Blazers TPE ($7,000,000)

The big question on my mind is whether Simons will take a step forward. If he's ready he can be our backup shooting guard. But he hasn't shown it.

 

Trying to turn a non-PG into a PG is, frankly, a rookie mistake. It's a great way to screw up his head, and end his career.

 

If Olshey doesn’t use the TPE tomorrow, he’s not gonna use it imo.

 

Reminds me of when we tried to play Qyntel Woods at point guard. It made no sense.

 

Huge offseason? The season starts in 1 month. It'll need to happen this week or next as training camp starts soon doesn't it?

 

First week in December.

 

Question: can we trade for a $7M player and then bundle him to another team? (Although this is fairly moot now Rodney's opted out).

So:
Team A sends us a $7M player which we absorb into the exception
Team B sends us (say) a $10M player
We send the team A player plus $3M worth of our players to Team B.

??

 

I think it's slightly more because Bjelica's $7.15M fits into it.

 

Theyd have to be seperate trades, but then we get into the messy rules of aggregating salaries of recently traded players.

 

Yup. Speaking of Kings, Ilyasova, Parker, and Holmes fit as well.

 

Jabari would be a good Melo replacement without the obligation to start him. Love the Holmes idea too-- he was better than Hassan last year.

 

This is it, I think. If we don't use it, we'll prolly waive all our exceptions and capholds to get under the cap. Better to use it now.

 

Just so Portland can clear $10.5M of cap space?

Having the $9.2M MLE with the BAE & TPE & the ability to resign our FA is much better option

 

exactly, that's why I want us to keep all our exceptions and use them. No point in getting under the cap.

 

I would say the better comparison is back in the day James "Hollywood" Robsinson.

 

nah, they just won’t use the tpe. No reason to not use all the other tools.

 

I am wondering if there is a trade here where POR can shore up its backup C and PF positions with SAC which I believe needs PG/guard depth/potential. Something were POR gets both Bjelica and Holmes (both expirings) for basically Anthony Simons and whatever is needed to make the trade work. There are a lot of guards available in FA so for me trading Simons is not a big deal. Thoughts?

 

The weird thing for me is that I'm not sure what the rush is with Simons. He's still extremely young. I never saw him as someone that could step in and contribute right away. If we're grooming him as a long term replacement for Dame at some point, just let the kid develop. I always expected GTJ to contribute quicker because he has a much clearer role on the team. He's a classic 3/D player. He grew up around the NBA. He understands what it takes to stick in the league. Simons is the definition of a project.

With that said, I'm fine with trading him because it seems like he has regressed and we really need players that can contribute now.

 

Damn both Woods and Robinson played for my team in Greece, Olympiacos. Especially Woods was a fan favourite.