5's, Morey needs to get off his massive keister and make a move for Larry Sanders.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Wizards are NOT going to offer, nor have plans to, Joakim Noah a max deal, I can confirm. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WizardsTalk?src=hash">#WizardsTalk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CSNWizards">@CSNWizards</a></p>— J. Michael (@JMichaelCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/JMichaelCSN/status/746466124963840000">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Dang. Didn't realize the source was "Sporting News". I already told some friends about it. Now I gotta go back and say nvm, my bad, fake rumors site got me.
This was obviously total horse ****e to begin with. Something needs to be done about the cozy relationship between sports writers, gm's and agents. It's getting seriously out of hand, getting into soccer-rumors level of absurdity. None of the f'ing people are going to get the max but the writers are willing to say anything for a nugget.
IMHO Noah's best years are behind him from what I saw form him last season. His athleticism declined significantly and his offensive game was virtually non-exist. I would not offer him a long term contract no matter what the price.
He got worn down by TT's death practices. Hard nosed coaches like him and Pat Riley bring instant impact but this is short term as their intense practice sessions drastically cut their player's longevity and eventually wear them out. It's the main reason I don't like having an old-school "disciplinarian" coach as head. Joakim Noah is only 27 years old but is already done wow what a shame.
He may not get max but he still going to get paid good money relatively to his perfomance. Rose and PhilJax wants him badly. I can see him getting around 16-17 per which is absurd for his health at this point.
