Chris Jones watch...

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by TEX

I do as well. The only thing that I'm not ok with is the fact that if he walks, KC gets nothing. (Except cap space). But that's only because I don't know plan B at this time.

But again, letting him walk and getting nothing but cap space is a better scenario than paying him only to see him get hurt and/or shut it down having now gotten his 3rd big $$$$ deal.

It's just not common to see players continue to excel on their 3rd contract. It's just a question of motivation.

This isn't like the NBA where you have Bird rights that actually encourage you to 'overpay' for your own guys and allow you to go over the cap to get those deals done. Chris Jones is, for all intents and purposes, a free agent. Oh not formally, but it's how his agents are playing it. And if Jones were a free agent, we wouldn't be saying "Oh no, if we can't get him signed, we won't get any compensation..."

No - we'd just go onto the next possible option(s). And that's just not the end of the world. Veach has shot his shot here. He appears to have been extremely aggressive in terms of AAV and guaranteed dollars. If that's not good enough, then you just have to move on.