Polling GSoM: Anthony Morrow to Sign Offer Sheet with New Jersey Nets for Three Years $12 Million, Should Golden State Warriors Match?

Wow… this hurts… really does

He’s a great shooter. That’s it. He can’t create his own shot, his defense is below average, and his rebounding/assists/intangibles are almost nonexistant. We will have plenty of scoring next year between ellis, curry, and lee.

What we need is defense and rebounding so we stop losing those 120-110 games every other night. Morrow has his strengths (shooting) but honestly that is NOT what the warriors need right now. I don’t know who else is available, but defense/rebounding from a wing player is what the W’s sorely need.

Because he does 2 things well, one of those things at an elite level.

I’m 100% wait and see with the Lee deal, but Morrow is so uniquely “our” guy in that all other 29 teams could have had him several times over but Mullin and Nelson saw what other team’s did not. Specifically, that this guy was, at worst, an NBA rotation player.

Beyond that, he’s a hard worker, a fiery personality and, by all accounts, a great guy. Everything a fan could want in a player (except for athletic ability).

I think Morrow’s game took a step backwards last season. He was a a sharp shooter that wasn’t too sharp. Both his FG and 3pt %‘s were down from the previous year. He had more minutes but wasn’t very effective.

it was because I had high hopes for him but he did not live up to my expectations

I’m not sure if Morrow is worth all of that money, but it sucks seeing everyone on the team disappear. It’s like breaking up the We Believe team all over again, except on a lower level. lol.

chemistry is important, but let’s not forget we were 26-56 last year. Whatever chemistry we had wasn’t working.

Chemistry is important. Teams get it by learning to play together. This is a team sport.

It is, but with the right teammates, chemistry is something that can be established instantly.

I feel sorry for Lee cause he ain’t gonna do nothin for this team, and people on this blog will be the first to down him when he fails… which he will. The Warriors beat the Knicks last year badly with Lee playing most of the game

You just said that this is a team sport. Lee makes everyone better in some way or another.

4 million per year is solid value for Morrow. Look at the comparable players based on salary and WP48.

Anthony Morrow
2010 WP48 .082
2009 WP48 .105
Avg WP48 .095

Non-Rookie Deal SG/SF making 4 million or less in 2010 with WP48:

Delonte West .121
Larry Hughes .023
Rasual Butler .043
Ryan Gomes .023
Roger Mason .038
Willie Green .011
Charlie Bell -.004
Carlos Delfino .164
Damien Wilkins .117
Kelenna Azubuike .231
Grant Hill .135
Jamario Moon .191
Tony Allen .156
Maurice Evans .073
Dahntay Jones -.005
Ricky Davis -.022
DeShawn Stevenson -.049

So it is possible to get players better than Morrow for 4 million according to WP48 but most of the players on non-rookie deals making 4 million or less are worse.

Now let’s look at what players with comparable WP48 to Morrow’s are getting paid:

Non-Rookie Deals SG/SF in 2010 with WP48 between .082-.105 (Morrow’s career low and high)

Vince Carter 16.3 million
Mike Dunleavy 9.8 million
Jamal Crawford .9 million
Francisco Garcia 5.8 million
Devean George 1.6 million
Michael Finley 1.141 million
 
So aside from aging veterans Morrow would be the lowest paid of the players listed with similar WP48.

These numbers prove to me that Morrow at 4 million a year is great value spending the same amount of cash or less at the SG/SF spot will likely produce a weaker player and players with comparable WP48 are getting paid more than 4 million. Economics wise this seems like a instant match unless you can secure one of the players better than Morrow for less then 4 million. When you factor in that Morrow has an elite skill then it makes it should make this a simple match.

At worst if Morrow doesn’t work out 4 million a year for a 3 point stud can be moved easily.

I’m throwing away my Buike/Randolph jerseys. Almost bought an Ammo one, whew! Will the new owners even keep the logo? I’m just going to start buying Dub’s jerseys with my name on the back because I’m not going to be traded… Or does Cohan have that power?

Is that Morrow goes away for nothing. Considering what other shooters have been getting this draft, please please please match Morrow.

