New CBA Will Give the Pels a Huge Advantage in Re-signing AD

Jesus. We might actually get to keep him.

I think if we still suck balls though money won't matter.

This seems like it will reduce star player movement meaning drafting and developing talent will be pretty important. They seriously need to tank this year.

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he will still make 100's of millions

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Why is anyone a billionaire? Why don't they retire after the first hundred million? Everything is relative and humans always want more, sometimes it's not even about the actual money, it's about being the guy that got paid more than anyone else. Outside of ring chasing veterans who has walked away from the money? Nobody. LeBron and the Big 3 got what, $15 instead of $17? That's not much of a sacrifice for winning, and they also took a paycut to become instant favorites. AD to Philly certainly doesn't make him an instant favorite, I'm not sure AD to Boston gets him favorite to win it all status either.

The system used to be set up so the players could have their cake and eat it too, they could force a trade to a better situation and still get their money. Now they have to choose between money and winning, and it's not an easy choice. The $50 million more the Pels get doesn't include the last year in which AD would be making $52 million. So in a sport where you can become worthless in an tragic instant, AD can get over $100 million more in guaranteed money from the Pels than anybody else can offer him. How do you walk away from that?

Depends if he wants to be rich or be a legend. New Orleans won't make the playoffs for at least the next 5 years. That roster is horrid.

Pretty easy choice for AD. Teams like the Lakers let them know just how much they can make in endorsements being in LA. Same with NY without the nice weather.

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This seems like it will reduce star player movement meaning drafting and developing talent will be pretty important. They seriously need to tank this year.

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Steve Kyler speculated this provision is why Sac and Indy haven't taken any serious calls for trades of Boogie/George. Teams must have known this provision was coming and likely to keep their stars or get massive value in trade.

Highly unlikely stars will hit free agency (and leave 10's of millions on the table). Value for trades also goes through the roof since you can extend regardless of cap room. This makes expiring guys more valuable.

As currently structured our organization's biggest flaw (inability to draft and develop) is going to be the most important aspect of team building going forward.

I think it becomes necessary for our next GM to have a heavy scouting background as opposed to a player/coach background like Demps.

I think this decreases the value of hiring a Calipari because recruiting stars is going to become much less important than developing them. This should increase the value of GM prospects like Schlenk who are heavy into scouting and roster construction.

seems like something AD and star players on small market teams would push for.

gotta give him something worthwhile to STAY with a team that he's trying to make better. that much money, and a lot of it up front is insane.

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Outside of ring chasing veterans who has walked away from the money? Nobody. LeBron and the Big 3 got what, $15 instead of $17? That's not much of a sacrifice for winning, and they also took a paycut to become instant favorites.

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you're reading LeBron and KD wrong here, i think.

they flipped the paradigm and used it as a display of power/agency, for whatever reason (title, change of scenery, dissatisfaction w/ organization, etc). they can go 1+1 or take a lesser max because they know they will always be able to get a max from whomever they want, whenever they want

they are dictating where they play because they can. they are putting pressure on ownership/management because they can. teams will always be bending over backwards to keep them because they are so damn good

It's not quite as big of an incentive as it sounds at first because it only gets you the 35% about 3 years early. AD could still opt out with the Pels, sign a 2 year deal with someone else, then when that contract was finished get a new deal for the 35% of the cap, and it'd "only" cost him $30 million vs. $50 million. So it's not a sure thing...but when someone offers you $275 million today, or you can wait 2 years to get offered $100 million less...How do you walk away from that?

Everybody thought 2 years ago there would be a lot of short term deals so guys could opt out and cash in on the cap escalation, but when the money was actually right there in front of them they all took the security of long term deals for less than maximum earnings and team choice over that time span.