(08-08-2021 09:15 PM)PennyWise Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 03:58 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 12:27 PM)PennyWise Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 02:49 AM)FORealTigerFan Wrote:  All you guys are looking short term. Grizzlies are making moves for the future. We may have to suck next year to get us where we have to be.

We are worried about the short-term (next 2-3 years) because of Ja Morant. We got to keep Ja happy and show him we are building a contender or else he will fly the coop. Then we are left without a star player to build around and the cycle starts over in searching for another Ja.

Ja is stuck here until at least year 7

How you figure that my dude?

He has two more years on his rookie deal and then he’s an restricted free agent

(08-08-2021 09:15 PM)PennyWise Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 03:58 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 12:27 PM)PennyWise Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 02:49 AM)FORealTigerFan Wrote:  All you guys are looking short term. Grizzlies are making moves for the future. We may have to suck next year to get us where we have to be.

We are worried about the short-term (next 2-3 years) because of Ja Morant. We got to keep Ja happy and show him we are building a contender or else he will fly the coop. Then we are left without a star player to build around and the cycle starts over in searching for another Ja.

Ja is stuck here until at least year 7

How you figure that my dude?

Players are eligible to be extended in the 4th year of their rookie deal, much like Jaren Jackson this upcoming season. If a team decides not to extend a rookie contract player, then after their 4th season they become a restricted free agent, like Dynamos said. A restricted free agent has the market pretty much set the contract by the offers he receives, then the current team can match that offer and retain that player.

(08-09-2021 09:50 AM)UofMark Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 09:15 PM)PennyWise Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 03:58 PM)Dynamos Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 12:27 PM)PennyWise Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 02:49 AM)FORealTigerFan Wrote:  All you guys are looking short term. Grizzlies are making moves for the future. We may have to suck next year to get us where we have to be.

We are worried about the short-term (next 2-3 years) because of Ja Morant. We got to keep Ja happy and show him we are building a contender or else he will fly the coop. Then we are left without a star player to build around and the cycle starts over in searching for another Ja.

Ja is stuck here until at least year 7

How you figure that my dude?

Players are eligible to be extended in the 4th year of their rookie deal, much like Jaren Jackson this upcoming season. If a team decides not to extend a rookie contract player, then after their 4th season they become a restricted free agent, like Dynamos said. A restricted free agent has the market pretty much set the contract by the offers he receives, then the current team can match that offer and retain that player.

Gotcha, well that does buy a little more time to get things going.

Losing his gf Morgan Reid is the bigger loss. She fine as hell.

(08-07-2021 03:55 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(08-06-2021 06:46 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  

(08-06-2021 05:05 PM)oldmangrizz Wrote:  They clear a roster spot they need, they help themselves money wise, and they reduce a logjam for minutes at his position. Trade makes sense to me.

Maybe we have a trade upcoming for Bledsoe. We could have cleared his spot for 4 million bucks.

Grayson Allen is definitely trending upwards so I don't like our return on this trade.

We have now traded away two of our main rotation guys for what in return exactly?

https://bealestreetbears-com.cdn.ampproj...n-allen%2F

In short, the Grizzlies weren’t going to pay Allen for what he did in the past if he isn’t going to be doing it in the future.

#1-How does anyone know what somebody is not going to do in the future?

#2-I thought the NBA was all about potential

(08-12-2021 04:25 PM)dan o Wrote:  

(08-07-2021 03:55 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(08-06-2021 06:46 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  

(08-06-2021 05:05 PM)oldmangrizz Wrote:  They clear a roster spot they need, they help themselves money wise, and they reduce a logjam for minutes at his position. Trade makes sense to me.

Maybe we have a trade upcoming for Bledsoe. We could have cleared his spot for 4 million bucks.

Grayson Allen is definitely trending upwards so I don't like our return on this trade.

We have now traded away two of our main rotation guys for what in return exactly?

https://bealestreetbears-com.cdn.ampproj...n-allen%2F

In short, the Grizzlies weren’t going to pay Allen for what he did in the past if he isn’t going to be doing it in the future.

#1-How does anyone know what somebody is not going to do in the future?

#2-I thought the NBA was all about potential

#1 Nobody knows for sure how players will pan out in the future, but Grayson Allen has gotten better every season and was for and away our best 3pt shooter. It is not a stretch to stay he is trending upwards, the reigning champions apparently think so.

#2 THE NBA is not ALL about potential. The Grizz have taken a step back, trading away two of their best position players for slaw.

Hopefully our young players pan out, I've liked their summer league outings, but there's a big difference between summer league and a playoff stretch run.

Its not really so much that we traded these guys away, its that we didnt maximize our return, and that is just my opinion. Maybe we got the steals of the draft, who knows...time will tell.

I like our front office but everything they do is not going to turn to gold. I like Adams and think the Memphis fans will love him but I doubt we ever see Bledsoe on the court. Hopefully we got a nice pick next season in exchange for Val, and these two this year become valuable contributers.

I still like our core of Ja, Dillon and JJJ but we gave up a lot to gamble on potential.