Cavs moving on from Tristan Thompson. SH**

[Legends66NBA7]

Should have paid him.

[RedBlackAttack]

I'm no contract expert, but where does this leave Thompson? He either signs the qualifying offer or he hopes a team offers him a contact, which the cavs can match and basically force him back?

What is the logic for Thompson at this point?

There really isn't any actual logic behind it. This is just Rich Paul hoping that his affiliation with LeBron and the fact that the Cavs don't have any options in free agency meant that he could ask for a super-max contract for Tristan Thompson... which is utterly insane, but obviously Paul thought playing chicken with the Cavs was worth the risk.

Of course, the risks were destroying Thompson's reputation and potentially even hurting his own relationship with LeBron by being such a massive d!ck.

The Cavs' offer still stands... 5 years, $80 million. And, that is more than fair. Take it or leave it, Rich. Good luck getting more money elsewhere.

[AnaheimLakers24]

Top 3 big. Bron didnt give him good head or something

[Rocketswin2013]

Guy has lost all leverage.


No one is going to pay him what he wants. His best bet at getting that money now is holding out until the first of march and essentially re-entering FA. Good luck at that.

Wouldn't be surprised if they knock $10,000,000 off the contract.

[Trollsmasher]

I'm no contract expert, but where does this leave Thompson? He either signs the qualifying offer or he hopes a team offers him a contact, which the cavs can match and basically force him back?

What is the logic for Thompson at this point?

his QO deadline has passed

he either gets the deal The Cavs put on the table, gets an offer from another team that the Cavs will match, or he won't play this season while becoming RFA again next off-season, losing money, value and reputation in the process and only getting even a smaller deal

Rich Paul may be the shittiest agent of all time

[RedBlackAttack]

The Cavs are removing Thompson's likeness from the arena walls and the official team website.




Nice work Rich, you f#cking scumbag.

[Trollsmasher]

The Cavs are removing Thompson's likeness from the arena walls and the official team website.




Nice work Rich, you f#cking scumbag.

well, they can't exactly use his pics if he ain't under the deal

like he should be under one by now, but this is just administration, not some bridge burning

[R.I.P.]

his QO deadline has passed

he either gets the deal The Cavs put on the table, gets an offer from another team that the Cavs will match, or he won't play this season while becoming RFA again next off-season, losing money, value and reputation in the process and only getting even a smaller deal

Rich Paul may be the shittiest agent of all time

Agreed. Thompson is a fool. He had to accept the QO. Now he

[kennethgriffin]

TT is the next dennis rodman... dude averaged 5 offensive rebounds per game in the 2015 playoffs.. elite defense too


thats what rodman averaged for the 3peat bulls

[Naero]

Can't believe any player can be so obstinately self-entitled on their own value...

In his defense, I understand where he's coming from, from a psychological vantage point. He's easily one of the hardest-working players on the team; because of that workhorse mentality, he likely feels slighted that his unrelenting hard work wasn't rewarded with as lucrative of a contract as he wanted and thus his pride on the line.

That being said, he also needs to put his GM-thinking cap on to look at the dilemma from another angle...

You can not completely equate hard work to your market value; it also boils down to channeling the work ethic in such a way that he develops a well-rounded flair, and that involves more out-of-game work than what he's evidently expended. He's far too one-dimensional in rebounding, and he needs to exert his effort in more aspects of the game to land the rewardful payout that he wants--especially a well-refined post game.

He just shot himself in the foot, and if the reports are true, LeBron was fostering much of that entitlement on his part with trying to leverage the Cavaliers' FO into such a negotiation.

[RedBlackAttack]

well, they can't exactly use his pics if he ain't under the deal

like he should be under one by now, but this is just administration, not some bridge burning

Yeah, that's all true... but I'm guessing ushering in the ESPN photographer and writer to make it a part of their story today wasn't required by league rules.

It's not bridge burning... just another reminder of how badly Rich Paul has handled this thing.

[kennethgriffin]

Can't believe any player can be so obstinately self-entitled on their own value...

In his defense, I understand where he's coming from, from a psychological vantage point. He's easily one of the hardest-working players on the team; because of that workhorse mentality, he likely feels slighted that his unrelenting hard work wasn't rewarded with as lucrative of a contract as he wanted and thus his pride on the line.

That being said, he also needs to put his GM-thinking cap on to look at the dilemma from another angle...

You can not completely equate hard work to your market value; it also boils down to channeling the work ethic in such a way that he develops a well-rounded flair, and that involves more out-of-game work than what he's evidently expended. He's far too one-dimensional in rebounding, and he needs to exert his effort in more aspects of the game to land the rewardful payout that he wants--especially a well-refined post game.

He just shot himself in the foot, and if the reports are true, LeBron was fostering much of that entitlement on his part with trying to leverage the Cavaliers' FO into such a negotiation.

heres the problem... another team WILL pay thompson the max.


so thompson isnt being greedy. he just wants his market value

[RedBlackAttack]

I heard from someone in the know that the Cavs actually upped their offer to 5 years, $83 million on Thursday in a last ditch effort to get him into camp ... and Paul declined it.

[kennethgriffin]

if any of us had a job where we got paid 10$ an hour

and we knew we could get 25$ an hour

but our boss will only give us a raise to 20$ an hour

every single one of us would quit and take the job paying 25$ an hour

period. no ifs ands or buts about it.

anyone hating on TT is a hypocrite

[T_L_P]

So he can still take the 5/80 deal the Cavs offered?