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Exactly. I put forth the idea of a 2 year deal the other day...but a 3 year would work just as well as we still wouldn't be committing to anything long term.Originally Posted by BRNC
The thing is (IMO) I think with Ray's value having dropped it is better than 50%-50% that he stays here...if I sign (Ray) a three year deal with the 'Cats and the third is a player option I have a chance to raise my value...I'm only 29 when I could do my "last" contract if I get my value back up...
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Exactly. I put forth the idea of a 2 year deal the other day...but a 3 year would work just as well as we still wouldn't be committing to anything long term.
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spectre...I actually liked your deal better...but I think Ray goes for a player option three...and it still does not hurt us...
just pulled this from the Chris Perkins "chat" at Hoopsworld...
rolly in cal:
hi chris!hw r u again?lakers is in a search for a point guard in the coming off season.what do you think of felton coming to la as there future point guard?will he fit right with the triangle?how would the lakers acquire him?thanks!
Chris Perkins:
Rolly,
Welcome back...yeah, I think Raymond Felton could fit in pretty well with the Lakers. He'd be easy to acquire. Put together a package. Start with the idea the Bobcats could use Andrew Bynum and go from there. Charlotte has some talent, and you might be able to swindle their owner, Michael Jordan.
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Bynum? Until he signed that contract I'd have said heck yeah. Now I think I'd have to pass as he's owed around 14 million next season and 15 million the next.
The playoffs may have hurt Felton's value, but it sure doesn't seem like it's stopped other teams from thinking about him.
Hope Resurrected: "I think I can bring an attitude to a team as far as, ‘All right, no matter what, we are not losing this game'." - Kemba Walker
"Its okay to be bad; just so long as you're bad ass." - Keetch
spectre...I agree that other teams probably value Ray higher than some of our forum members...the only reason I put the Perkins chat up was at the minimum I think Ray will give us (Bobcats) a sign and trade option...I'd still rather keep him and trade DJ...
bynum with that contract...yes I could pass on that...
Last edited by BRNC; 04-30-2010 at 01:09 PM. Reason: addition...
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Shawn "My knee is fine now, Thank you very much" Livingston
Don't care at this point.
Jameer Nelson is not a 25 ppg PG.
Felton was just intimidated by him.
If he walks, I won't lose any sleep over it.
agree a short trm deal would benefit ray and the team, it would give him a chance to improve and redeem himself and gives the FO time to see what moves need to be made to get better
Didn't Ray want something like 4-5 years before? Why would he take fewer years and less money now?
A) Last year when he was a RFA, he asked everyone for that money and no one thought he was worth it. So he played under the QO this year to try to build up his worth.
B) Now that he basically "bombed" in the playoffs, he's no longer an untested young guy but a guy who couldn't perfom when it mattered. Sure, he got his percentages up over the season, but he regressed value-wise in any GM's eye. They may still think he has potential, but not like before.
C) It'd give Ray his wish to be both the starter in Charlotte and to get his value back up so he can get a big contract before he turns 30.
Win-win.
Cool.
Just thinking that if his management is as crazy as they were last year, they may try and strong arm the front office again. However, that in itself is a huge assumption since its not really clear how much the guy wants to be here (as in, if he's willing to take a multi-million dollar pay cut considering how much he'd get on the market). Are the sign & trade options really as outlandish as they sound though?
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