Anderson Varejao Gets $50 million/6 years

[Bob Lanier]

:bking (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4315370)

Edited from $50/6 on ESPN correction

[iggypop123]

thats it the king is gone

[DMX7]

Did he win the lottery and choose to take his money in the form of a 6 year annuity? Please don't tell me this is basketball related.

[carrao45]

He's a scrub

[Hank the Tank]

That's damn near unbelievable...the player who's best quality is flailing his arms and falling down gets 50 mil...wow. lol

[Spursfan092120]

thats it the king is gone
This guy?

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/09/ceo_socnet/image/burger-king.jpg

Or maybe this guy?

http://home.nau.edu/images/userimages/nau_boles/5445/KingKong_1933_01.jpg

Ain't no Kings in Cleveland..

[Spursfan092120]

He's a scrub
:tu

[IronMexican]

What a fucking joke. This this is UNBEAVABLE.

[La Peace]

lmfao

I guess he knew Cleveland was this stupid when he opted out.

Jacks up the pay rate, Odom is going to want 30 million a year now.

[iggypop123]

This guy?

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/09/ceo_socnet/image/burger-king.jpg

Or maybe this guy?

http://home.nau.edu/images/userimages/nau_boles/5445/KingKong_1933_01.jpg

Ain't no Kings in Cleveland..

no this guy
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u15/Blaakmajik/3074315863_8a78a77bcb_o.jpg

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Nice Cavs way to cap your team out.

[td4mvp21]

They could have fucking thrown that at Odom?!?! WTF is wrong with the Cavs??? :lmao

[Spurtacus]

Barely worth the MLE. Over 8 mil a year. Wow. Cavs are going all out to win in 2010.

2010 win or the Prince is gone.

[JamStone]

Makes it look like the Raptors pulled a fast one on Bargnani.

[Banzai]

http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/LIRLTHEKING.gif (http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/LIRLTHEKING.gif)
http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/1195508833444.gif (http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/1195508833444.gif)
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http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/the_king.gif (http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/the_king.gif)

[sribb43]

I call bullshit....that scrub got $50mil?

[Kriz-Maxima]

Makes it look like the Raptors pulled a fast one on Bargnani.

:lol

[IronMexican]

They could have fucking thrown that at Odom?!?! WTF is wrong with the Cavs??? :lmao

Some people don't understand the salary cap. If Odom played for the Cavs last season, they could have.

[pawe]

They could have fucking thrown that at Odom?!?! WTF is wrong with the Cavs??? :lmao

about to ask this question but you beat me to it.

[IronMexican]

about to ask this question but you beat me to it.


Some people don't understand the salary cap. If Odom played for the Cavs last season, they could have.

[Danny.Zhu]

They could have fucking thrown that at Odom?!?! WTF is wrong with the Cavs??? :lmao

Exactly what I'm think.

[BadOdor]

lol cavs

[djohn2oo8]

Not to worry fellas, Thunder Douche will be here to explain why this makes Cleveland unbeatable

[td4mvp21]

Some people don't understand the salary cap. If Odom played for the Cavs last season, they could have.

Ughhhhh shut up

[wireonfire]

thats it the king is gone

word. This one is much worser than the Bargnani one.

[tlong11]

Some people don't understand the salary cap. If Odom played for the Cavs last season, they could have.


No one reads this really smart post. You trully are too smart for the rest of this forum.

[Spurs/BroncoSojia]

:lol:lol:lol:lol

I love this

Now there's no way Odom signs for 8 mil in LA.

[td_tp_manu]

:wow:wow:wow:wow

[ginobili's bald spot]

Ughhhhh shut up

Nice comeback. :rolleyes He's right btw. Learn what a salary cap is before you make your self look dumb.

[ginobili's bald spot]

I can't believe this is true. That contract would be so bad.... wow. LeBron has to leave if this is true.

