Varejao on Cleveland: 'I don't want to play there anymore'

[PM5K]

Bottom line: He ain't worth 9 mil per, any GM that would pay that much isn't very good at his job...

[TDMVPDPOY]

looks like ferry is using old spurs management tactics

i laugh if this is like stephen jackson situation again...low balling a player too see them flourish on another team

[Thunder Dan]

looks like ferry is using old spurs management tactics

i laugh if this is like stephen jackson situation again...low balling a player too see them flourish on another team

5 years over 32 million is hardly low balling for a guy that gets you 6 points and 6 flops a night

[JamStone]

Except he sees players like Eric Snow getting paid $6-7 million a year for putting up 4.2 ppg, 4.0 apg, 2.3 rpg and Damon Jones getting about $4 million for putting up 6.6 ppg, 1.6 apg, 1.1 rpg.

And, he knows his value is not just in stats. Problem is the Cavs acquired a horrible contract in Snow and way overpaid for guys like Hughes, Damon Jones, and Marshall and Varejao figures why should he be the guy that doesn't get overpaid?

[Thunder Dan]

Except he sees players like Eric Snow getting paid $6-7 million a year for putting up 4.2 ppg, 4.0 apg, 2.3 rpg and Damon Jones getting about $4 million for putting up 6.6 ppg, 1.6 apg, 1.1 rpg.

And, he knows his value is not just in stats. Problem is the Cavs acquired a horrible contract in Snow and way overpaid for guys like Hughes, Damon Jones, and Marshall and Varejao figures why should he be the guy that doesn't get overpaid?

yeah but the Cavs are aware of those bad contracts and will be able to trade those expiring contracts this offseason (with the exception of Hughes, who will become a lifer on the Cleveland bench). They arn't trying to add any more bad contracts to bury themselves.

My stepdad is friends with Austin Carr a former Cav that does the color for the games, and he was explaining the whole thing. He says that the Cavs won't budge off their offer because they don't want to strap themselves. This coming offseason they will be able to make significant trades because he says "people don't understand, they don't trade players in the NBA, teams trade contracts." The Cavs will have a significant sum on money in the 2010 offseason to sign Lebron and take on another contract if needed. If they sign Andy for more money than he is worth, they screw this all up accordning to him. He said the biggest problem is Larry Hughes, and now it is finally starting to show and he is really feeling the pressure.