Prince re-signing

[mercury]

BYC has been eliminated... Tay can be moved at anytime... not a bad trade chip.

[Uncle Mxy]

Were there other teams wanting to pay Tayshaun more than the MLE?

[Higherwarrior]

well the clippers wanted him and they were only willing to offer a 1 year deal, so....

[Pharaoh]

How the fuck is he a good trade chip?

He's got a 4 year contract!

I don't think too many teams will be lining up to trade for him...

[Joe Asberry]

i still dont like giving a 31 year old SF 27 mil for 4 years when you're a lottery team and got contracts like Gordon, Charlie, Max still here, but it makes a little bit more sense now that RIP is gone

[Glenn]

but it makes a little bit more sense now that RIP is gone

In what way? We're still paying Rip (I would guess) $15-$18m and carrying his cap number both this year and next.

[BIG BEN'S FRO]

Look at this as a positive. Keeping the same roster is the best way to ensure we get a top lotto pick next year, which represents the ONLY way we will ever get a superstar.

[Joe Asberry]

In what way? We're still paying Rip (I would guess) $15-$18m and carrying his cap number both this year and next.

we had a big hole at SF, Daye was the only other SF on the roster

for once i agree with Joe D you can't have a roster full of youngsters, you dont want to be the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tay still can play, he was the best SF available - its not like we had a borderline allstar ready to replace him. Our Cap is fucked up anyway the next 2 seasons, paying RIP, Gordon, Charlie, Max - but i think Tay is worth 7 mil a year - still i'd rather let him go, let Daye play 30 min a game and sign some backup SF for the minimum.

[Glenn]

I'm not seeing the "big hole at SF".

I'd rather roll with Jerebko and Dye to see what we have there (and to accellerate the re-build) than tie up all that jack in 4 more years of Prince. He'll either be crippled or ineffective by the time we're fielding a good team again. So for now, he'll gripe and block our young players' development.

Singler will be finished overseas in 8-10 weeks as well if we want to go that route. Hell, we could have even given Summers a training camp invite for depth.

[Glenn]

This.

http://www.wcsx.com/samuelsen/story.aspx?ID=1584506