[ginobili's bald spot]

:lol:lol:lol:lol

I love this

Now there's no way Odom signs for 8 mil in LA.

Oh yea? Where's he gonna go?

[turiaf for president]

Some people don't understand the salary cap. If Odom played for the Cavs last season, they could have.
:lol

[IronMexican]

No one reads this really smart post. You trully are too smart for the rest of this forum.

Thanks, tlong. Sometimes I wonder how much smarter I am than the rest of the people here. I truly am one of the great minds in this world.

[024]

Did he win the lottery and choose to take his money in the form of a 6 year annuity? Please don't tell me this is basketball related.
:lol

[bdictjames]

I don't believe this at all. :lol

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

:lmao people got mad at IronMexican for stating fact.

[bostonguy]

This mother fucker is going to be making about 8 million a year to flop? :lmao:lmao I Dont blame him for taking that dough. Cavs just fucked themselves over big time with this signing.

[Spursmania]

Oh yea? Where's he gonna go?

Dallas:lmao

[td4mvp21]

Nice comeback. :rolleyes He's right btw. Learn what a salary cap is before you make your self look dumb.

That wasn't even a comeback attempt. I just don't care that I got corrected. Big fucking deal-I was wrong about something and made myself look dumb. Who cares? It's not the first time it's happened on this forum and it probably won't be the last. I know he's right. Get off my nuts, thanks :lol

[Trainwreck2100]

Thanks, tlong. Sometimes I wonder how much smarter I am than the rest of the people here. I truly am one of the great minds in this world.

thats not the real tlong

[angelbelow]

Rofl!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

WTF

That's a lot of money for him

[Trainwreck2100]

Cleveland is just setting up Varejao as the face of the franchise after Bron-Bron bolts in '10.

Indeed Anderson Jeffrey Verejao will be more than enough to put the fans in the stands

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

There has to be something that we're not seeing here. The only scenario I can see that makes sense is that they are paying him about 3 mil a year for his actual basketball abilities and that he muled 32 million dollars worth of coke back with him on his most recent trip back to South America.

Or the Cavs are fucking retarded.

[TDMVPDPOY]

clown strikes rich

ariza hahahah fails
david lee will look for 10m now since clown got his

[baseline bum]

That's about $6.67 million starting. The base salary itself isn't nearly as bad as everyone is making it out to be (about $1M more than MLE), but the number of years is straight up lunacy. WTF was Danny Ferry thinking giving this guy 6 years?

EDIT: Shit, ESPN reported it as $42.5M with the last year not fully guaranteed. That would mean his starting salary would be the MLE roughly. When you see Gortat get the MLE, Sideshow Bob doesn't seem so bad.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

If those ESPN numbers are correct then I'll rescind my comment that the Cavs are "fucking retarded" in favor of ranking them as "kinda dumb."

[bdictjames]

The Cavs are nuts.

[KidCongo]

It's 42.5 over 6. So it's the MLE over 6 years with 8% raises. The 6th year is partially guaranteed so full MLE is a good deal. What I'd expect to resign him.

Edit* It can reach 50mil total with some unknown incentives. I assume incentives count against the cap.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow, overpaid to the max. I figured him for roughly MLE money.

Edit: posted that after reading first page. Now that I've read the second, they overpaid a bit, and I'm suprised about the 6 years, but it's not as bad as it first looked.

As for the incentives, I bet he gets that extra 8mil if they win it all next year! :lol

[KSeal]

Sasha Vujacic/Luke Walton-esq signing, completely pathetic.

I hope LBJ stays in Cleveland now so he's stuck with Vajieo on his team the whole time, classic.

[Lars]

Jesus Christ, its no wonder the Cavs have been locked into mediocrity for thier entire existance. Why would you commit to a scrub for 6 years, especially if you might have to completely rebuild your team next year?

Ugh, I mean I hate ThunderDan and all, and I certainly wish him the worst, but even this makes me want to smash my face onto my desk repeatedly. How do these GMs get these fucking jobs.

