The Washington Post is reporting that the Cavs are likely to offer F/C Andray Blatche like $4mm per for 5 years when free agency opens up:Meantime, according to a league source, the Nets and Cavaliers are prepared to offer five-year contracts with a first-year salary of around $4 million to Wizards restricted free agent forward Andray Blatche when the free agency period opens July 1.
We must admit, even though we watch a lot of the NBA and watched almost every second of the Cavs/Wiz playoff series this year, we have little to no information on Andray Blatche. $20mm+ sounds like a lot for a guy who, in 2 years, has averaged 10 minutes, 3 points and 2 boards, but in Ferry we (only kind of) trust. The Cavs essentially only have the mid-level exception to offer to non-Cav free agents, so expect a lot of talk about people of Blatche's substantial reputation. However, he's 21, he's 6-11, athletic, and the Cavs certainly need to get some youth behind Z in the frontcourt. We just hope this doesn't get Varejao thinking he's worth $10mm per if a scrub like Blatche gets $4mm.
(P.S. Doesn't "Blatche" sound like slang for a dump or something? Like when you're hungover and you crush the porcelain you'd tell your buddies: "Man, I just dropped a major Blatche in there..." Maybe we're off.)
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