So let's say the Bulls, or another team like New Jersey or Washington, can get enough cap space to pay one max free agent and have enough to offer another max level talent free agent a big contract but not max level, say $13-15 million, does anyone else think they will be able to lure that second free agent at a reduced price?
The reason I ask is I saw a couple trade scenarios in the Deng/Hinrich thread that had the Bulls having enough to offer Wade or Bosh or LeBron a max level contract but not quite enough to offer a second max level contract to someone like Joe Johnson or one of the other guys mentioned above. Heck, even the Knicks, one of the teams people expect to be able to offer two max level contracts might not be able to if the salary cap is set at $51 million.
So what is everyone's opinion?
Will teams be able to convince 2 free agents to take lesser but possibly equal contracts to play with one another OR are players so greedy that they will look at taking less money, even if that money is 1 or 2 million dollars less a year, as to much of a slight or disservice to their union that they won't do it for the sake of having a better team mate?
For me, forget LeBron. He's such a prima donna and his professions of want to make the most money ever would never allow him to take less. I could see others willing to take lesser but equal contracts as their new team mates but not one getting the max and another taking $3-4 million less just to play with that player.
Funny that maybe the biggest obstacle of LeBron's in him ever playing with someone with as much talent as he has might be his own greed and ego because he wouldn't be willing to make less money to do so.
Topic: Problems for teams with lots of cap space but not enough for 2 max levels FAs. (Read 2360 times)