[mystargtr34]

If its the MLE over 6 years with 8% raises, then its not that bad. He's one of the better post defenders in the league.

If Gortat can get the MLE, then so can Varejao.

[sonic21]

I'm sorry for Cavs fans...

[KidCongo]

Sasha Vujacic/Luke Walton-esq signing, completely pathetic.

I hope LBJ stays in Cleveland now so he's stuck with Vajieo on his team the whole time, classic.

I'm taking a guess but the MLE is like the average player salary. Varejao 1st big off the bench, potential starter, more provan than Gortat who is getting the same amount of money in the same market. Best defensive big, works well off ball with LeBron. He brings energy and passion. He's worth it.

LeBron likes AV btw.

[Thunder Dan]

Believe me, I can say for sure that Danny Ferry has the Cavs' best intrest in mind and knows more than a bunch of people on a message board

[Thunder Dan]

Good Singing by the Cavs.


CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers have made their big moves in free agency.

After making a splash by trading for Shaquille O'Neal, the Cavs have come to terms with one of their core players and are close to adding a key piece.

The Cavs have agreed on a new contract with forward Anderson Varejao, agent Dan Fegan said Wednesday. In addition, a league source said the Cavs have come to terms on a deal for free agent guard Anthony Parker. He could complete the that deal within the next few days.

Varejao, the team's versatile big man who became a starter last season, is set to get a six-year contract that could be worth as much as $50 million.

Much as with the contracts the team signed with Delonte West and Daniel Gibson last summer, the final year of Varejao's deal is believed to be only partially guaranteed.

"Andy wanted to stay in Cleveland," Fegan said. "He feels there is unfinished business -- to win an NBA championship."

Varejao had interest from several teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder, and other potential sign-and-trade offers from other teams without salary-cap space. Fegan said several teams were willing to offer Varejao contracts that averaged $10 million per season.

But he and the Cavs were able to construct a deal to keep Varejao over the last week, a significant step after the two sides were unable to reach a deal in 2007 that led to a holdout. The deal will also keep Varejao's cap number to a little more than $7 million in the 2010-11 season, which could still allow the Cavs to be players in free agency next summer depending on where the salary cap goes.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/07/anderson_varejao_agrees_to_6ye.html

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

...Danny Ferry has the Cavs' best intrest in mind and knows more than a bunch of people on a message board

One could say the same thing about Isiah Thomas as well ... nah scratch that.

[Bob Lanier]

He's one of the better post defenders in the league.
Wha?

If Gortat can get the MLE, then so can Varejao.
That's fair enough.

[R4R]

If I could say one thing positive about Anderson Vagina, he can flop really well. I think the Cavs organization really respects this guy for his flopping abilities; they know that flopping is a talent and takes practice to be able to fool the refs.

42.5/6 for flopping is not so bad a deal. One of the better post-defenders my ass.

[Why So Serious]

Sasha Vujacic/Luke Walton-esq signing, completely pathetic.

I hope LBJ stays in Cleveland now so he's stuck with Vajieo on his team the whole time, classic.

this puts to shame the sasha and luke signing :wow

that takes some effort to top those:rollin:lmao

[bigdog]

Ferry is losing his mind.

[bostonguy]

The East is even more of a toss up more now than ever.


The Cavs got older by getting Shaq/Parker and they dont have much versatility in their bigmen. They havent made any big moves (other than Shaq) that makes them all that much better than a year ago.


The Magic traded for Vince Carter's nasty contract, lost Hedo, and have a really thin bench. The Starting 5 should be solid but the bench is going to be worse.


The Celts signed an over the hill player in Sheed, may lose Glen Davis, looking to get even older by possibly signing Grant Hill, and the Boston Three Party will be another year older. KG's health is also of major concern.



It really is a toss up in the east.

[jonnybravo]

The East is even more of a toss up more now than ever.


