re: So how would the stretch provision work on EG this offseason?

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Many of us overrated Marcus Thornton the same way. Between the local connection, the exciting offense, and the long term hole that we had had at SG, there was a lot to like

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TigerinATL, we are not talking about a 5yr/$40 million contract for Rivers here. It's a $3m option on a just-turned-22 year old that allows you to control his rights as a RFA afterwards vs. letting him go for nothing. You are just dismissing anything I say as a Rivers honk who knows nothing about what's going on.

I'm even looking at it objectively as at this point, I'm not even sure Rivers makes it to the end of the season (cue Thornton example again). His playing time may be just as much an opportunity to showcase him if anything. It will just suck if he makes a 3rd year jump with that playing time, and we're stuck with freaking Gordon. I'm sure declining the option was a means to make him a more tradeable asset in Demps' mind, but the logic is faulty. Rivers' value isn't in his 2.4m expiring contract, it's in his potential upside. We just flushed the upside part away as any team trading for him will also be thinking, we don't control where he goes after this year.