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標題[外電] The Utah Jazz and NBA by Ross Siler and Steve Luhm
時間Sun Jul 12 10:54:55 2009
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The Utah Jazz and NBA by Ross Siler and Steve Luhm
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Millsap offer
As we were taxiing to the runway in Orlando airport this afternoon, the
calls started coming in about Paul Millsap's offer sheet from Portland. It
took about five minutes after landing in Salt Lake City four hours later to
realize the Trail Blazers had dropped the hammer on the Jazz.
The Jazz are now facing the
nightmare scenario mentioned months ago, in
which they would be forced to match a huge offer to Millsap or risk losing
him this summer followed in all likelihood by Carlos Boozer exiting next
summer as a free agent.
The offer to Millsap is worth between $32 million and $36 million over
four years. My guess is $34.5 million, with Portland using its $7.7 million
in cap space as the starting salary and giving Millsap the maximum annual
raises equal to 8 percent of the first-year value.
That would be a little different than what some of us expected, with a
large first-year salary and smaller amounts after that, to leave Portland in
a better position once Brandon Roy's and LaMarcus Aldridge's extensions kick
in for the 2010-11 season.
The Blazers also have given Millsap what's been described as a
significant signing bonus. The maximum it could be is 17.5 percent of the
total value of the contract. Assuming it's $34.5 million, that's a $6 million
bonus.
The way signing bonuses work is that you divide the amount over the
length of the contract and then subtract that from each year's salary. The
bonus amounts to $1.5 million annually, minus $7.7 million, leaving Millsap
with a $6.2 million base salary for this season.
But the Jazz would have to pay Millsap $6.2 million, plus the $6 million
bonus, for a total of $12.2 million, plus another almost $11 million in
luxury-tax penalties, minus the share of the tax revenue they're going to
lose.
Whoever described the offer to Jason Quick of the Oregonian as being
potentially "toxic" knew what they were talking about.
Where the Jazz go from here is uncertain. They could look to trade
Boozer, who has questioned whether he is in the Jazz's plans given their
reluctance to offer him a long-term contract. At least five teams are
believed to have interest in Boozer.
The Jazz could decline to match the offer sheet and hope Millsap becomes
a $9.5 million drag on Portland's payroll in 2012-13. They also could match
the offer and table a decision about a Boozer trade until later this summer
or even into the season.
Or the Jazz could acknowledge that they're in a bind. The offer sheet to
Millsap can be withdrawn, but only by the consent of the two teams and
Millsap.
That consent could take the following shape: The Jazz push through a
Boozer trade that benefits Portland - - think Kirk Hinrich - - and allows the
Jazz to take back a modestly paid player while agreeing to add a fifth year
to the deal to appease Millsap.
The way I'm thinking the offer sheet is structured, adding another year
would push Millsap to five years and $44.6 million. It's a win for Portland,
a win for Boozer, a win for Millsap and a less bad for the Jazz, which might
have to be considered a win.
It was a gutsy move by Portland GM Kevin Pritchard to tie up his money in
Millsap for a week - - hurting the Blazers' chances of signing Lamar Odom,
Andre Miller or any other free agent if the Jazz end up matching - - but it's
absolutely nailed the Jazz.
In the meantime, Millsap's agent, DeAngelo Simmons, secured a remarkable
deal. I'm not sure Simmons saw Portland's offer coming as recently as
Wednesday night, but that's not the point. He talked about $10 million a year
and is going to deliver $8.6 million.
--Ross Siler
http://blogs.sltrib.com/jazz/2009/07/millsap-offer.htm
弄的爵士騎虎難下
進退兩難
吃也傷,不吃也傷
吃了拓仔再去追別人就好
不吃萬一明年Boo也跑了,就兩手空空了
如果爵士不吃,然後又交易Boo
最後笑的人應該是拓仔
當然啦
對拓仔來說
只是個替補大前鋒,可能會嫌貴
但只要續約了LMA跟ROY 就幾乎沒有薪資空間可以用
經歷了季中拉法到期約變空氣與灰熊的衝康
所以把這僅有的空間用掉比到時候變成空氣強多了
反正老闆有錢
小小淺見
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推 DontHouLan:現在覺得Miles那空間變沒差了,根本沒有什麼人可以簽 07/12 12:29
推 Ansel:還是有啦 可以簽Hedo 不過也有人說要感謝Miles 07/12 12:31
→ Ansel:如果沒有他就換我們over-paid去簽Hedo了 07/12 12:31