Jordan is Griffin's best friend on the Clippers. I think there is no way they don't re-sign him to make Blake happy. On the other hand, Kaman will probably be available in trades.
Sterling doesn't do things to make players happy, he make decisions based on the net value to his pocketbook -- plain and simple.
In fact, there are not many teams you'd rather have hold the RFA card than the Clips. They're not likely to stretch far to keep a guy if they find the economics questionable. Then again, Danny's not exactly the RFA offer type.
The C's have no cap space this summer. And there is no way they don't match an MLE type offer for this kid, given the price of quality big men.
The C's only chance would be if Jordan takes the qualifying offer this summer, and then becomes a UFA in 2012, when the C's could be looking at a decent amount of cap space, depending on the new CBA, and what they do with some other guys.
Actually, the more I think about it, I suppose that is a realistic option. If no one wants to blow Jordan away this summer, and Sterling low balls him, perhaps he would opt for playing out the year, and then hitting the market in 2012. If the C's miss out on Howard (which is of course, more likely than not), throwing some money at Jordan would not be a terrible back up plan.
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