The COST Of Keeping Royce O’Neale On The Suns
uh if you can get him on a three or fouryear deal I think it’s a good deal for the Suns good deal for Roy I don’t expect there to be much of a hold up with this this is going to get worked [Music] out with these rules that means we are officially on Royce oal watch everybody tantalizing know tiating but here’s the thing Roy is one of the only and best path forward for the Suns not only because he was good for this squad but for some flexibility in the future like we’ve talked about how are you guys feeling about where we’re getting numbers from Roy O’Neal I know John Hollinger suggested four years $55 million what are you guys kind of thinking as of this point that that number seems a little steep but I’ve been we’ve said this the last time we talked about Royce O’Neal I wrote about it a few weeks back if you weren’t here for that the reason that the number might be more than you’re expecting is because they he has all the leverage and if they let Royce O’Neil walk they’re not getting any of that cap room by letting him walk so all they would have are vet minimums to replace him you’re not going to replace a guy like Royce O’Neal uh with vet minimum deals so you need to resign him even if it’s just for trade flexibility down the road so that way you can potentially move him for a contract in the midlevel range in the future remember the Suns cannot take back more money in a trade than they send out either as a second tax apron team so if they structure his deal around you know three years 40 million something like that or even four years in the 11 to13 million range don’t be surprised by that because that’s probably what his value is on the open market and it makes sense to kind of bring him back at that price range yeah no I I listen I think he’s a mid-level guy that’s what he is uh if you can get him on a three or fouryear deal I think it’s a good deal for the Suns good deal for Roy I don’t expect there to be much of a hold up with this this is going to get worked out Royce O’Neal is gonna be a Phoenix Sun everybody knows it uh we can’t afford to lose him I think he likes being here I think it’s a good fit they’ll meet in the middle find a good ground and and we’ll move on from this I know this will never happen but I’m in the 2-year 44 million just give him it all now trade him next year for a guy that makes 22 or trade him at the deadline but obviously you don’t have enough sweetener to get somebody to take Royce O’Neal at at 22 million you know and and circumvent this new second apron that way but I think you guys are right it’s probably three four years in in that in that range uh MoneyWise like you’re talking about but you have to do it right like you said Gerald there’s no there’s no way you’re getting a guy that does what he does uh if if he walks right you’re you’re going to be trying to get a guy that does similar things to him at a lesser skill set uh probably at an older age for vet minimum so just pay him what he wants get him in here for the next few years and figure out things in the future you know because you don’t have options and if you’re all in like it seems they are you’re going to have to happen okay Mike from Mesa asked a good question in the chat we’re talking about potentially overpaying rice O’Neal a little bit for some trade flexibility down the road and also because we want him back on the roster and he has all the leverage here but Mike said how do you trade um someone who’s overpriced Roy Roy wouldn’t be overpriced Roy is absolutely a a mid-level exception level player that’s what he would get on the open market as well as probably here that’s not overpriced like the new NBA the salary cap is going up yearby year the new TV deal is going to kick in 11 12 13 million a year for a player is the going rate for two-way Wings in this league whether they’re starting or coming off the bench and it’s going to look like peanut in a few years anyway so if all it really costs is Matt ishbia some luxury tax money it’s not overpriced and that’s pretty easily tradeable or um movable to some other team down the line well and even if you pay him slightly more than what his perceived value is and you and you include some kind of draft compensation if you’re getting a slightly better player fine there’s ways around it but it certainly gives you some additional uh opportunities here uh by the way to whoever asked yes I’m okay with cheating I think it was somebody from Mesa Mike from Mesa yeah why not nothing else has worked in the last 57 years so you know if you ain’t cheating you ain’t winning is is what I’m I’ve been hearing here I also love that Mike for Mesa has Jesus as his uh as his Avatar while I’m saying yeah let’s cheat go ahead right there we go now honestly you’re gonna try and tell me that 29 other teams aren’t lowkey cheating at points in time throughout they do cheating exactly they all do this yeah they just exactly playing the game just don’t get caught don’t get caught play 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The Suns are now legally allowed to negotiate a contract extension with Royce O’Neale, so what should they do? The PHNX Suns podcast discusses.
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Royce has the leverage.