CJ Watson Agrees (In Principle) to 1 Year Offer
"Elsewhere, the Golden State Warriors agreed in principle with restricted free agent guard C.J. Watson on a one-year deal for slightly more than $1 million. Watson turned down a three-year, $4.5 million offer from Golden State last month, hoping that teams that had expressed interest earlier in the summer, including Orlando and Philadelphia, would come up with improved offers. If Watson signs the one-year deal, he'll still be a restricted free agent next summer, meaning the Warriors could match any offer he receives elsewhere.
But Watson, according to a source, didn't want to be stuck in Golden State for the next three years as the team's third point guard, which the team told him would be his role--a role that would not likely afford him the playing time he's looking for, or the opportunity to put up the kind of numbers that would get him another deal in 2012. Watson thinks it's better to play out the contract, see what's available in free agency next summer and, under a worse-case scenario, then play one more year in Golden State before becoming an unrestricted free agent."
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mosdl
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If CJ's the 3rd point guard
who’s the 2nd? Curry? Who’s the 1st? Monta? Law or Speedy can’t possibly be 2nd or 1st. Anyway, I understand CJ’s decision to take the 1 year deal.
Yeah
CJ is signed as an insurance just in case an injury happens
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Why doesnt CJ
just sign with Philly?… what a fool.
did philly make an offer that the warriors wouldn’t match? if they offered him a couple mil per year for a few years, the warriors would almost certainly match and he’d be a third string point guard until that deal was up. this was probably his fastest way out of a bad situation.
heart of a champion, will of the warrior.
CJ
Did not sign Philly’s offer because they only offered him a 1 year contract.
ok, i hadn’t heard about that. then yeah, that was probably dumb, but the warriors likely would have matched that anyway.
heart of a champion, will of the warrior.
C.J. Watson turns down one-year, $2.3 million offer from Philadelphia
I don’t think the Warriors would have matched 2 millions.
wow, he lost out on about half of that money by taking this deal. bad times for cj. when did this happen and how had i not heard about this?
heart of a champion, will of the warrior.
Overshadowed by the Magic wanting him
He turned down the philly one because he wanted a longer contract (and probably with a good team)






















