Not giving Samuel Dalembert 11M a year should fix the system plenty. Just like don't do stuff like that and it should solve most of the problems.

i agree gms should use everything in their power

and hamilton's extension was worse than either of gordon/charlie…

And mock what I said about MVPs leaving all you want…but read what I wrote again and then try to answer the question.

I think winning a title is more important than “JJ's happiness”. JJ will be a good player, but I don't think he's in a position to hold the franchise hostage. They have him for another year, as well, plus the rookie option thing. That is a lifetime in the NBA. He played a lot the other night, as well.

The Cavs contract situation is very good actually – Ferry isn't in the habit of giving out long and ridiculous deals to Ben Gordons and/or Villanuevas?

rationalize it all you want “how many times has a team MVP left a good team for a bad team”…

Danny Ferry has taken advantage of the current CBA with the deals he's made. Bailed out by the CBA with his bad signings (Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall, Damon Jones). He made a mistake by not trying to trade Shaq and his expiring as well. Now, going into the next 2 years, he will not have good enough expiring deals to make “shrewd” moves.

Amar'e was the way to go, losing JJ or not. JJ barely plays now that Jamison is on the team, and he certainly can't be the center going into next season. So you mortgage the future, and JJ's happiness, for 1 year of a title run in the hopes that it'll cause LeBron to think twice before leaving??

The owner will pay whatever, but the GM had to set up the money situation by offering bad contracts in the first place. We shall see this offseason my friend.