[轉錄][外電] C.J. Watson 掰掰？(魔術的角度來看)

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作者: Sheffield3 (黃衫Ace曹錦輝) 看板: Orl-Magic
標題: [外電] C.J. Watson 掰掰？(魔術的角度來看)
時間: Wed Jul 22 14:34:59 2009

Why C.J. Watson is No Longer an Option for the Orlando Magic 

Not to rain on any Orlando Magic fan's parade after the all-but-official
signing of small forward Matt Barnes, which you can discuss here, but we do
need to explain how that signing eliminates the possibility of their signing
point guard C.J. Watson to an offer sheet. An NBA source told Tania Ganguli of
the Orlando Sentinel that the Magic will look at cheaper point guard options.

It is, as you might expect, a matter of money. A report by Tim Povtak of AOL
FanHouse surfaced on Friday evening saying the Magic were preparing an offer
sheet to tender to Watson, whose free-agent rights belong to the Golden State
Warriors. Povtak said Watson could sign the offer sheet as early as the weekend
, after which point the Warriors would have seven days to either match the
offer, and thus retain him, or to let him join the Magic.

However, the Magic have chose Barnes over Watson, in essence. Adrian
Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that Barnes' deal is worth $3.2 million
dollars, split evenly across two seasons, with the second season at Barnes'
option. The $1.6 million comes from the mid-level exception money left over
from signing Brandon Bass to a four-year deal worth $16 million--an even $4
million per year, according to Marc Stein. Orlando now has a mere $254,000 of
the mid-level left to offer a free agent. That's roughly

$200,000 less than the minimum salary for a player with no prior NBA
experience. In short, that money will go unused.

In theory, the Magic could offer Watson a contract starting at $825,497, which
is the minimum salary for a two-year veteran. Watson earned $711,517 last
season, and is understandably seeking a raise. According to Marcus Thompson II
of the Oakland Tribune, he rejected a one-year deal from the Philadelphia 76ers
worth $2.3 million, because he wants a longer-term deal of at least 3 years.
Even if we assume he'll take a slightly lower annual salary than Philadelphia
offered him in order to ink a three-year deal, he probably wouldn't accept
anything less than $6 million. According to Larry Coon's Salary-Cap FAQ
(scroll down to the chart, just above Question 20), players signed to minimum
contracts can only receive pay increases commensurate with their level of
experience in the league--as opposed to some other contracts, where raises are
made on a percentage basis--and can only sign for a maximum of two seasons.
Thus, Watson would earn $885,120 in his second year with Orlando, Add it up,
and you'll see the most he would stand to earn with Orlando is $1,710,617 over
two seasons, which is less than one-third of the money he conceivably earn else
where, with one fewer guaranteed year. It wouldn't make sense for a player of
Watson's age (25) to take such a drastic pay cut, which is why he's out of the
Magic's realm of possibility.

So Orlando will go back to the drawing board, likely looking at bargain-bin
veterans such as Anthony Carter, Juan Dixon, Brevin Knight, Kevin Ollie, and
Jacque Vaughn in order to fill their third point guard role. Nobody else has
the sort of dazzling appeal Watson--a young, three-point-shooting, foul-
drawing, ace--has. But either way, Magic GM Otis Smith has addressed two dire
needs this offseason, as Barnes provides competent backup at both forward
positions and Brandon Bass gives the Magic a young, bruising big man to help
them tangle with beefier front lines. Count the upgrade Vince Carter provides
over Hedo Turkoglu and you'll see Orlando can boast an offseason as good as any
other team's, at least so far. All that's left on the shopping list is a third-
string point guard.

Otis doin' work, indeed.

After the jump, a look at the Magic's salary commitments for next season,
presented without comment.

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※ 編輯: Sheffield3      來自: 118.160.64.141       (07/22 14:37)
推 dragon49er:看無.....是說簽不下來了嗎?
→ dragon49er:要長約我們沒辦法給?
→ Sheffield3:基本上我們簽下 Barnes 以後應該沒有辦法提出能讓 C.J
→ Sheffield3:滿意的報價，他才剛拒絕 76ers 提出 2.3M 的一年報價。
推 whywants:就是簽完Bass後剩下的中產剩250萬 Barnes又用掉160萬
→ snakebite:也就是說,如果勇士不跟,還要看C.J.的意願囉.....
→ whywants:只剩下八十幾萬 簽三年還只跟七六人offer一年差不多
→ whywants:這樣誰要 ...CJ算是被魔術耍了吧
→ snakebite:看C.J.對魔術的意願如何,以及願不願領佛心價了....
→ whywants:剩下一個方法就是找有薪資空間的球隊先簽後換
→ Sheffield3:他才 25 歲，幹嘛跳樓大拍賣來打替補 XD？
→ snakebite:再不然就是把AJ和JJ打包尋找交易對象了
→ Sheffield3:看來看去，Anthony Carter 真的是個不錯的選擇。
→ whywants:叫她穿16號好了 球衣有迷惑的效果
→ snakebite:場上兩個相同顏色的Carter嗎......
→ snakebite:不過有疑問的是...一開始魔術報給Watson的價是多少....
→ snakebite:印象中是先報價給Watson的消息比找Barnes的消息早.....
推 hillku:AC不錯...
推 Drexler:現在控衛上需要的是速度  節奏轉換是很重要的
→ hillku:轉來一篇還沒簽約的自由球員名單 來看看XD
推 dragon49er:所以總版說要準備簽下就沒有囉?
→ snakebite:應該是要看C.J.的意願和勇士留不留他,我們提的應該是年
→ snakebite:薪低,但長約薪資總額較高的約來讓他抉擇,不過機會可能
→ snakebite:不大了....
推 jerk0204:借轉勇士板 感恩
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