Exclusive The OFFICIAL 2019 NBA Offseason Thread

Love that JaMychal deal. They still have MLE right?

 

We are paying 2.3M per year to Nicholson until the 23/24 season. What a fucking disaster. I know we had to stretch him to avoid the luxury tax but good god that was an awful decision. If he wasn't stretched he would be expiring this season....

 

No.

 

And 1.9 mil for Varejao through next summer.

 

I don't think they've used it yet but maybe I'm missing something...??

all they would have, if they haven't used it, would be the room-MLE which is worth 4.77M. At this stage of free agency, that's some significant leverage

 

I think that the deadline trade is the best chance to add a quality player. Not enough money, not enough quality free agents, and not enough ability to attract free agents for Portland to plan on a summer signing as the way to contention.

 

Who did they use it on?

 

You don't get the MLE if you use your capspace. They signed Kawhi into their capspace along with taking in Harkless. The only thing they would have is their room exception which is ~5M. JaMychal Green just signed for 2/10, which I am assuming is into the room exception, not bird rights because of the numbers. They had to renounce him to sign Kawhi since his cap hold is ~14M.

 

You don't get the MLE if you use your cap space. The MLE is a tool for teams over the cap.

 

Ah okay. So that’s basically their roster. They will be a player for Iguodala I guess, maybe sending back expiring Harkless.

I laughed at Bill Simmons idea of Harkless, Jerome Robinson and Lou Williams for Iguodala trade. That’s literally the worst trade idea of the last month and there have been some truly mad ones that Phoenix executed in real world.

 

well, it's about 18 hours and counting....if it's Blazer news

 

This is actually decent.

Rondo / Cook / Caruso
Green / Bradley / Daniels
Lebron / KCP
Kuzma / Dudley
Davis / Cousins / McGee

Could have a ton of chemistry issues, but if healthy, I think they'll compete for top 3 in the conference. ugh.

 

you might be right

on the other hand the Clips started with a ton of cap-space and I'd imagine they would have timed the sequence of transactions to maximize benefit. I don't think Green's cap-hold would have been a problem, but the combination of the cap-hold and absorbing the Harkless salary probably was too much for the space they had

 

Yeah that’s a decent depth chart. Not enough shooting and it will take time for them to get used to playing with each other but that’s a contender.

I prefer Clippers roster though.

Beverley
George
Leonard
Green
Zubac

Off the bench Shamet, Harkless, Harrell, Williams, McGruder and maybe Robinson or Kabengele if they are ready. That’s an excellent rotation. They have so many awesome contracts too.

 

He signed for 2/10, which is what all the room-exception guys have got, like Kanter. He also mentioned he turned down bigger offers to return to the Clippers, so I'm almost certain it's the room exception.

 

Really interesting to see where Westbrick will land

 

Any chance of a 3 team trade with okc and Detroit that lands Blake in Portland?

 

Not if OKC wants to trade Westbrook asap.

 

Damn i hope Neil can be a creative motherfucker now