Whatever the circumstances that result in the Cs being playoff contenders, you have to go for it. Now that IT is here and the team are playing well, tanking is not on the agenda ( except for some posters) and the possibility is becoming more probable - use it to convince the other two signings we need that the base of a championship team is here.
There are no free agents this year that would, IMO, come here. Being 11 games under .500 and making the playoffs is a joke, nothing to be proud of. The east is just wretched.
If you offer a player the most money, he will come. And before people say "I don't want to overpay for some player" guess what: if you're not signing a guy who gets the maximum offer from more than one team, or not signing a guy with the MLE who has multiple offers, you're probably going to be paying more than any other team. Rare is the player who takes less to go elsewhere. It happens, of course, but it is the exception and not the rule.
Granted, the free agent pool as a whole is somewhat limited, but there aren't that many teams flush with cap room, and of those that are, we're one of the more competitive. Atlanta's got a lot of room depending on what they do with Paul Milsap, and if they choose to spend it. Dallas and San Antonio both have tons of room, but that's because both teams have almost all free agents, so it's not clear what team an incoming free agent would be joining. The rest of the teams with the money to throw at free agents are either mediocre like we are, or even worse. The best teams in the league aren't making any major additions this offseason.
Topic: We are now one game out of the playoffs (Read 4440 times)