Z Train
To start off, Tim Hardaway Jr. signed an offer sheet of 4 years, $71 million with the team that drafted him, the New York Knicks. As a restricted free agent, the Hawks politely declined to match it, making him a Knicks player. The Hawks reportedly were willing to offer $48 million over 4 years, and in true Knicks fashion, they royally fucked up something they already had in the bag. I don't even think Atlanta would've matched a $50+ million sheet, so no idea who the Knicks thought they were negotiating against. I won't act like THJ doesn't have a lot of potential, but $71m when your best year was 14/6/3 this year is absolutely absurd. Junior better give his agent a raise and thank his daddy for naming him Timothy Hardaway.
Here's a gallery of NBA Twitter reacting to the offer. We start off with an all-timer from the resident NBA top journalist/top smokeshow, Rachel Nichols. The Knicks trade Hardaway Jr for Jerian Grant, who they then trade for Derrick Rose, then turned around and renounced Rose's restricted free agency to sign Hardaway Jr for $71 million when they're supposed to be tanking. Gotta love it.
At least Derrick Rose isn't there any more?
The Zen Master is somewhere laughing, flicking off NYC and James Dolan.
Budenholzer's School for Misfit Wings
Not even Atlanta could fuck up this call
Full-blown tank mode for my Hawks led by the fearless Kent Bazemore. See previous blog about the Process bandwagon I will likely be jumping on for the time being. At least we're not the Knicks.
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