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Who can offer Davis a decent contract?
Technically, any team can. But I’m ruling out any team at or over the luxury tax threshold. I doubt any team will want to pay double for most players, including Glen Davis.
That leaves an amazing 16 teams (I threw one more in). These teams are below the estimated luxury tax threshold (projected around $70 mil) going into this next season.
That is as important as being under the cap in this case, because Davis can’t be offered more than the average player salary, which is the same as the MLE, and all will have the MLE available.
The question remains whether he will get an offer for the full mid level amount. It would not be a complete surprise if he does, but he most certainly will get offers of value leading up to that amount, even in a bad economy.
I’m surprised at how many teams have started to get their financial house in order for bigger game in 2010. The current economy has tanked the investments and wreaked havoc on the net worth of many current NBA franchise owners. Offers will be far more prudent in general, I believe.
Just who might make Glen Davis an offer? How much might that offer be? What would be a better situation for Davis, if any?
Here are the teams with a few comments. I don’t pretend to know any more about this than you do. The Celtics are non-committal at this point whether they will match any offer.
Have any thoughts yourself? feel free to chime in after seeing the probable teams.
Atlanta Hawks
They are at $40 million without re-signing Mike Bibby and Marvin Williams.
Assuming they resign Williams at close to his qualifying offer of $7.3 mil. They will have to determine what it will take to get Bibby back.
Even if they re-sign both, it appears that Zaza Pachulia may seek another destination.
The knock on the Hawks is that they don’t really have a team identity. Glen Davis would be an excellent role player on that team, and back up both the 4 and 5 positions. The Hawks would still need height with Horford/Davis manning the middle.
Charlotte Bobcats
$58.4 million right now.
They are below the luxury tax threshold. A question here is if owner Robert Johnson will spend the money. They are losing substantial money each season and he trying to sell the franchise.
It would make sense that they will make the qualifying offer to Raymond Felton ($5.5mil.), but not to Sean May ($3.7 mil)
Davis could be the power forward/back up center that Sean May never could.
Detroit Pistons
$39 mil using options.
They have plenty of money. But how much will they use before 2010? I’m not sure how Dumars plays this season.
Will they try to re-sign Wallace and/or McDyess? Signs point to no, unless they will re-sign at big discounts.
If they let both of those players walk, they will need some big bodies. An offer to Davis would help both parties. Davis would get solid playing time with some good players, and it wouldn’t cost Detroit that much.
Golden State Warriors
$61 mil.
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