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  1. Blazer Freak

    Blazer Freak Superstar in the Making

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    Correct me if I'm wrong...but whatever we signed someone for would be multiplied when it comes to the luxury tax. You see anyone out there you want to sign that would count for double right now?
     
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    I love all the beat writers on Twitter that come on to confirm Woj's tweets.

    Hey, bitches.... They're confirmed once Woj tweets them.

    That's like me confirming a MJ jumper after he's made it.
     
    BLAZINGGIANTS, Jul 7, 2017
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    First KCP and now...


    Plus Tyreke Evans basically getting mini-MLE. Has to make Olshey's stomach churn not to have cap space to use. He gambled that guys would get way overpaid like last year and lost.

    To be fair, I was fine with all the signings outside of matching Crabbe at the time (oh and Leonard. Didn't want him on the team period).
     
    KeepOnRollin, Jul 7, 2017
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    I like it when the player says something, and then someone says their sources confirmed it. Kyle Lowry posts on twitter he is staying, and then some writer quotes him and says my sources confirm this. WTF? I should hope so.
     
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  5. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Damn. I like that dude
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Zach Lowe said it perfectly.

    Neil gambled that there would be a demand for wings, so he matched Crabbe and signed Turner, but he got burned. The cap went down and nobody is biting.
     
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  7. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    The cap stalling out was the big thing. If it had made another huge leap, I'm guessing it would have been possible to dump one of those guys (maybe), but now their money just looks stupid.
     
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  8. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    2 yrs, 10 mil for Muscala from ATL.

    That's the contract Meyers should have gotten-- not 4 yrs, 40.

    ugh
     
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  9. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Neil would be a huge fan of a sub-reddit called r/salarycapbets (if there was such a place.)
     
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    We should have waited that year.
     
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    We signed 3 players on the basis that 'under new cap their contracts are manageable'. No, they are not. They only got those offers because cap went $24M up in one bulk and many teams suddenly got $24M to spend and decided it's somehow a good idea to overpay players like Noah, Biyombo, Anderson, Crabbe etc. and ended up getting deals that are impossible to move and will be stuck with those players unless they trade them for equally bad deals.
     
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    Enter: Ryan Anderson
     
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    I was under the impression that last off season we needed to 'use it or lose it' in regards to capspace. We weren't going to have capspace this off season anyway, or am I wrong?
     
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    Not much so you are mostly correct. We could have had somewhere around 8-12 Mil I think I heard.
     
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    Sorta. Around 10 mil or so this year without dumbass deals last Summer.

    No L
    No Crabbe
    No Turner.

    Probably be a better team today
     
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    No Nurkic
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    It says they want
    I have yet to see anyone explain how $10M in cap space this summer acquires one player as good as Crabbe or Turner. Joe Ingles got $13M.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    It gets us closer to being under the LT which makes S&Ts possible.
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Well obviously if you're under the cap you're under the LT threshold. You're also down three players with only $10M in cap space and the MLE to replace them.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    We couldve trade Aminu and Napier to get to $20M while still having a full frontcourt rotation and only 2 backup wing positions to replace.
     
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