I just did... it's because we could have freed up 12.9M just by letting RoCo walk. The only reason the number is higher than 2.1M is because we took less salary coming back in this trade than we sent out by like 4M.
OK but who says we will extend Nurk -- this is why I said wait and see what else happens before totally losing it, Like i said -- talent for talent wise this trade is dog crap no way around it but see how the rest of the deadline plays out and the draft THEN let's revisit if this trade was total dog shit or the tip of something more maybe better ADDON -- I see but then you take Justice contract from that 15 so we free up 11m then so still a decent dump but like I said this could still be a good thing as long as more is coming
I hope so, this is almost as depressing as Oden blowing out his knee, ok maybe not that bad lol. Just hate the thought that we couldn’t get a 1st rounder back for either guy and let alone 3 bench players
I've always liked Bledsoe. He's a dogg, and this team needs that attitude. Also, with Anfernee becoming a starter, where is the scoring from the bench? I love DSJ but he can't shoot. Playing the young guys will hopefully increase their trade value going forward. Sometimes, "assets" come in the form of opportunity, so I disagree the Blazers got nothing back. This trade wasn't intended to make the Blazers better next week.
nope....all those free agents of the team have cap-hold amounts almost always more than their actually salaries for instance, Nurkic's salary is 12M this season; in July his cap-hold will be 18M
Except your own free agents are also cap holds, which then reduce if not completely eliminate whatever cap room you might have had.
theres no way this was to get under the tax or that were going into full rebuild cronin is onto something, there will be other trades for sure, its all part of a bigger picture
if I didn't know better I'd think this trade was the Blazers trying to make Dame demand a trade...it's that fucking bad
Some of you are assuming we do not trade nurk and with this trade it looks like the Blazers have thrown up the white flag and said we are toast time to tank so NO reason to think the Blazers might not try and trade CJ , Nurk and Nance or others to free up money and /or get assets.
It better be. Cause this is fucking stupid. But since he's a Neil protege and we saw this one move, I have my doubts.
You don't know about cap holds? Ant's is like 12M and Nurks is 18M. So without relinquishing their bird rights, that 30M counts against our ability to sign anyone.
I think almost all of us are assuming that Portland could have received better draft assets, and maybe better talent assets, by trading RoCo and Powell elsewhere
They have to. Anything else is unacceptable. Trade CJ by Thursday. Nurk too. But now I have no trust we are gonna get commeriserate value so fuck me.
I'd just love to hear the spin on this but as many have pointed out, the deadline is like six days away and a lot can happen between now and then that would make it easier to spin this but if this is all that happens there's just no way the media won't kill Joe with questions about why he gave the Clippers such a giant discount on two starting quality players.
I'm just beyond belief that this dude makes THIS deal as his very first one.... Like at least for optics sake, don't you reconsider?
