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Al Horford left Atlanta because they wouldn't give him the full 5 year max. They only partially guaranteed the 5th year. Atlanta offered him more guarnateed money than Boston could but he still left and he said he'd have stayed if they guaranteed the full 5th year.

Maybe Atlanta had decided that it wasn't that important for them to keep Horford anymore at a certain costs. I mean they had a few years of not getting deep in the playoffs, and he was on the trading block earlier that year. They got Dwight instead, for cheaper, and they were already looking to blow it all up anyway.

We seem like we were willing to keep Jrue no matter what. Atlanta said "this is what we are willing to give you, and if you don't like it, we are ok with you leaving."

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 11/6/17 at 5:19 pm to TeddyPadillac

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We seem like we were willing to keep Jrue no matter what. Atlanta said "this is what we are willing to give you, and if you don't like it, we are ok with you leaving."

You're looking at that example from the wrong direction. The point was the home team was held to a higher standard by the player. Zach Lowe and I believe it was Kevin Arnovitz were talking about this a few months back and they made it sound like it's a very real issue that teams run into when resigning players.

If the Pels had matched the market price of 3/$60 I believe Holiday would be on another team right now. Even if you had gotten him down to 3 years you still probably have to be closer to $25 than $18 for him to sign. How much you're willing to spend to keep Holiday vs. pursuing other options is an entirely different conversation.

This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 5:20 pm

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Posted by corndeaux

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Posted on 11/6/17 at 8:28 pm to TeddyPadillac

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they were already looking to blow it all up anyway.

so this answers, in part, your question about why the Pels were eager to keep Holiday.

Pels are not at the end of the cycle, like the Hawks were. they have a 24 yo stud in Davis, whose last few years have been wasted already. they are hoping to start a run of playoff appearances and they are also hoping to give themselves, as a franchise, some legitimacy across the league; which may open up further moves.

now, certainly fair to question how Holiday fits next to Davis+Cousins. and obviously smart to question if capping themselves out for another few years is the best way to maximize Davis's time/talents.

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