The Cavs got older by getting Shaq/Parker and they dont have much versatility in their bigmen. They havent made any big moves (other than Shaq) that makes them all that much better than a year ago.


The Magic traded for Vince Carter's nasty contract, lost Hedo, and have a really thin bench. The Starting 5 should be solid but the bench is going to be worse.


The Celts signed an over the hill player in Sheed, may lose Glen Davis, looking to get even older by possibly signing Grant Hill, and the Boston Three Party will be another year older. KG's health is also of major concern.



It really is a toss up in the east.

Are you serious? I don't know man, Boston looks REAL, REAL good. They took Orlando 7 games without KG man.

[hater]

Varejao contributes you haters

[Findog]

AV is fine as a MLE guy. 6 years at just over 8 million per? Insane.

[turiaf for president]

Varejao had interest from several teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder, and other potential sign-and-trade offers from other teams without salary-cap space. Fegan said several teams were willing to offer Varejao contracts that averaged $10 million per season.


biggest BS ever

[baseline bum]

Brilliant move, Cleveland. I think this signing makes it much more likely James leaves. Now Cleveland will have less than $10 million in capspace to sign anyone decent when they could have had money for a max guy. How is Ferry going to possibly sell LeBron on re-signing now? He's going to come back to a team of Mo Williams, Sideshow Bob, Delonte West, and Boobie Gibson that's only going to have $8-$9 million or so to fill out the other 7 roster spots with no chance to get a Bosh, Wade, or a Stoudemire? If I'm Ferry I would have flat out let Varejao walk and then prayed for Shaq's health for a season.

[ChickHearnMic]

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z163/vince_94/lebron-fishing2.jpg
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/J-H1zZl3/clownfish_varejao.gif

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/J-H1zZl3/clownfish_varejao.gif

Made me think of this for some reason.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/lcdlove/fuck_yo_couch.gif

[ABDENOUR POWER]

5/$35 for Villanueva suddenly looks a damn good bargain. :lol

[bostonguy]

Are you serious? I don't know man, Boston looks REAL, REAL good. They took Orlando 7 games without KG man.

IF IF IF Health is kind to the Celts, they could very well be the team to beat in the East. For now it is still Orlando but IF health is a positive for Boston, I can see them going back to the finals. Im not getting my hopes up though.

[bostonguy]

Cavs are trying to go all out now. They have tried and tried to put a a very good team around Lebron but it hasnt worked out as they would have hoped. The number of years is the only thing that ferry fucked up on. The Cavs mindset is that they are going all out now rather than pissing a year away. This is the best they can do and they are going to kiss the dice and let em roll even at the risk of losing James next summer.

[VivaPopovich]

word. This one is much worser than the Bargnani one.

lol i'd rather have Bargnani than Varejao

yeah, this obviously spells out Lebron's intentions for next season. Cavs know he's a goner. Varejao's a crowd-favorite, it was a decent move but not for that much money and that long a contract

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Varejao 1st big off the bench, potential starter, more provan than Gortat who is getting the same amount of money in the same market.


Gortat is getting less than Vareflop. Just cause Vareflop is the first big off the bench on a team with shitty big men other than Shaq, doesn't mean he's worth that, and even if he was a good bench player on a team loaded with bigs, you still don't give a bench player that contract.

[KidCongo]

Gortat is getting less than Vareflop. Just cause Vareflop is the first big off the bench on a team with shitty big men other than Shaq, doesn't mean he's worth that, and even if he was a good bench player on a team loaded with bigs, you still don't give a bench player that contract.

He is getting the full MLE with one extra year. He will most likely start next year at PF. Unless the Cavs pull a trade for another PF that can start. AV is always on the floor in the final minutes.

Teams don't build through FA. Draft and trades are the way to go. Ferry is tryin to build a young core whilst trying to stay as a contender. He's going pretty good. LeBron won't leave.