good for him, will definitely be rooting him on
hopefully this is the first of many for Nebrasketball entering a new era!
Roby signs with Mavs
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good for him, will definitely be rooting him on
hopefully this is the first of many for Nebrasketball entering a new era!
I'm pleasantly surprised he got this large of a deal.
I guess the people who swore up and down that Roby would absolutely, positively never sniff the NBA must be positively dumbfounded.
I guess the people who swore up and down that Roby would absolutely, positively never sniff the NBA must be positively dumbfounded.
Agreed, I know at least a few people in this board flat out stated he would never play, even some after he was drafted. Unless the Mavs decided to pay him because he looks good on the bench, I'm guessing he'll get at least some NBA playing time.
Actually I thought it would probably take Roby a year or two to score a contract this good, so any projections I made were off. But if I ever do want tips on how to relentlessly blowhard about how much I know, I’ll certainly know where to turn.
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Or better yet, for those who where wrong about him, just say “Congratulations Roby, we doubted you and you proved us wrong”. If i was wrong about him getting signed, that’s what I’d do...but that’s just me. I never had a doubt he’d make it on an NBA team somewhere and he’d get signed. Dudes always had the potential. Great day for Roby and the Huskers, GBR!!!
I am. I didn't think he would make the NBA at first and was shocked that he was drafted. Thought for sure he would play overseas and then sit the bench for an NBA team for about 7 years. But now he is set for life and if he can get a second contract his family will all be set for their lives.
Other predictions I have made the were wrong.
1. No one will want to carry cell phones around
2. Texting will never catch on
3. Facebook is a fad (this one might sort of be accurate though since no one under 25 even knows what FB is)
Who in their right mind is going to pay $2 for a bottle of water, when there are drinking fountains everywhere?
I never buy a bottle, I buy a case at a time!! About .30 each when you do thatSmokin
Awesome news, seems like a good kid and that’s a fun, young team for him to grow with.
But don't buy a home, my friend no "income" is driven to poverty due to the real estate taxes, he says. I live in CA where they get me on both.
My Daddy's been dead for over 20 years but there is some pleasure in seeing the confirmation of what I posted about his skills. There were some people who relentlessly doubted his skills.
He landed on a team with maybe the most player friendly loyal owner in the league who obviously likes Roby. Great spot for him. I don't care for Cuban in some ways, but I think Roby is very lucky to land where he did.
I was certainly wrong. I figured a player who led the league in simply handing the ball to the other team and also refusing to shoot when open would never make the NBA. Man, Miles looks simply gawd awful right now.
He got a big contract for a 2nd rounder but none of it is guaranteed. Im guessing that was the trade off in agent negotiations...hope the risk was worth it.
Congrats to Roby!
He got a big contract for a 2nd rounder but none of it is guaranteed. Im guessing that was the trade off in agent negotiations...hope the risk was worth it.
Congrats to Roby!
Where have you read that none of it is guaranteed? I think at least the first year 1.5 million is. Dallas views Roby as their 1st round pick. They had a late 1st round grade on him but projected that he would fall to the 2nd and were very happy that he was still available. EDIT: Roby's first TWO YEARS ARE guaranteed. Just found it. Pretty good coin for a guy who some say couldn't dribble or play defense.
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I literally just heard on the radio driving today that none was guaranteed. I did find that very odd.
Your source has to be correct.
Awesome for Roby. So glad for him. He chased a dream and now is living it. My son is happy because he finally has a Husker he can play with on NBA 2K. Laughing
NBA teams don't have to guarantee 2nd round contracts but he hadn't signed with them yet and so maybe he had a little bit of leverage. He could have gone overseas to play if he didn't like their offer but the Mavs love him.
I think I read the 2nd year is fully guaranteed. He still has to make the team, if he does and stays on the team all year, he gets $1.5, if he makes the team year 2, that year is fully guaranteed. He has what they call an early July trigger date in year 3, which means if he is on the team in early July before his 3rd year he gets that year guaranteed, if he is cut before July of that year, he is owed nothing and there is not cap hit. There is also a team option for year four.
The $1.5 mil in year one is a hit to the Mavs cap regardless of if he makes the team or not.
More detail than what I found. The site I read listed all of the contracts for the draftees and it just said his first 2 years were guaranteed without qualifiers. When teams are paying washed up veterans a couple of million per year to play 2 minutes per game, it would make more sense to lock up a kid with Roby's upside for 1.5.
If I am not mistaken, only players drafted in the 1st round have contracts that are guaranteed for 2 years without qualifiers.
As for Roby, I read the transaction on the Mavs home page.
The guarantee is at the team's discretion according to the article I read. I'm trying to find it again now to give you the source.
Correct, they can choose to guarantee the contract in part or in full. From what I read, only the 2nd year was fully guaranteed..
When I read some of the stuff out of Dallas, most of the folks there think he is going to be playing most of the time next year in the G-League because he needs playing time to improve his play and getting minutes will be tough with the NBA team.
If he is assigned to the G League he remains on his NBA contract, which would explain the $1.5 mil hit in year 1. The second year is guaranteed. So it looks like about $3 mil +/- is guaranteed.
So now that I read more in depth and not from a Twitter page and a brief story on Mavs home page, it looks like he signed a 3 year deal with a club option for the 4th and the 3rd year is the early July trigger and is not guaranteed.
The 2 years do appear to be guaranteed, there is just not a guarantee he will play in the NBA.
I'll eat crow, and will probably continue to do it. I am happy for him, and I do love the exposure it gives the University. Hopefully they keep a decent relationship with him as we try to build our bball program.
With that said, I am still skeptical on his actual skill. He's an athletic freak for sure, but count me in the camp of still thinking how can he be a good pro when he never really accomplished anything of significance at NU. There are probably many examples of this happening that I am too lazy to research, but I hope it works out for the kid and I'll cheer for him in the future.
With that said, I am still skeptical on his actual skill. He's an athletic freak for sure, but count me in the camp of still thinking how can he be a good pro when he never really accomplished anything of significance at NU. There are probably many examples of this happening that I am too lazy to research, but I hope it works out for the kid and I'll cheer for him in the future.
I stand by the fact he's lacking in ball skills.
Obviously he's a pro body, willing defender on-ball and at the rim, can move well without the ball and has a little floor vision.
He's a work in progress, but not all of those are equal. His measurables are really tough to not like in a lot of NBA spots.
Kid made a big bet on himself, glad it paid off and really excited to see him develop under actual basketball minds with actual players around him!
Obviously he's a pro body, willing defender on-ball and at the rim, can move well without the ball and has a little floor vision.
He's a work in progress, but not all of those are equal. His measurables are really tough to not like in a lot of NBA spots.
Kid made a big bet on himself, glad it paid off and really excited to see him develop under actual basketball minds with actual players around him!
The Mav's offiicial site says that as per team rules "contract details are not disclosed". ESPN's Bobby Marks says that the 2nd year is fully guaranteed. Thats on mavsmoneyball.com. He doesn't mention any qualifiers such as "making the team". I don't think there's any question that he'll be on their opening day roster. He'd have to bang Cuban's wife to get released IMO.
Would suck for him to be riding buses in the G league but good for him to get PAID. It will be interesting to see if the speculation on his whereabouts comes to fruition. I think they like him enough to keep him on the roster now just as a defensive matchup guy off the bench if nothing else. We'll see.