FA Extension Offers [Due Friday, March 3rd]

[BlazersGM]

i edited mine then so its semi private, few saw i guess but for me its not important, im not doing any sign and trade or any kind of deals before sim 1.

[CelticsGM]

Are you serious, Bods?

These talks here are as much bluffing and GM strategy as the season moves. Get another GM to do a signing here or there can take some FA opponents out of the equation. That can be vital, so i don't see a problem with that.

And we had "official" sign'n'trade offer threads before where nobody said a word. Besides that, we are such a close community that you can hardly surprise people anymore.

So installing a "mandatory privacy code of conduct" here seems a bit of a strange move to me. Let the posts flow freely here. Makes it even more fun to "guess" who bluffs. We've seen over and over again there are some GMs who talk the talk and some who walk the walk ...

[MavsGM]

You play too much poker.

[BlazersGM]

he didnt sleep for a few years now so he has some issues

[NetsGM]

You are right that its only fair to keep it private. But I see no problem if a gm chooses to reveal who they are resigning.

Imagine this.  a GM makes his decisions, sends it in.  Everyone then announces who has signed and who hasn't.  Now, the decisions he made would have changed, but because he sent his in already and has been quiet, he's gonna get hurt.

I can't force anyone to not announce it.  I can hopefully try to persuade you against it.

So installing a "mandatory privacy code of conduct" here seems a bit of a strange move to me.

Never did I say it was mandatory.  But I would like to keep it as minimal as possible.  Mainly because people put off submitting decisions because of it.  Then they forget, don't get their decisions in.  Then I'm in the unenviable position of either delaying the last sim, or "forcing" them to lose their FA's.

I'd like to have people submit their decisions ASAP.  A lot of discussion on the matter persuades against that.

[MagicGM]

bullshit.. I'm an honest gm... and I'd be lying if I said that Profit and Jefferson didn't re-sign... damn.. there goes my 2 million remaining cap..  

[NetsGM]

Re-signings:
http://ssbafiles.phillyarena.net/files/resignings/2012_resignings.htm

[GoldenStateGM]

I think I ot a real good deal on Ruffin...  probbaly about what he is really worth, or maybe even a bargain...

[NetsGM]

Also of note, retires:
2013    170    Pistons    SF Antawn Jamison retires
2013    170    Pacers    SG Ray Allen retires
2013    170    Kings    C Brian Skinner retires
2013    170    Pistons    SG Allen Iverson retires
2013    170    Pistons    C Kelvin Cato retires
2013    170    Nuggets    C Michael Olowokandi retires
2013    170    Kings    C Joe Smith retires
2013    170    Kings    PG Mike James retires
2013    170    Grizzlies    C Lorenzen Wright retires
2013    170    Pacers    PG Derek Fisher retires
2013    170    Hornets    PF Ben Wallace retires
2013    170    Trailblazers    PG Andre Miller retires
2013    170    Kings    C Marcus Camby retires
2013    170    Nets    PG Earl Boykins retires
2013    170    Trailblazers    C Evan Eschmeyer retires
2013    170    Mavericks    C Zydrunas Ilgauskas retires
2013    170    Celtics    PF Mark Blount retires

Glad that Boykins retired.  I wouldn't have re-signed him, happy he retired as a net.

[SixersGM]

Damn! AI didn't retire as a sixer. I was hoping both him and TD could retire as a sixer

[PacersGM]

man that is horrible for the kings  

[CelticsGM]

Good bye, Mark Blount, you will sorely be missed
{ahem, frank, was that this blonde dude we used as a TWG all season .. oh sorry, THAT guy ... did you remember to get some retirement present, like a tape from all his career highlights ... what, just 4 minutes, can we fill that up to an hour somehow? ... yeah, Larry Legend stuff is fine with me, just do it and get it to my office, but WRAPPED ...}


Man did the Kings luck out again with TD. They get another year from super-tim, fine. Camby will be missed badly but hey, he was 45 already. But losing all those backups, being ages away from cap space, left only with MLE, LLE and min surely is a tough assignement ...

[KingsGM-old]

Haha..half of my team retired!

Camby, i wish you all the best, you were great for my team and one of the main factors during my back to back WCF trips. Thanks on everything!

And no Celtics, Brian Skinner and Joe Smith are not "all those backups". They doesn't matter at all.

[KingsGM-old]

Mavs and Hornets are looking like biggest losers to me. Ben Wallace & Zidrunas will be hardly missed. 2 very important pieces on their teams.

[NetsGM]

Considering Big Z wasn't even re-signed, i'm not sure him not being on the Mavs is all that big of a shock.