Raps offer sheet to Landry Fields

[RaininThrees]

RT @ESPNSteinLine: Just going up online and via SportsCenter: Raptors and Knicks' RFA Landry Fields have agreed to three-year offer sheet

Discuss.

[RaininThrees]

@ESPNSteinLine: Sources say that the three-year deal offer sheet to Fields, with the Year 3 jump a la Asik, approaches $20 million

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[RaininThrees]

RT @bruce_arthur: It's all about Nash. This is Bryan Colangelo throwing everything he's got to get one guy. All-in.

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RT @bruce_arthur: And if it works, Nash basically costs $56M over three years, with Landry Fields thrown in. Hoo boy.

[Legends66NBA7]

So their getting both Fields and Asik for around the same price... and then getting Nash for it ?

[AC Earl]

AlexKennedyNBA It sounds like Landry Fields' new deal would pay him $5 million in year one, $5.2 million in year two and $9.8 in year three. Poison pill.

[baller03]

this is horrible. this guy is not worth this type of money.

[RapsFan]

And it begins. The throwing of money at marginal players to 'win now' since we're going after Nash.

The Nash deal itself is horrible because of the secondary moves that will be made after it, such as this.

I don't mind Fields the player, but why not just play Ross and DeRozen more mins.

[Pistol Pete]

[RapsFan]

Originally Posted by Legends66NBA7

So their getting both Fields and Asik for around the same price... and then getting Nash for it ?

No just comparing contracts of Fields and Asik.

[Dr.Funk]

Absolutely terrible contract for a terrible player.

[Zan Tabak]

Errr what are they thinking ?..I would rather they just signed Nash without fields. Can't see him helping the team

[Dr.Funk]

Originally Posted by Zan Tabak

Errr what are they thinking ?..I would rather they just signed Nash without fields. Can't see him helping the team

Well this does help our chances of Nash in the sense that the Knicks wanted to S&T Fields to the Suns for Nash, they can't do that at all now because he is now tied up in the offer sheet process for 3 days, if the Knicks match the offer Fields can't be traded.

The downside however is that the Knicks are probably not going to match and we will be suck with a shitty player on a shitty contract.

[Beebo]

dafuq...

[T-Low]

I don't care what you say, I like Fields. For that money, maybe not but he can be a good player in a system run by Nash. But this all depends on if we sign Nash or not.

[brwnman]

The whole point of this signing is to get Nash away from NYK. PHX was interested in Fields, and for Knicks to acquire Nash they needed to sign and trade Fields as part of a deal to get Nash. With this deal, Knicks either match Fields, try to throw in Shumpert for Nash if Nash agrees to take less than 9 mil/yr. This move effectively takes NYK out of the running for Nash regardless of if they match or not.

As for Raps getting Fields... really hoping NYK matches...