06-17-2022, 12:15 PM
(06-17-2022, 11:59 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: You never do when you are the team losing the FA (thus the word "losing"). However, if done correctly, it does open up our stash of picks and positions us for a broader makeover now rather than a year from now.Here’s where I am with it.
This thought is following along the THJ signing and consequent rumored shopping.
I want to sign JB for up to $25M. I think he played well enough to earn that contract and still think there is a bit more upside to his game. Any more than that and he could become untradeable. I’m not so completely sold that JB CAN’T be the guy next to Luka when we win another championship. I just think the archetype needed next to Luka is not something he can be and not having that guy makes it harder on the team to win it all.
For those reasons, I don’t want JB priced at a point where his contract is seen in any way a negative. I think that’s what happened to THJ. I don’t think even the teams that wanted to sign him at a price higher than we gave him are all that interested in him now.