Gallo wants to go to the Clips

Pincus has some insights, says the Clips are not interested in Chandler.

over 1 year ago DocD 7 comments 0 recs |

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we need to make this happen...

Baron, EJ, Gallo, BG, and Kaman.

Baron will never have to shoot outside of 4 feet, ever. If we pulled this off, we would potentially have one of the best clipper lineups ever. That’s not saying a whole lot, but still exciting. What’s better is that Gallo brings skills that we absolutely need: shooting and a high FT %. Him and EJ get to the line at an very high clip (both top 20 in the league I think).

It will get interesting, however, when its time to sign Gallo, EJ, and DJ in the next two years. Does anyone know if you can structure a deal in the NBA so that they receive less in the early years? I know they do it all the time in baseball. I’m thinking that this would help in getting deals done while Barons fat deal is still hanging around.

by indy818 on Feb 22, 2011 8:57 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Yes, you can frontload or backload contracts.

Birdman’s deal, for example, is ridiculously backloaded.

"Buckle your seat belts, folks. This one's going down to the wire." -The inimitable Ralph Lawler.

by Gordon for President on Feb 22, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions

Unless that changes in the new CBA

but i don’t see why it would…

by lbclips on Feb 22, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

Hang on...

You can’t really backload deals. You can only offer incremental raises, 8% I believe, so there’s not much room for backloading. You can frontload all you want… pay some the max in year one and the NBA min in year two, etc. But you can’t increase by more than 8%. If you could, everyone would do it to circumvent the salary cap.

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by Steve Perrin on Feb 22, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions

I asked Pincus if there was any truth to the rumors that Gallo wanted to come to LAC. He said there is “some” truth to it.

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by FlyByKnight on Feb 22, 2011 10:19 AM PST reply actions

Do it, NOW!!!!

Everything starts out New, Gets Old and Dies or is Destroyed.

by HVYDRT007 on Feb 22, 2011 11:08 AM PST reply actions

Get him here!

"look, you can find any coach you want, bring him in here and run the situation. But I don't think they are going to do as good a job as I do." -Mike Dunleavy Sr.

by CLiPPz WeRD 12 on Feb 22, 2011 11:47 AM PST reply actions