Dash Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Drew Gooden(notes) has reached agreement on a five-year, $32 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Gooden has played for eight teams in eight seasons, and hopes to find some stability with the fast-rising Bucks. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-goodenbucks070110 $32 million for 5 years? Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 He is a good player, and a big man that can attack the basket and also rebound is a rare find in the NBA nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 what are the bucks trying to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 This is not good. All financial stability that we worked to achieve over the last few years is back to square one with this deal. This has Gadzuric written all over it. -_- Plus, what are we going to do with Sanders now? He's not going to sit behind Gooden for five years. I like Gooden but 5 years is just way to long. Not liking this too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Gooden for 5 years? Seems more like a 2 or 3 year player to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Favors? Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 How old is Drew Gooden? I know for a fact he's getting up there in age, and 5 years is way to long. A 12-15 million dollar deal over 2-3 years would've been much much more reasonable.Although, with Gooden-Bogut up front, and Jennings at point, they could have something great next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Terrible signing. Gooden had a very solid finish to the season last year with the Clippers, but that was during a contract year on a terrible team. Gooden isn't exacly known for bringing a consistent effort, especially after he has received a long term deal. He fills a need for the Bucks because Sanders isn't capable of jumping right into the NBA, but Gooden is not the kind of player that you give a long term contract to. I wouldn't have given him anything more than 2 or 3 years to ensure that he isn't going to become complacent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenIverson#1fan Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 This is screwed up. 5 years? He'd be 34 when this contrt ends. I doubt he will be good every one of those years especially when he's 34. Looks like he finaally dound himself a team considering he always switches team's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 And who are they bidding against? They can get Gooden for a much cheaper price. The thing with Milwaukee is that to sign decent free agents, they often have to overpay. This is another case of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammin Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 In all honesty, no one wants to go to Milwaukee so this is overpaying for a regular team, but for a team that no one wants to join (think Raptors, Bobcats etc) then it's what it takes to get an average player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerFan Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 If it's a 5 year deal for 32 million, it is an awful deal. But rumors are going around that the 5th year might be a team option, and even the 4th year might be a team option. So it would be a 3 year 16 million dollar deal which is much more reasonable. And the Bucks were going to save the money, let Redd expire next season, and then build the team through FA in 2011. That was the Bucks plan when Hammond took over, but you have to think about the run they made last season. With Salmons, they were the hottest team in basketball in the 2nd half, and without Bogut, they took the Hawks to 7 games. With Bogut, they would have easily beaten the Hawks. They won 46 games last year as well. Why not be aggresive in FA this year? Do you think Jennings and Bogut are going to be with the Bucks 4-5 years from now? The window is now, and Hammond realized that. If he would re-sign Salmons (rumored that they are close) then they have added everyone back from last season excluding Ridnor, and Thomas, but would have added Maggette, CDR, Sanders, Gooden. Talent wise, that team is much more better. Here would be the Bucks team as of right now: PG: Brandon JenningsSG: John Salmons/CDRSF: Corey Maggette/Carlos Delfino/HobsonPF: Drew Gooden/Ersan/Luc Richard/SandersC: Andrew Bogut/Drew Gooden/Gallon The Bucks could still get Ridnour and Thomas back as well. Honestly, looking at that roster, it's MUCH more improved. And 50+ games isn't out of the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 More than Channing Frye? Now I don't feel that bad about the Suns paying Frye $30 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 It's a steep price, but honestly I don't think it's that bad of a move. He's a VERY good rebounder, can score/finish, and he will certainly give the Bucks depth. It's a tough contract to swallow, but as another member mentioned, teams like Milwaukee will never win over any star players in free agency. I do think they could have scooped Gooden up for less, but he's a very solid player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 gooden is one of my fav players, very consistent role player...but this deal..i mean he does tend to pick up injuries through the season...5 years might be much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 BadgerFan From what I've heard everything about Gooden's contract is guaranteed, it's Salmons that may have the team options. Also, if we resign Salmons for the rumored price, we will not be able to resign both Ridnour and Thomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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