Augustin = Terry?

[dnbman]

If this seems ridiculously obvious, my apologies.

But, I was just thinking about how Jason Terry is a supersub for Dallas, a guy who can play both positions, but is primarily instant offense off the bench.

What about keeping Felton and using Augustin as our version of Terry? As some people have said, it's not who starts the game, but who finishes the game.

Augustin and Felton seem like they can easily co-exist. There's plenty of minutes to go around even with Raja in the mix.

So, we sign Felton for whatever reasonable deal we can get. The good thing is that good point guards are easy to trade should we fun into a position where we just can't find enough time for both of them.

[Slam]

I think (or at least would hope?) that everyone would love to keep them both, but this:

So, we sign Felton for whatever reasonable deal we can get.

will be key.

[davcbow]

I just hope Felt's love for the team out weighs his desire for the big money contract.

[dnbman]

I just hope Felt's love for the team out weighs his desire for the big money contract.

That's a tough one. It's hard to blame a guy for wanting an extra $20M rather than stay with a team. I just hope both Felton and management do each other right.

[TattoodCats4life]

I just hope Felt's love for the team out weighs his desire for the big money contract.

I think his love for the game and love for being close to home will help us retain him... I think the local factor could save us a million a year on his contract, but that's double edged...If he is playing way above his contract it may turn into a situation where everyone wants him and makes us an offer we cant refuse... Its going to be a tightrope for his agent and our FO to walk this summer.

[SirBobcat]

I think Felton is more like Terry to me. Augustin is a much better distributor than Terry.

[Chef]

we should let felton know that if he resigns here for less $ than he could otherwise get we will start a grassroots plan to get as many fans as possible to buy his bobcats jersey. with our huge legion of fans it should net him a bunch of cash. think about it, 200 fans x $100 for a jersey. kobe and yao would have nothing on him.

[ohara831]

People thought Julius Peppers would stay with the Panthers and stay close to home also. But he's walking away from huge money just to get out and go elsewhere. You dont know what is truly in someone's gameplan until the time comes. Right now, talk is just that. When it comes time for action from both mgmnt and Felton, we will see. But I dont put any stock in hoping someone wants to stay near home, especially when you are asking them to take several million less in money as a hometown discount. I cant blame Ray if he yells from the rooftops "Show me the money!!!"

[Slam]

I've never ever put any stock into the whole "home town discount" type thing, but for some reason I think that it would apply to Felts.

Remember that he phoned BB the night before or morning of the draft begging him to draft him so that he would remain close to home. He loves it in Charlotte and I really think that he would want to stay and maybe even slice a few $$$$ in order to do so.

Could be wrong though.

[dnbman]

I think Felton is more like Terry to me. Augustin is a much better distributor than Terry.

Maybe. This stuff can get silly trying to make comparisons. However, I see Felton as a better two way player for the duration of the game. Whether or not Augustin is a better distributor than Terry, I can say. However, Augustin would be a much better scorer off the bench (the instant offense) than Felton.

I guess I see Felton as a grind it out type player who ultimately pays dividends over the course of the game.