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Damnit

He could also get injured and be back to signing league $2.5M contracts in two years. This could be an aberration season. Also, extensions are the one thing that Hahn has been stellar at.

Listen to Garfein's interview with him. He makes his own scouting reports while they're on the plane/bus for the batters. He also worked with Gio on his composure. Dude's work with pitchers has been just as valuable as his bat.

Well that's a self own.

You mention this like every fifth post.

I just keep thinking about how well LaVine - Porter - Markkanen played with Arci on the floor, then realize that Brogdon is basically MegaArci. It's a lot of money now, but the cap keeps going up + Porter and Felicio will be gone in two years, so Lauri will be taken care of then.

The point would be after the draft.

I imagine signing both of them for the rest of the season would cost a lot more than that, just to outbid the other contenders.

But actually though. How much would it take to get him on a 1-year deal over the other bidders?

I can't believe we split a series in Houston. More importantly, get Gio and Lopez some help in the rotation (via FA or call ups, NOT TRADE).

Ok, bronze?

He's evolving

@bmags @Jose Abreu Bucks cap hell just got crazier. At this point - what do you guys think gets the Bucks to pass on Brogdon?

Only reason I'd do this is because Porter is up in two years. But man, just went and looked at the Bucks situation in Capulator...it's not fun. You assume they re-sign Middleton to a max, which is $32M. Bledsoe's 4 year, 70M contract needs to be added. Then they have a non-guaranteed Hill at $18M, which will likely be waived. Mirotic and Brogdon will have bird rights, but likely asking for a lot. Brook is already a FA. Before resigning any of those three, they're $6M above the cap. Assume they need one of Lopez or Mirotic. Let's say Lopez is nice and goes with the MLE, that puts them at 11M above the cap. After actually crunching the numbers, maybe LaVine's $18M deal could be enough to get Brogdon, unless the Bucks want to be a painful $27M over the cap.

Quoted the article on the last page, but KC Johnson mentions it in an article: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/ct-spt-bulls-point-guard-nba-draft-trade-free-agency-20190518-story.html If the Bulls waive and stretch Felicio and can get Asik's cap hit removed (like they have asked the league) and renounce every FA, they get $27M in cap space. Without Asik, it's $24M. I think they could put $21M on the table and that would be enough to scare off the Bucks.