11-01-2020, 02:41 PM
What might the impact of a hurried off-season be? Fewer bids for RFA's? Free Agency will be over during the two days money is tied up. How about unrestricted free agency:
"There are only six teams projected to have real cap space, five of which fell to the lottery last season. (The sixth, Miami, might only be willing to dole out one-year deals as the Heat pine for Giannis Antetokounmpo.) If those six teams hurry to make moves or choose to limit their spending in a pandemic economy—taking the possibility of bigger, long-term contracts off the board—veteran free agents could look for the mid-level escape hatch.
Agents and players aren’t above momentary panic; if the offseason landscape gives way to an avalanche of player movement, it’s only natural that some might look for the stability of a reasonably compensated role with a playoff team. There just aren’t that many desirable markets with cap space to choose from. This puts free agents in a bind; by ruling out even one or two teams from the six with ample money to spend, whether for basketball reasons or personal preference, a player could box themselves out of the lucrative contracts they expected to sign. This is where things get interesting for the contending set. Once a player starts to weigh one team’s midlevel exception against another’s, it becomes easier for winning teams to compete on the open market."
The story goes on to say the class of players who might have expected MLE+ on a multi-year basis may have to scramble for the best MLE one year offer they can get from a contender. They talk about the Lakers, but let's think about this for a moment. If you are Gallinari (for example) do you fight for that spot in LA knowing they stand no chance of retaining you in 21. Or, do you go to less of a sure thing from a contention standpoint, but at least they will have cap room a year from now (like, I don't know...maybe Dallas). The Dallas pitch is come here and if things work out, we will be in a good position to keep you a year from now.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/10/30...son-trades
"There are only six teams projected to have real cap space, five of which fell to the lottery last season. (The sixth, Miami, might only be willing to dole out one-year deals as the Heat pine for Giannis Antetokounmpo.) If those six teams hurry to make moves or choose to limit their spending in a pandemic economy—taking the possibility of bigger, long-term contracts off the board—veteran free agents could look for the mid-level escape hatch.
Agents and players aren’t above momentary panic; if the offseason landscape gives way to an avalanche of player movement, it’s only natural that some might look for the stability of a reasonably compensated role with a playoff team. There just aren’t that many desirable markets with cap space to choose from. This puts free agents in a bind; by ruling out even one or two teams from the six with ample money to spend, whether for basketball reasons or personal preference, a player could box themselves out of the lucrative contracts they expected to sign. This is where things get interesting for the contending set. Once a player starts to weigh one team’s midlevel exception against another’s, it becomes easier for winning teams to compete on the open market."
The story goes on to say the class of players who might have expected MLE+ on a multi-year basis may have to scramble for the best MLE one year offer they can get from a contender. They talk about the Lakers, but let's think about this for a moment. If you are Gallinari (for example) do you fight for that spot in LA knowing they stand no chance of retaining you in 21. Or, do you go to less of a sure thing from a contention standpoint, but at least they will have cap room a year from now (like, I don't know...maybe Dallas). The Dallas pitch is come here and if things work out, we will be in a good position to keep you a year from now.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/10/30...son-trades