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Shaq Thompson Talks Decision to Take Pay Cut to Remain in Carolina

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6 hours ago, jfra78 said:

The money was what it was and we had no control over it, but the vitriol that many had on this forum towards him as a player was outrageous.

You have to forgive some people.  There are lot of folks these days whose motto is either "I'm not happy unless I'm not happy" or worse "I'm not happy unless you aren't happy." 

He didn't suddenly become worse because he hit a year in his contract that priced himself himself out of the picture, and everybody saw that year coming from day one.  He may not have been worth the number, but he wasn't suddenly worthless, either.  But, people have to go to extremes these days, it seems.

I like Shaq (and did before his new contract), but what I didn't like was his old contract.  People say that isn't his fault, but at some point it becomes a value issue against the cap, regardless of whose fault the contract is.  That's the point where it becomes a business decision, even with the leadership he provides.

The irony was I posted on some random thread about him out here that he almost needs to play a year for free to make his contract worth it, and that is kinda what he agreed to do.  That speaks volumes about him, IMO.  I have no idea what he would have gotten from somebody else had he been released, and that probably factored into his decision, but it never came to that.  That usually only happens for teams that have proven success.

If people need to spray venom, his old contract was a Hurney special:  if we pay him like he is elite, he will become elite.  If that ever worked, I don't remember it.

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6 minutes ago, PootieNunu said:

He originally had a cap hit of 24.5m for this season alone

Now he is on a 2 years 12.6 m contract which is much more in line with his on field capabilities. 

fuging Hurney… finally getting rid of the last demons. 
 

I like Shaq, he’s no star but he definitely can play when the scheme is good(it was not under Rhule).

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3 hours ago, PootieNunu said:

He originally had a cap hit of 24.5m for this season alone

Now he is on a 2 years 12.6 m contract which is much more in line with his on field capabilities. 

He'll be here next year too on this deal. It's almost all guaranteed plus a 1m roster bonus next year. It's also got 3 void years for sb purposes 

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