If the Dubs dont match is it possible to at least S&T and maybe get something back, like a legit SF?

Please, please match.

Doesn’t anyone want a better team. I know our players beocme like fmaily members but isn;t winning and making the playoffs the goal? Azi, Rony, AR, now Amo, nice little players. I feel like they are my brothers but I think its time to admit our talent level is not what we perciev it to be and to make some moves to imprive our team. Whether any of you like it or not David Lee is a big upgrade over what we let go and If we let Amo go to sign a very good 3 then its all good.

There is really no down side to matching the offer. He can always be traded later for that price.

Last season, while retaining his sharp-shooter status he improved his ball handling and defense from “non-existant” to “terrible” and there’s no reason to suspect he won’t continue to improve somewhat in the future. He’s a guy who can come off the bench and change games once in a while, and those folks don’t grow on trees.

I’d be astonished if they fail to do so.

Of course, I’ve been astonished so many times by our f-d up FO I should carry a defibrillator with me at all times.

But the way the roster is shaping up and the fact it is 3 years (instead of 4 or 5 like most of the contracts have been) I would think the Warriors would have to match this.

is where the shrewd GMs make gains – just as we were able to wrangle Turiaf away from LA when they couldn’t match, and resigned our own previous RFAs (KAz & CJ IRC) when Mullin was here, NJ is catching us at a vulnerable moment cap wise and with only a week to react we may not be able to match without moving other contracts which in turn might be more valuable later in trades (I’m thinking of the expiring Gadz). NJ has tons of cap now and can afford to overpay slightly for a young good shooter who lacks a complete game.

We “found” Morrow and reaped the benefit of an inexpensive shooter, and now NJ found the opportunity to snag a young shooter. What we decide has a lot to do with what we decide about CJ, and to a greater extent Monta. If we think CJ can be our inexpensive scoring guard off the bench and we plan to keep Monta we may let Morrow go. Remember, Morrow cannot swing to SF the way KAz might have been able to. Letting AM go would be more of a gamble if Monta is flipped for a bigger wing (whether SF or SG) who is not a great shooter (& Mayo rumors persist, that could come into play as well).

What we don’t know is who else Riley has on his list, in his folder, or falls to us in the market. This is one of the highest volume FA/RFA markets in memory & it shouldn’t surprise that the roster of a 26-56 team is churned. That said, the market is also setting the price and 3yr/$4m is not excessive for a pure shooter. It just depends on what is in Riley’s plan – he did say, emphatically, he hopes to add an efficient SF.

Morrow provides an element that is not so easy to replace. Especially for significantly less than the MLE

For my Bay Area tweeps: Ws not expected to match Nets’ offer for Anthony Morrow because they’re right at luxury-tax threshold.

Would be a disaster

Morrow is that outside shooter that shoots 46% on 3-pointers. $4 mil/year is totally fair for someone with his skills, and might actually be a little too low.

Get it done Warriors brass!

Matt Steinmetz has in his article that the Warriors do not have to pay the luxury tax if they choose to match the offer given to Anthony Morrow.

According to the Star-Ledger, July 19th seems to be the deadline.

Hold off on that Anthony Morrow celebration for a few days – the Nets won’t actually drop an offer sheet on the Golden State sniper until Monday, which means the Warriors will have until July 19th to decide whether to match it.

Assuming the luxury threshold is the sticking point here, that gives us 9 days to work a Monta trade for a (cheaper) SF, or find a taker for VladRad’s expiring (perhaps taking back a 2-year contract with a lower cap figure?), or be otherwise creative. C’mon Riley, move your a**!!! Morrow at $4M is a total no-brainer. That would be the best contract on the team other than Curry’s rookie deal. To let him walk for nothing would be insane.

In an environment where Johan Petro gets a $3.3M/year contract, this is nothing. Renounce CJ, sign Morrow and use the MLE on a SF.

To let Morrow walk for this would be foolish.

They have had input on every other move up to this point.

he’s humble
he works hard
he knows he’s limited
he knows how to live with it
he lives (and doesn’t die) by the 3
so do we :-)