RealGM gives Sergio some props

What Blazer ranks between Dwyane Wade and Devin Harris in a statistical category? Sergio, in improvement. Sounds right to me, and props to Sergio for elevating his game to seize the second point guard spot.

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Good for Sergio

Clicked through to look at current overall standings to see Brandon at #14 and LMA at #46. Interesting to look at the last column, the salary comparison "The difference between a player’s deserved salary based off the Floor Impact Counter (FIC) and actual salary. " Assuming the red is overpaid : Kidd, KG, K*be… most underpaid is Millsap – is he still on a rookie salary??

by jorga on Dec 16, 2008 12:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

i think millsap

may even be on his 2nd round rookie salary still

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by idoltime on Dec 16, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Milsap makes $797,581 this year

He’s on the 3rd year of a 3 year deal that he signed as a rookie. He wasn’t a 1st round pick, so there was no ‘rookie scale’ for him – he signed for a bit more than the minimum in his rookie year and for minimum salary in the 2nd and 3rd years. Utah used part of their MLE in 2006 to sign him.

by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Similar with Bass, right?

Do they have the right to match offers for them (Gilbert Arenas clause or something)?

Viva la Rudylucion

by Norsktroll on Dec 16, 2008 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

2 different situations

Utah will have full Bird Rights on Millsap, so the only limit on what he can be offered by other teams or by the Jazz is the maximum amount allowable by the CBA for a player with 3 years of service in the NBA.

Bass, as a restricted FA with only 2 years in the league, can only be offered a contract with the first year equal to the average player salary (ie, the amount of the MLE) by any team other than the Mavericks. That’s the Gilbert Arenas provision. This way, the Mavericks can match if they want using Early Bird Rights.

But essentially, the answer to your question is yes – both the Jazz and Mavericks will have the power to match next summer for those two players.

by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2008 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Brandon Bass, who's in his fourth NBA season, will be an unrestricted free-agent.

Yet, Paul Millsap is so much more productive than Bass that it’s not worthy of a debate.

by AK1984 on Dec 16, 2008 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ahhhh...

Silly me. Looking only at the length of the contract signed and not actual years of service……

Thanks for the correction.

by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2008 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You know more than most of us about this stuff, so it's fine to make a rare error.

by AK1984 on Dec 16, 2008 4:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sergio's trade value is peaking

at just the right time… perfect.

by Bust a Bucket on Dec 16, 2008 12:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Why can't you be sweet?

by tominhawaii on Dec 16, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

but this is sweet for KP.

by Bust a Bucket on Dec 16, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sergio actually isn't at the top of my hit list any more

1. Channing

2. Travis

I wouldn’t mind keeping Sergio if we send Blake packing.

by Bust a Bucket on Dec 16, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That is good and fine, but...

I think you nailed it before. Nate has been giving Sergio minutes with the same vigor that I would wax and vacuum my car prior to posting it on Craigslist.

The unfortunate catch 22 here is that in order to make him look attractive to other teams, you remind yourselves why you picked the guy up in the first place.

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 16, 2008 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I'm glad we detailed him before selling him below bluebook

and perhaps rekindled our love for riding him on the open road.

by Bust a Bucket on Dec 16, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

we need a penetratin PG

do watever to get a good one. or develope JB more.

"All our holes," says shooting guard Brandon Roy, a surprise All-Star last year in his second season, "are holes that Greg is going to plug."

by bowdown on Dec 16, 2008 2:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Blake

certainly isn’t a penetrating guard but all of our other point guards can. Sergio, JB, Roy. So I don’t think the situation calls for a trade necessarily.

"Brandon Roy, that man is unstoppable, it's like he's playing NBA Live." - Anthony Johnson

by jamon51 on Dec 17, 2008 12:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs