seabowl":2a4nd1qv said:
Sgt. Largent":2a4nd1qv said:
This is what makes John and Pete and their FO staff one of the best in the league.
They're fantastic at massaging tough contract and unhappy player situations with total transparency and empathy, and I think the players respond to that (for the most part).
I'm sure they've told both Brown and Diggs that they want them past 2021, and probably are going to tweak both their contracts for 2021 to give some incentive/performance based bonuses that will smooth things over until the extension talks are back on mid season or next off season.
JS and PC are good but these players came back so they don't lose a game check and not because of anything the team did.
It's both.
In fact it was just announced that the Hawks are converting all of Brown's bonus incentive money to guaranteed this year. That's over 1M.
Again, this is what well run franchises do. If you're minimizing that impact? Then you're not paying attention to the rest of the league, because this is not the norm, and why the Hawk's are viewed as a handful of the best ran organizations and helps get and keep players.