(05-26-2024, 06:04 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I guess I don't understand the Bruce Brown comment. He signed a 2 year 45 million dollar contract. That has a team option by 6/28. There are reports that the Raptors are going to trade him, but I would guess the odds that contract is picked up somehow. At the worst he made, 22 million last year and then is a free agent and can sign a MLE type contract with a contender.
Or the worst is Toronto or another dreg picking up the contract and he has 45 milllion over 2 years and is a FA next year. Life changing money for a guy who only had one year with solid pay with Denver.
I think he is much better off now. Maybe he passed on the opportunity to repeat but I believe Denver could only offer less than 10 million with a wink wink deal for the following season. If he is smart, his future generations should be taken care of with probably another solid payday coming up.
Just my thoughts.
He has already been traded once and he should have been traded at TDL to a team that could use salary relief. He had a terrible season and is not worth near that contract. If his option gets declined like it should have been his value would be much lower than when he signed the year before. I guess DJJ could gamble that he gets traded to a team as dumb as Toronto.
If DJJ plays a season like Bruce just did he would definitely be back to min salary contract like he signed with us. If Bruce is looking at MLE contract after that season then we are looking at apples to oranges to begin with