Mullens will be a restricted free agent ..so he isn't going anywhere ..he will get his 4 million qualifying offer and remain with us at least through next year ..if Mullens shows as much improvement next year as he has this year and say is averaging 17 pts 9 rbds then we would have to consider giving him a long term deal ..I would hope he would give us a discount bc we gave him his chance but who knows ..if he does get to that 16-17 point 8-9 Rbd average then I think he would be worth a 4 year deal worth about 28-30 mill ..
I am all for building thru the draft and not just spending $$ to spend it but the reality is that we have 12 mill coming off the books this year and alot more then that the year after ..so not only do I think we should sign a stud big man this offseason but after next year we are going to have to spend that $$ somewhere ..we can't and won't be going from a 50 mill payroll this year to a 20 mill payroll in the 2014/15 season ...I haven't looked at 2 years from now but I think this years free agent class for big men is too good to pass up ..with Jefferson / Milsap / Hickson / Pekovic / Landry / Josh Smith ect...I say we take advantage of it and sign 1 of these guys this offseason ..we have plenty of cap space and flexibility to make it happen after we sign 1 of these guys we will still have plenty of space and flexibility
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