Okafor Extension in the works

[Slam]

I would suggest that playing only 166 games out of a possible 246 will effect his market rate (see Chandler, Camby, Kaman etc) who all earn around the 10 per mark.

[dav7z]

Slam i agree it should hurt his value some. I dont expect a max contract but it will be close. Im thinking a six year 66milion range. I still think we should get closer to that soft cap max befor we even think of resigning OK50. That means spending about seven milion on a player first... thoughts

[tamburello]

I would suggest that playing only 166 games out of a possible 246 will effect his market rate (see Chandler, Camby, Kaman etc) who all earn around the 10 per mark.

Surely Okafor's being fragile will effect. But what I say is Okafor is much much more better than Chandler and Kaman and also has a greater upside than Camby's current form that earns him a DPOY award. But in this club, everybody suffered from injuries. I guess that shouldn't be only players' fault.

Do you know the Bobcats franchise leader in the games played? Primoz Brezec with 209 games out of possible 264 games. Gerald Wallace played 197 games. Every single player who wore Bobcats jersey had either major or minor injuries. I remember the only exception is Raymond Felton.

As I said above, Nene was injured in the first match of that season, and still was able to get a lucrative contract. Emeka is much more critical to Bobcats than Nene's being critical to Nuggets.

I'm sure you're not examining the players by the matches they played. Or the most-paid player in the NBA history should be AC Green.

[Mustachio]

jesus tamb thats a jaw dropping stat.... Primoz has played more games than any other bobcat... WOW never would have thought that but it makes sense.

and big slam i couldnt have said it any better man.... i love okafor.. hes easily one of my favorites... but his injuries and low offensive numbers scream 10 million per

[spectre]

jesus tamb thats a jaw dropping stat.... Primoz has played more games than any other bobcat... WOW never would have thought that but it makes sense.

and big slam i couldnt have said it any better man.... i love okafor.. hes easily one of my favorites... but his injuries and low offensive numbers scream 10 million per

Firing up "devil's advocate" mode (heh!)...do we let him walk if he wants 13-14?

Before you answer think back to those 15 +/- games he was out at the end of last season. I've always said that Crash was our best player but Mek is our most valuable.

[ziggy]

Firing up "devil's advocate" mode (heh!)...do we let him walk if he wants 13-14?

Before you answer think back to those 15 +/- games he was out at the end of last season. I've always said that Crash was our best player but Mek is our most valuable.

In my opinion we don't let Emeka walk away under any circumstances, even if it means paying him a max contract. If we let him walk over a discrepancy of 3 or 4 million a year, we will still likely have to invest in a max deal for someone to be an inside presence, and they will almost certainly not be as good as Emeka.

my $0.02

[Mustachio]

Firing up "devil's advocate" mode (heh!)...do we let him walk if he wants 13-14?

Before you answer think back to those 15 +/- games he was out at the end of last season. I've always said that Crash was our best player but Mek is our most valuable.

In my opinion we don't let Emeka walk away under any circumstances, even if it means paying him a max contract. If we let him walk over a discrepancy of 3 or 4 million a year, we will still likely have to invest in a max deal for someone to be an inside presence, and they will almost certainly not be as good as Emeka.

my $0.02

i guess it really all depends on the new coaching style.

If Vincents plan doesnt have a need for a post player in the style of Oak then 14 million is too much. and we would use to money to buy the appropriate player. but if he is in the long term Bobcats plan (the likely option of course) then i say they will pay him what it takes.

but like i said earlier, i dont think it will come to that. Okafor doing an extension means he cant truly test the water... the only price structure he can go on is recent similiar big man signins. While WE think Oak is on par with Howards ability and talent, his injury history will likely put him on a Nene or Dalembert pay scale instead.

because its an extension i think we can get him cheaper just because no one can bid for him yet and run the price up.

[Muttley]

Firing up "devil's advocate" mode

Who's got two thumbs and thinks we should keep Emeka?

[qchoops]

My two thumbs are up and that's with my belief being that his contract is certainly going to be a bigger one than Chandler got. Honestly, I could see him getting Ben Wallace type money, and I'd be ok with that. See http://charlottebobcatsblog.blogspot...kafor-now.html to get a better appreciation for just how good Okafor has been.

[pree]

I think it's going to be around 6 years, $55-million, to be honest. The Bobcats are in a bit of a pickle because there are some teams with a lot of cap space and will probably have to overpay to keep Okafor around. At the same time, he's going to have to be reasonable with his injury history.

The good news is that as of now, the Bobcats have something like $20-million under the cap. I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but they can more than easily keep him around. The deal for Carroll was a little excessive, IMO, but things should work out just fine with you guys keeping him around.