Jun 30 2008

Basketball Blog - Baron Opts Out

Published by gg at 11:13 pm under Uncategorized

In what was a surprise move at least to me, Baron Davis opted out of the last year of his contract, that was to pay him nearly $18 million this upcoming season. This is according to the AP via ESPN.com.

The reason why I never thought it would happen is because I didn’t think there was a market for Davis to make more than that.

What it means to me is that maybe Davis and his agent think that it’s not safe to play out the deal and risk possible injury and instead, market himself based on last year’s play. If he were to get injured this year, his reputation would suffer and his earning power could be cut drastically. But I’m not sure it’s even going to matter. If anyone saw Davis at the end of last year, he wasn’t even close to the same person he was in the first half of the season. To say that he wore down at the end of the season would be a fair statement.

The Davis camp must believe that there’s a secure deal out there. He gave up $18 million for the opportunity to find one. Now the Warriors need a point guard, whether it’s going to be Davis if they resign him, or someone else.

What about Davis for Elton Brand in a sign and trade?

5 Responses to “Basketball Blog - Baron Opts Out”

  1. # Jeremyon 30 Jun 2008 at 11:34 pm

    That’s possible, but he HATES Nelson.  Could be he just wants out.  He could pull a Ray Allen, go to a winning team, and push them over the top.

    If ends up going to Memphis nevermind.  But if he goes to Portland he just may win a ring (if the refs let them).

  2. # Sir Edsolicius Zuckolovich Jr. III Phd.on 01 Jul 2008 at 12:34 am

    That sucks, that means no more Alba at Warrior games now…

  3. # GGon 01 Jul 2008 at 6:53 am

    But you turned on her when she got pregnant. I thought this would be a plus for you.

  4. # Hea Jinon 01 Jul 2008 at 8:32 am

    That sux…but rumor is Davis will play for the Lakers…now i don’t know if that is good or bad, but I do like Davis

  5. # GGon 01 Jul 2008 at 8:47 am

    I haven’t seen what the cap looks like for them to sign him, but if it’s a sign and trade, I don’t think the Lakers have any real pieces that the Warriors would want unless it’s Bynum. And if it is Bynum, they’d have to take another player with a large contract to make it work. And I don’t think the Lakers have any interest whatsoever in trading Bynum.

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