Re: Ruffin to Portland The initial report isn't correct, I don't believe. Ruffin CANNOT be packaged with others for two months. He needs to be sent on his own or as part of the initial deal. Ed O.
Re: Ruffin to Portland Oh do you know the Ruffin man, The Ruffin man, the Ruffin man? Oh do you know the Rmuffin man, That lives in Dengy Lane? Yes I know the Ruffin man, The Ruffin man, the Ruffin man. Yes I know the Ruffin man, That lives in Dengy Lane. (At the corner of Hinrich blvd.)
Re: Ruffin to Portland There is always a method to KP AND TP's madness..hell even Wafer turned out to be a tud
Re: Ruffin to Portland Thanks Ed. I like that answer. Just making sure we aren't trying to free up additional cap space for next season because we're ultimately going to lose the RLEC with nothing in return.
Re: Ruffin to Portland Getting a trade exception doesn't do us much good as part of a bigger deal... they can't be combined or packaged with players. It could be used as part of a tandem of deals, but it's tough to make a BIG deal with a $2m side deal that's critical as a component. And, yes, I messed up with the luxury tax hit in my post previously Ed O.
Re: Ruffin to Portland HOWEVER, his free throw percentage is almost up to 40% this year. Yeah, he'd fit right in.
Re: Ruffin to Portland some are saying ruffin has laready been waived lol???? free up a roster spot????
Re: Ruffin to Portland I think this is a great move, really. What it does is convert a $3 million expiring contract into $2 million instant savings for another team we trade with. Expirings are nice, but immediate savings are even better. Combined with the insurance on Raef, Portland can now offer about $6.5 million in immediate cash savings to another team, in addition to plenty of expiring cash. Which is a big deal.
Re: Ruffin to Portland Tough for Ike. Though he was a good sport about not playing and noticed him cheering on his mates a lot during games.
Re: Ruffin to Portland I think it's pretty obvious that this helps set up another trade. Another trade is coming.
Re: Ruffin to Portland Are you certain? My understanding is that Chicago would be packaging a trade exception gained from a Joe Smith deal with Ruffin in exchange for Diogu.
Re: Ruffin to Portland Weren't we supposed to be in that "cap hold" situation with Diogu this summer if we let his contract expire?
Re: Ruffin to Portland Actually, this is a pretty good point... we save money and we are able to immediately open up another spot. We could have waived Ike, but then we wouldn't have been able to make this deal. We've squeezed all of the value out of Ruffin we're going to get, so... byebye? Ed O.
Re: Ruffin to Portland Press conference? Screw that. We need to throw a big G.O.-like Pioneer Place rally with a parade on the MAX
Re: Ruffin to Portland I'm not 100% sure, but I am reasonably so: http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q69 (Emphasis added.) Ed O.
