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Originally Posted by Larry Hughes for Retirement
I just can't see how we were around the 6 million a year offer, and rumor had it he wanted 10 a year. Then the Bobcats offer him a really nice deal (for us to match), does AV have the choice not to report or anything if we match?
Because he has to feel as though we put up no effort to sign him - then we come crawling back in some sort of way!
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He signed that deal with the full knowledge that the Cavs were going to match.
The reason he signed is because he and Fegan thought that was the best they could do at this point. So instead of getting the big bucks like they had hoped, they're going to settle for a MLE deal for 2 years (the shortest we were offering was 3 years), and hope he gets big bucks as a UFA on the market in two years.
They went through Charlotte to get one provision that we wouldn't offer, but they're still going to come out of this really hurting. Andy better hope he doesn't suffer a serious injury.