08-12-2021, 11:27 AM
What I will say is that it probably pays to have a good/big agent, if you are Markkanen/Schroeder tier, because these super-max deals eat into the real capspace pretty hard. Especially for higher end RFA it becomes a horror and some agents probably did well to recognize that (Ball/Graham). If the Hawks wanted to be dicks about it, they probably could have gotten Collins for a lot less (or playing on the QO 
), because nobody had legit money left at that stage.
Having Holger as his advisor was never an issue for Dirk, because he was guaranteed max money. Meanwhile Markkanen´s agent only has Alex Len as another NBA client and Schroeder is represented by his brother.
If they had better agents, they probably would have had deals lined-up, adjusted their expectations during the tampering phase or at least at the start of official free agency. This is probably even more true for Schroeder than Markkanen, who had to deal with the RFA dilemma. No way Schroeder should have walked away with less than a 1+1 player option full MLE deal or maybe even Oubre money. Though I think Boston was a smart choice in the end.
), because nobody had legit money left at that stage.Having Holger as his advisor was never an issue for Dirk, because he was guaranteed max money. Meanwhile Markkanen´s agent only has Alex Len as another NBA client and Schroeder is represented by his brother.
If they had better agents, they probably would have had deals lined-up, adjusted their expectations during the tampering phase or at least at the start of official free agency. This is probably even more true for Schroeder than Markkanen, who had to deal with the RFA dilemma. No way Schroeder should have walked away with less than a 1+1 player option full MLE deal or maybe even Oubre money. Though I think Boston was a smart choice in the end.