Andray Blatche is one of the most underrated players in basketball.
Unfortunately he can’t keep a job longer than a year. Partly because he’s notoriously hard to keep down. If he would actually focus. He may be able to grab multi year contracts. But because he continually has off the court issues. Teams can’t trust him for longer than a season. But that doesn’t mean that teams pure don’t want him.
As a matter of fact. According to ProBasketballTalk, the Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies are interested in his services.
The Heat can offer their Josh McRoberts disabled-player exception, worth $2,652,500, but I think Whiteside diminishes their desire to add Blatche.
The Grizzlies could offer only a minimum contract – $573,199 and decreasing $3,372 by the day.
The Nets, who hold Blatche’s Early Bird rights, can offer a two-to-four year contract that starts at $ 4,836,469. Though that salary decreases by $33,127 each day, it should be more than enough – if Brooklyn wants to offer multiple years, which the Early Bird Exception requires.
The Nets could also offer a one-year contract worth up to $1,417,681 with the Non-Bird Exception, but that decreases by $9,710 each day.
The Nets money problems are such a head scratcher I’m surprised that they can even afford to sign a free agent.
Blatche has some half decent choices. If money wasn’t an object I’d go for Memphis since they’re the best team out of the three. Blatche is a great player. And surely at some point he wants to stop being a journeyman.
