West declines his player option

[Heisenberg]

Just in: Heard from my source that David West will not exercise his player option and will become a free agent. Story coming soon.

— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) June 24, 2015

wow

[Pacersalltheway10]

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Is the cap spike coming sooner than expected? Wtf?

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OMG!!!!!

[PaulGeorgeHill]

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Wtf???

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Has to be for a smaller long term deal? I can't imagine West leaving the Pacers to go chase a ring somewhere else. Guy just doesn't strike me that way.

[PaulGeorgeForPresident]

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Thank god.

[pacersgroningen]

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Dang... maybe it is for the best. But he will be missed

[Trader Joe]

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Interesting.

[Eleazar]

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Has to be for a smaller long term deal? I can't imagine West leaving the Pacers to go chase a ring somewhere else. Guy just doesn't strike me that way.

My first thought too.

[Pacersalltheway10]

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Maybe he doesn't see a fit with Paul George playing 15-20 minutes a night at PF?

[Heisenberg]

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that puts us at ~52.5MM in salary, assuming Roy opts IN. what's the cap next year, like $68MM?

[Trader Joe]

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I don't really see how this is bad for us.

[Tom White]

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Has to be for a smaller long term deal? I can't imagine West leaving the Pacers to go chase a ring somewhere else. Guy just doesn't strike me that way.

That's a really good thought, but who knows?

Maybe he will issue a release stating his reasoning and intentions.

[Kstat]

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I don't really see how this is bad for us.

well, it creates a pretty big hole at PF. Not that West was an all-star, but he was a reliable above-average starter.

[Sollozzo]

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Has to be for a smaller long term deal? I can't imagine West leaving the Pacers to go chase a ring somewhere else. Guy just doesn't strike me that way.

I don't know why the Pacers would prefer to do a long term deal with a guy who will be 35 when the season starts. If I'm Bird, then I'd MUCH rather him play this year out on the current contract and then have all of that cap space in 2016. Just can't see Bird committing long term to West right now. We'll see. This is an interesting and very surprising development.