Lamarcus Aldridge probably WILL NOT sign extension with Portland.

Dallas has only 17 million locked up for that summer so yes they can afford him. Houston will have 39 million locked up so they could also afford him. The Spurs only 8.5 million. Therefore, every team in Texas at this moment will have enough cap room to offer LA a max deal after next season.

 

Yah a 12 million dollar expiring contract not 28.5 million or whatever the number would be.

 

Yes, 2015-2016, which is next summer.

Did I say he would sign there? I said they would make a run at him, which puts us in a position where we have to max him out regardless of what people think.

 

Still begs the question though, since we would have the option of matching the max, would you for LMA?

 

It's either match/exceed or let him walk for nothing.

 

I thought next summer was 2014-15. Typically on this board we've used the summer after the season as the year of cap space.

Calm down. I'm just pointing out that even if Dallas has space, they are only attractive because of location. Portland is set up for more success the next 5 years than either Dallas or San Antonio, and I can't see Houston adding another big to the mix on a huge contract.

 

I know... but $127 mil for one player who will be 30. That's tough.

 

The salary cap is based on contracts for the 2015-2016 season, so there's no reason to refer to it as 2014-2015. The Mavs have a ton of cap space for the 2015-2016 season. Not just enough to sign LA, but also another max level player. If Cuban is smart he won't re-sign Dirk to a huge contract. There's a reason why so many of his contracts expire next summer. I think Cuban is targeting next summer as his big rebuild. I don't expect the Mavs to stay at the bottom for long.

 

Suddenly, the Blazers are the Clippers prior to Chris Paul. Trade away players so you don't have to pay them, get picks or lesser players in return. Repeat every 3-4 years.

 

A good point, and one I was going to add to my post. Thankfully, it has been cleared up that we can offer them both 5-year deals.

There is still plenty of time in Dame's contract for this to potentially happened. Not many of us predicted he would be an All-Star this year. With his first round performance, and particularly his game winner, I think he is in for a big bump in votes next year.

People have to remember that Olshey has seen this coming. Look at our cap figures next off-season. Besides Batum's 11M, Crabbe's 900k is the only other guaranteed salary on the books.

Sorry to disappoint anyone who is looking for big moves this summer, because next summer is when we will likely make any large moves. That off-season will be our last chance with any flexibility to make large and impactful roster moves. After any moves are made, then Olshey will use LA's bird rights to go over the cap to sign him. In reality, the amount LA signs for will mean nothing because we will be over the cap for the forseeable future with LA and Dame on max contracts and either Rolo/Wes at increased salaries or a new player or two on the roster.

LA's next contract really will be a barometer of how much Paul Allen cares about this franchise winning. If he maxes him out at the full 5 year/127M, I think it says a lot about PA's willingness to spend for a winner again because we could easily be back up into the luxury tax.

 

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Yah cause LA's mid range style would be a terrible fit for Harden and Howard oh wait.

 

Huh? What was my personal attack, NB3?

 

Yah sign him for 10M of course if that happens he would need to fire his agent and go back to school because he would be one of the dumbest people ever.

 

I say we offer him the vet minimum. Do we really want to tie up $40 million in our franchise player who turns 30 this summer? That contract would be an albatross around the organizations neck for, well... never. If Olshey got LaMarcus to reup for 4 years at $10 million per, he'd better enjoy his Executive of the Year award, because he'd also be going to jail for highway robbery.

BNM

 

I say ask Lillard what he wants, and let him be the GM of the team. Because that always works out well. Or trade LMA for Love, since I'm sure Love would re-sign in Portland for much cheaper than LMA.

 

Pretty Sure the yearly dollar figure wasn't the point.