He’s have to take less.

And will take a crack at it for half that amount.

See you for summer ball, I’ll be the one laughing uncontrollably and driving a Rolls.

That’s stupid. Fuck the Hornets and their cheapness.

doesn’t matter, the Maloofs won’t pay it. The Kings just traded away contracts, big and small to save anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. They downsized the video dept and the press buffet to save hundreds of dollars. The Boys are flying commercial for chrissake. The current roster will shrink as the Kings let FA’s walk. There has been talk of Whisenant as coach which is most likely financially motivated as any other reason. This last season had the Kings paying Three (3) Coaches at once (Muss, Reggie and Natt).

Please don’t try and convince me that this organization will spend big – right or wrong – on the next Head Coach. I will close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears before your first keystroke has finished. EJordan is a prime candidate because he fits the system and the Bullets owe him a year of $4M which the Kings can parlay into a longer term deal at a significant savings (“hey EJ – sign a 4 year deal at $4M per year for a total of $16M – Kings pay $12M – but let’s let Pollin pay $3.99M the first year – it’s an ultimate Flip off – you get a long term deal, high salary structure, and we will let you tell all the ladies that you are Terence Howard when you visit the Palms”

I can see N.O. saying they won’t buy him out. There’s really there’s no such thing as a buyout anyway. With a coach you either keep him and pay him or fire him and pay him. But if you keep him and pay him, he is the coach that will lead your team for the next year. And you are guranteed to pay him $5m.

Along comes team B that says, hey I’d hire him for maybe $3.5, can I talk to him? Now what this does is give you the opportunity to hire someone else. What you do with that money is up to you. Hire cheaper? Hire at the same $3.5 but with someone you want? Get the rock star you want but pay a couple mil extra?

It all comes down to two things. Do they want Scott and do we want Scott? If they don’t and we do, something can be worked out. If either they still want him for another year or we don’t want him that bad, it doesn’t work. The only way we pay $5.5 is if we deperately want him more than any other coach on the market and feel like we have no choice. And I just don’t see that happening.

I will say this. We will NOT get the coach GP described for less than $3-$4m per year. Call the Maloofs cheap or whatever (which they’ve proven time and again that they are not.) But if GP has his way, we are not going to go bargain hunting for another $2 man. (Please, please please, tell me we’re not!)

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