Mikki Moore's Other Offers

by Tom Ziller on Dec 18, 2007 7:46 AM PST in Free Agency/Trades

A Sam Amick profile of Mikki Moore gives us a look into the other offers The Lobster received this summer -- $12 million/3 years from Chicago, $10 million/3 years from New Jersey. Geoff Petrie ended up dropping $17 million/3 years with only $12 million/2 years guaranteed.

At FanHouse, I chided New Jersey for letting him go for essentially $1 million each of the next three years -- I assume a $13 million/3-year deal would've kept him, considering he liked playing with Kidd and Carter and the Sacramento offer didn't come until later. While it was a questionable move to let him go by N.J. (and of course it's easier to say that now than in July), the lush Sacramento contract makes sense.

Mikki's a placeholder. No one would dispute he's a better fit than Kenny Thomas or Shareef Abdur-Rahim, and no one would dispute this team lacked his long athleticism (ignoring Justin Williams). It doesn't really matter if you spend $12 million or $9 million or $15 million on him these two years -- you aren't getting under the cap until 2009 anyways (barring a miracle). Bringing Mikki in helps the team compete in the interim, and we know now the Maloofs nor Petrie are going to all out tank a season. The brevity of the deal was key.

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Dollars & Sense

Good point, TZ. Moore's contract does not have the length to hurt us, the same way that Salmon's contract does not have the annual dollars to hurt us. Miller falls far short of meeting his contract obligation but is still a solid contributor (he'd be nice at $6-8 million per). The contracts of Bibby, K9(woof!) and 'Reef currently represent the payroll albatross.

Had we not signed Moore I'm sure that there would have been a contingent of people that would have accused the brothers Maloof of being skinflints* for not going out and signing someone when we were $6 million under the cap.

And while I would like to see 3-Wil get some more run, Moore is unquestionably easier on the senses than K9(woof!).

*The word skinflints was used instead of tightwad in honor of "Scrooge" and the holiday season. No animals were harmed in the making of this comment.

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by section214 on Dec 18, 2007 8:05 AM PST reply actions

While I am not offended by the length of

Moore's contract, I am annoyed he got signed. I think it was Petrie trying to make a winner while trying to rebuild this team. The Maloof's at this point probably care more about the fans than they do the wins; indeed everyone knew this team wasn't winning a championship. Bibby's injury is throwing the whole thing off; I believe they could have traded him by now. I think the moment that Artest and Bibby are traded away, if they are, and GP doesn't overplay his hand trying to get too much, then tearing this team apart is the next logical step. One (me!me!me) hopes Petrie can rip it apart without giving away of the youngin's.

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by pookeyguru on Dec 18, 2007 1:04 PM PST reply actions