08-15-2021, 10:16 AM
(08-15-2021, 09:09 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Wonder if the disconnect is us needing to give Chi something other than the TPE due to LM not wanting the low contract and us wanting to give him more? Are we trying to force Chi to take Maxi and Brown for LM on a higher salary? I hope they aren’t wanting to do the full asking $15M, but what about a compromise of $12-13M to the team he wants to go to and off the team he hates? It also gives Chi 2 backups for 1.Chicago is at $131 million in taxable salaries. They have $5.5 million in breathing room. They have a $5 million TPE. The reporting has suggested that they will not take on any meaningful salary in a LM deal. Rather than an expensive 3 way deal, the easiest way to a LM trade is using the Dallas ~$11 million TPE or the New Orleans ~$17 million TPE.
How much will new orleans offer so LM knows how much $ he would need to give up to come here? The Dallas end is likely(should be) set at a max of ~4/$48 million that can fit in the TPE.
What is the asset(s) Chicago will ask for from DAL/NO? Reports say the Chicago ask is a FRP which we will not pay. 2nd rounder would do it?
Chicago also needs to think about the Ball tampering penalty which will likely be draft picks
The Chicago Locked On podcast guys are convinced that a former employee, who works for New Orleans now, is responsible for the Ball leak to Shams. Who knows if that’s real, but it would be a theory as to why negotiations are taking so long.
My guess is Chicago and LM want a FRP and at least $15 million per from New Orleans. Dallas is playing hardball and has given a final offer of a 2nd and 4/48. A game of chicken that hopefully ends with us getting a steal