Meh. Whatever DA wants to do. he can get rid of everyone on the team for all I care IF it makes us better.

nor should they.  They never should have even offered 4 years, 24 million for a role player on a team full of role players. 

...  I can't say I was overwhelmed with Bradley's performance last year, but he's a 23 year old kid that's increased his scoring average every year, has been one of the best defensive guards in the league, and who hit 40% of his three pointers last year.  He also seems like a good kid, who doesn't get himself in trouble off the court and who seemed to respond well to coaching.

He's got flaws, notable the injuries.  He looked to be jacking some shots last year, but it's hard to know if that was something he was forcing or something the coaching staff wanted him to do (he was one of the C's best offensive players). 

But, if you think you're getting this kid for 3/$12....  forget about that.  Too young, too talented, too much upside.  He'd fit on a young team like the C's looking to rebuild, or as a bulldog defensive combo guard for contenders.  If he'd sign a 3/$12M deal, you'd sign him to that in a cocaine heartbeat, but that's irrelevant because that's not happening.  The question is whether Danny wants to match when the offers start coming in at the full MLE or above.

...  I can't say I was overwhelmed with Bradley's performance last year, but he's a 23 year old kid that's increased his scoring average every year, has been one of the best defensive guards in the league, and who hit 40% of his three pointers last year.  He also seems like a good kid, who doesn't get himself in trouble off the court and who seemed to respond well to coaching.

He's got flaws, notable the injuries.  He looked to be jacking some shots last year, but it's hard to know if that was something he was forcing or something the coaching staff wanted him to do (he was one of the C's best offensive players). 

But, if you think you're getting this kid for 3/$12....  forget about that.  Too young, too talented, too much upside.  He'd fit on a young team like the C's looking to rebuild, or as a bulldog defensive combo guard for contenders.  If he'd sign a 3/$12M deal, you'd sign him to that in a cocaine heartbeat, but that's irrelevant because that's not happening.  The question is whether Danny wants to match when the offers start coming in at the full MLE or above.

What team is offering that type of money? 

Quote from: the_Bird on May 06, 2014, 08:41:10 AM

...  I can't say I was overwhelmed with Bradley's performance last year, but he's a 23 year old kid that's increased his scoring average every year, has been one of the best defensive guards in the league, and who hit 40% of his three pointers last year.  He also seems like a good kid, who doesn't get himself in trouble off the court and who seemed to respond well to coaching.

He's got flaws, notable the injuries.  He looked to be jacking some shots last year, but it's hard to know if that was something he was forcing or something the coaching staff wanted him to do (he was one of the C's best offensive players). 

But, if you think you're getting this kid for 3/$12....  forget about that.  Too young, too talented, too much upside.  He'd fit on a young team like the C's looking to rebuild, or as a bulldog defensive combo guard for contenders.  If he'd sign a 3/$12M deal, you'd sign him to that in a cocaine heartbeat, but that's irrelevant because that's not happening.  The question is whether Danny wants to match when the offers start coming in at the full MLE or above.

What team is offering that type of money?

Let me hit my Rolodex and I'll let you know.

I don't see any reason that AB would only get about half of Tony Allen's contract (TA was what, 4/$20?).  TA's more valuable defensively because he's bigger and can match up against more players, but he's also eight years older, has no real "upside" at this point, has had his own injury issues over the years...  and shot 12% and 23% from deep these past two years.  AB's a flawed player, but AB >>> TA offensively.

And...  pretty much any team in the league can use a player like AB, either in a starting role like for the C's last year, or as a third guard who can be a game-changer defensively.

3/$12 is a pipe dream.

Bradley catches a lot of criticism here, but he's improving yearly and according to both Ainge and Stevens he will focus on attacking and creating from the pick and roll all summer. If he takes that next step, which I wouldn't doubt, then we can be getting a real bargain on him. Regardless, he's still a very young player (23) that averaged 15 ppg on 44% from the field, 80% from the line, and 40% from 3's. If he were on another team we would probably think of him in a lot higher regard.

a full MLE offer is a bit less than the 4 years, 24 million already offered to Bradley.  I could see a contender offering him that as a combo first guard off the bench type player, but I can't see a team with cap space offering Bradley a big contract.  He isn't that type of player.