Jordan Hill resigns with the Lakers on a two-year, $18M deal

[Shade8780]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 5s
Free agent forward Jordan Hill has agreed to a two-year, $18M deal to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, agent Kevin Bradbury tells Yahoo.
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[SpecialQue]

:confusedshrug:

[RoundMoundOfReb]

WTF overpay

[KobesFinger]

Solid role player, D'Antoni misused him :confusedshrug:

Great rebounder, high energy hustle player with a nice spin move and decent short to mid-range J. Not worth $9m a year though IMO

[Brokenbeat]

Wow yeah, didn't think he'd get that much. :facepalm

[JimmyMcAdocious]

wat :biggums:

[ImKobe]

18M? WOj better had a typo, how u gonna pay 9 mil a year for someone, who hasn't been healthy for one damn season and has never even averaged more than 20.8 ppg for a full season? damn.

His stats are solid and he brings a lot of hustle and he's a great rebounder & has improved his shot, but in no way is he worth that much money...

[YouGotServed]

:yaohappy:

Dem ankles remind me of young Stephen curry.

can't decide which team will be shittier Knicks or Lakers.

[DaSeba5]

His health problems scares me away if I was a GM of a team. I'd rather have a worse player on the court than somebody who doesn't play.

[WeGetRing2012]

What!? :confusedshrug: :confusedshrug:

[AnaheimLakers24]

other teams were most likely trying to steal him. glad hes back but wtf


how much do lakers have left? can we get gasol or lance?

[rmt]

$9mil? More than Splitter or Diaw? LOL

[BigTicket]

Not so bad actually.

Lakers just trying to keep their options open for 2016 when the salary cap jumps upward.

[AnaheimLakers24]

:yaohappy:

Dem ankles remind me of young Stephen curry.

can't decide which team will be shittier Knicks or Lakers.
7-0 :roll:

[fiddy]

i like Jhill im glad well keep him


:yaohappy:

Dem ankles remind me of young Stephen curry.

can't decide which team will be shittier Knicks or Lakers.
Rockets

[DMV2]

$9 million/year is way too much for a guy who can't play more than 20 minutes a game.

[ImKobe]

other teams were most likely trying to steal him. glad hes back but wtf


how much do lakers have left? can we get gasol or lance?

If we stretch Nash, around 19m + the MLE. Still enough space to get an all-star caliber player. Hopefully Mitch already has Lance or Deng locked up because otherwise this deal makes no sense. I'd rather we sign Pau for 12m a year than give Hill 18 for 2 yrs...

[fpliii]

Don't love it, don't hate it either. Happy to have him back, but it's expensive.

[CelticBaller]

:roll:

[I<3NBA]

Wtf? I feel sorry for the Lakers

[fiddy]

$9 million/year is way too much for a guy who can't play more than 20 minutes a game.
He can, MDA just hate him

[bagelred]

Jordan Hill > Brandon Jennings

Donnie Walsh vindicated.

[Genaro]

WTF Mitch is doing? 9 millions!!! I can't believe this.

This will be 2 long years for the Lakers.

[MVBallin2K]

Are people really that confused about him making that much? He's a big who can rebound. Those are virtually guaranteed to make a ton of money so the Lakers knew what they were in for.

Not sure what this means for the cap space between this and Young, not even sure Gasol is coming back at this point but at least they managed to keep something going.

[alanLA92]

Happy to see him stay but for $9 million a yr? :biggums:

[NumberSix]

WTF overpay
Does it matter? They're obviously planning to shed all their salary for the 2016 free agency. Between him and Kobe alone, that's $33 million in cap space opening up for 2016.

[SpecialQue]

i like Jhill im glad well keep him


Rockets

:lebronamazed:

[HylianNightmare]

Young and him got payed!!!

[D-Rose]

9 million a year? Holy bloody mother of GAWD

[RoTM]

other teams were most likely trying to steal him. glad hes back but wtf


how much do lakers have left? can we get gasol or lance?

Lin is 8 I believe and Hill and Nick go for 14. Lakers had about 25 mil with minimum holds. Lance is way out of the question and It looks like Pau's bird rights would have to be renounced to make these moves.

There's no money left and they cant go over the cap to resign him. Looks like they chose JHill over Pau.

[boozehound]

other teams were most likely trying to steal him. glad hes back but wtf


how much do lakers have left? can we get gasol or lance?
no. Basically at 54 million in salary with another 6 mil in salary. So, you have about 3 mil to spend before you hit the "cap"

[boozehound]

If we stretch Nash, around 19m + the MLE. Still enough space to get an all-star caliber player. Hopefully Mitch already has Lance or Deng locked up because otherwise this deal makes no sense. I'd rather we sign Pau for 12m a year than give Hill 18 for 2 yrs...
How the **** do you get this? 23.5 for kobe, 3 mil for stretch nash, 8.5 mil for lin, 9 mil for hill, 1 mil each for sacre and marshall, and randle (3mil? I dont know the rate) which is 49 million. plus 6 cap holds at over a million (sorry, but they count) and you are at 55 million. so you have about 8 million to the cap. Pretty sure you cannot use the MLE if you started below the cap.....

ignore my prior post about 3 mil

[LA_Showtime]

I like it. We weren't signing anyone else anyway, and in a year that $9 million dollars will give us flexibility in case we're looking to make a trade.

[gts]

I like it. We weren't signing anyone else anyway, and in a year that $9 million dollars will give us flexibility in case we're looking to make a trade.

