Kypreos explains exactly how tricky Jason Robertson’s contract situation really is
Sportsnet 590 THE FAN: Nick Kypreos lays out Jason Robertson’s situation and that signing him to one-year arbitration would make a lot of sense for him if he wants to be protected from a trade. It’s a really tricky situation.
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Kypreos: “It looks like Jason Robertson’s best-case scenario would be to sign a one-year arbitration contract.”
Sam McKee: “No.”
Justin Bourne: “That’s in the mind.”
McKee: “It’s dangerous.”
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Bourne: “Like Dallas, Dallas would probably give him eight for $12 (million), right?”
Kyreos: “Yes.”
Bourne: “Seven past 12 now?”
Kypreos: “No, no. Eight past 12. You’re right, I think that was two months ago.”
Bourne: “That’s right.”
Kypreos: “And Seattle gave him maybe $130 (million). I think. I think it was 15.5, yeah. 15.6.”
Bourne: “That Klingberg deal…”
McKee: “I was going to say you should …”
Bourne: “… you stick to me.”
McKee: “Honestly he said he should call John Klingberg and talk to John Klingberg.”
Bourne: “Yeah. Who’s a free agent.”
Kypreos: “So here, here’s where it’s different, because this doesn’t really happen. Because we rarely see players in Jason Robertson’s position, where you’re kind of a free agent, but you’re not a free agent. You’ve got this one-year window where you’re a restricted free agent.”
And that year really disrupts things, because if Dallas goes from its 12 million a few months ago, and to 13. You can sit there and go, okay, that 13 is the same as 15 somewhere else.”
Bourne: “Yes.”
Kypreos: “Yes. And that’s fine. But if I sign it and it’s an eight-year deal before last night, fine, but what I can sign in that eight-year deal for $ 13 million is to protect the trade for next season. So I can agree to Dallas’s 13 eight times, and then Jim Neil the next day can sell me to Seattle and my 3 contract leaving 51m to 51m to Seattle. $30 million on the table and I looked like an ass.”
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Bourne: “He can’t get trade protection at his age as an RFA.”
Kypreos: “I can’t afford trade protection.”
Bourne: “He’s not there.”
Kypreos: “Of course.”
McKee: “That’s right…”
Bourne: “So right now. How are you protected?”
Kypreos: “Yes, he has no protection, he has zero protection.”
Bourne: “Oh, he’s just saying he won’t sign the addendum.”
Kypreos: “He’s not going to sign an extension. So now you can trade my rights anywhere you want, and they can sign me to a seven-year deal and have the ability to trade me if they’re not happy by Christmas or January, February, and now it’s like, Who do you trust?”
McKee: “That’s a dangerous game, brother.”
Kypreos: “So you’re in, you don’t have 12 months to control your future with money and a no-movement clause, but if you, if you trade, or sign with Dallas, you, you don’t have complete control of your future for the next seven years.”
Bourne: “I’ll tell you, how do you get a no-trade clause, you can sign an offer sheet, one year, they can’t trade you if they match the offer sheet.” So, if he gets an offer from somewhere else right now like an RFA, you can sign him, Dallas would be the same, he wouldn’t be traded for a year.”
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Kypreos: “No, they will not be the same.”
Bourne: “They won’t be the same? They’ll take, they’ll take four first.”
Kypreos: “They’re going to take four first. But who does that? And who has four picks? It gets a little difficult, and actually, you’re probably in a position where you’re like, ‘Well, like, if they’re first-rounders, man, just sign next summer.’ So it’s hard now.”
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