re: Who wants a #HOTTAKE?

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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."

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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.