Add the second year is a team option.. so basically it's a one year deal... see how he holds up and go from there

[WeGetRing2012]

We have team option for the last year

[Droid101]

We have team option for the last year
Seriously? He couldn't get two guaranteed years somewhere else? Dude is mad underrated.

[Eric Cartman]

Important number here is the 2 years. Who cares if it's 9-12 million? Lakers ain't gonna get desperate and sign a piece of shit free agent like the Knicks did with Amare in 2010.

At least they didn't ChanningFrye themselves.

[brownmamba00]

Jimbo managed to **** this team up in just 4 hours

[Rubio2Gasol]

Team option 2nd year.

Good deal

[LA_Showtime]

Add the second year is a team option.. so basically it's a one year deal... see how he holds up and go from there

Oh if it's a team option I wouldn't be surprised if we flip him this year. The guy has value around the league.

[RoTM]

How the **** do you get this? 23.5 for kobe, 3 mil for stretch nash, 8.5 mil for lin, 9 mil for hill, 1 mil each for sacre and marshall, and randle (3mil? I dont know the rate) which is 49 million. plus 6 cap holds at over a million (sorry, but they count) and you are at 55 million. so you have about 8 million to the cap. Pretty sure you cannot use the MLE if you started below the cap.....

ignore my prior post about 3 mil

Their minimum holds are only 500k. Randle already counts for 2.6. If Nash were stretched they would be around 54.5 committed. The holds are lower but you didn't add Nick Young.

[boozehound]

Their minimum holds are only 500k. Randle already counts for 2.6. If Nash were stretched they would be around 54.5 committed. The holds are lower but you didn't add Nick Young.
right, but that is before nickyoung. People better than me are saying they have spent their wad

[Bosnian Sajo]

Happy to have him back, but too much $$$....whyyyyyyyy is it a 2 year deal though? I'd rather it be 1yr/18m

[Brokenbeat]

Looks like we had to overpay for him to accept a short term contract with a team option. Not quite as bad as I thought, but I'm still not completely sold on the idea.

[Burgz V2]

...lol

[Threethrows]

It's big money, but only 2 years. Not that bad. Still not sure why they paid so much but short term deals become tradable expiring contracts very quickly. Especially with a team option, it's essentially a 9m expiring contract now with the chance that a nice young player will continue to improve and be a valuable asset on his own.

I don't hate this signing, which sucks because I hate the Lakers.

[Droid101]

It's big money, but only 2 years. Not that bad. Still not sure why they paid so much but short term deals become tradable expiring contracts very quickly.
Team option on the second year means it's trade able instantly. Good deal.

[longtime lurker]

Melo's smart to stay the hell away from the Lakers the team is truely directionless. 22 million between Lin, Swaggy P and Hill :roll: :roll: front office has no clue how to build a team.

[Droid101]

Melo's smart to stay the hell away from the Lakers the team is truely directionless. 22 million between Lin, Swaggy P and Hill :roll: :roll: front office has no clue how to build a team.
Directionless? Uh... they're clearly aiming for 2015 and 2016 free agency.

Next year: Lin, Jordan (if Lakers use their team option) and Nash come off the books. That's 26 million. That's Kevin Love and another guy of their choosing. Or KLove and Rondo if they both take less than the max, or almost max if Lakers trade off some other assets.

The following year: Kirby off the books. That's 25 million. That's the year Durant is unrestricted.

The plan is quite obvious, actually.

LOL at "have no clue how to build a team" are ring winners in the last decade.

[dazzer87]

9 per year not bad........ShIt Kobe getting what 25 a yr........

[Threethrows]

Team option on the second year means it's trade able instantly. Good deal.

Yeah saw that and edited. It's really a good signing. Every now and then contracts like this make a lot of sense. Instead of giving a guy a 3-4 year deal you give him a lot of money over 1-2 years and give yourself a future asset. If the player bombs, well he got paid so he's happy and the team can trade the contract away or decline the option. If he does well he earns the money and plays himself right in to another good deal.

[Droid101]

Yeah saw that and edited. It's really a good signing. Every now and then contracts like this make a lot of sense. Instead of giving a guy a 3-4 year deal you give him a lot of money over 1-2 years and give yourself a future asset. If the player bombs, well he got paid so he's happy and the team can trade the contract away. If he does well he earns the money and plays himself right in to another good deal.
I still don't like the Nick Young deal doe. :lol

[longtime lurker]

Directionless? Uh... they're clearly aiming for 2015 and 2016 free agency.

Next year: Lin, Jordan (if Lakers us their team option) and Nash come off the books. That's 26 million. That's Kevin Love and another guy of their choosing. Or KLove and Rondo if they both take less than the max, or almost max if Lakers trade off some other assets.

The following year: Kirby off the books. That's 25 million. That's the year Durant is unrestricted.

The plan is quite obvious, actually.

LOL at "have no clue how to build a team" are ring winners in the last decade.

Yes directionless genius. You don't blow your capspace on Jordan Hill and Nick Young. New flash Kevin Love isn't going to enter free agency. Yes I'm sure Rondo is jumping at the idea of heading to the Lakers to play with Randle and Nick Young. This is the wrong way to go about free agency. The plan is idiotic because they should be at least a 2nd round team if they want to attract Durant in 2016. At this rate they'll be a lottery team the next 2 years with a pick in only one of those year. The only thing that can save us is Randle turning into a 20-10 beast.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

2nd year team option..good deal

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin will feed him like a beast.
Lin is elite at feeding players close to the basket to make a quick move