I thought this deserved it's own thread. So, if I understand correctly, Gomes contract is only partially guaranteed. But, for the savings to be had, he will need to be waived by June 30th. If this is the case, and the Blazers are going to trade him to a team looking for a few more mil of cap space, it will have to happen in the next couple days. For example, as mentioned in another thread, trading Gomes for Beasley could work out well for both teams. I am not sure I have the dates right and i have no idea how much is/isn't guaranteed. So if someone knows the specifics, I would love to know. Also, who else might we be able to get for Gomes from other teams looking for that last few bucks in the superstar sweepstakes?
Re: What happens with Gomes? That trade would be amazing, besides Beasley's questionable character, and legal issues.
Re: What happens with Gomes? I wouldn't mind trading Gome for Beasley... Then flipping Beasley in a deal with some others for Parker of the Spurs if they would bite. Talk to them first about it, if they aren't crazy about it, then we will probably just release him.
Re: What happens with Gomes? I hope we keep Gomes. I've been a fan of his game, and I think he's just a solid role player who doesn't make too many mistakes. He works hard, can shoot the perimeter shot and plays much bigger than his listed height at 6-7. He'd be a great combo forward off the bench behind LMA and Nicolas.
Re: What happens with Gomes? My wishful thinking has me believing that Gomes (Expiring contracts of Joel and Andre) will be added as another trading piece for CP3.
Re: What happens with Gomes? If we can't trade him for something big, I hope we keep him. I have always been a fan of his game.
Re: What happens with Gomes? Agreed. I too have been a fan (had him on my fantasy team last year for about half the year)
Re: What happens with Gomes? I wouldn't trade him for Beasley. I doubt the Blazers can find a trade for him in the next week, especially without a GM; so they will probably keep him and that's OK with me.
Re: What happens with Gomes? He has much more range than DC. I like him, but if he is trade bait I am good with that too.
Re: What happens with Gomes? Why not? Do you think Gomes is good or Beasley is bad? For me, it'd be a slam dunk. Send Gomes and cash to Miami for Beasley. Maybe try to get a pick from them, too, but I would take the problem child and run... hoping he gets his head on straight in PDX. Ed O.
Re: What happens with Gomes? Exactly. At worst it's a dipsy-do layup. Beasley has disappointed in Miami and he might never amount to a damn thing here in Portland, but that's such a low risk gamble, that you'd kick yourself later if it was available and you didn't take the opportunity.
Re: What happens with Gomes? Let me get this straight. You're worried about a 21 year old rookie based on NBA averages, but you'll take on an alcoholic mental patient no questions asked and "hope it works out?" Have I got that right? Not having a go, I just find that funny.
Re: What happens with Gomes? He did except Gomes has better range. The flip side is that Gomes is terrible defensively. The best Drtg of Gomes career was 108 in his rookie year. He's gone 112, 113, and 113 the last three years. Dante was 104 last year. Also, per/36, Dante is a MUCH better rebounder than Gomes. I don't see Gomes here past next Wednesday. Both Dante and Babbit fill larger needs than Gomes does.
Re: What happens with Gomes? According to Storyteller, We're 55k over the cap. So the scenario I'm kind of hoping for is that we trade Gomes straight-up for Beasley (using the 125%+100k TPE Rule) and MIA cuts Gomes, and has a 1M cap hit for July 8 instead of Beasley's 4.92M. But they still have Jones' partial guarantee of 1.86M July 8 also, even if they cut him, bringing their cap hit of cut players to 2.86M. So MIA's gotta be thinking "we have 56.1 in cap space to spend, 90% of that (50.49M) on their three FA's. 2.86M goes to Guarantees, and we need nine mininum level cap hits (473,604), which is 4.262M. Total? 57.61M, 1.51M over what we need" So MIA has to convince one of the "max-ish" guys to take 1.5M less salary next year, or find a way to clear that off the books. Maybe they do that...maybe they can get Wade and Amare and ask Johnson to take 1.5M less. But with Beasley there'll be no way to get 3 "max-ish" guys. I did my first twitter ever to ricbucher yesterday, saying that we could flip Gomes for Beasley and he said I don't know that that's ABSOLUTELY true, but that's his opinion. And he's more in the know that I if SAC or WAS are on board with that. I think MIA would do it in a heartbeat if SAC or WAS weren't on the table. I'll say this...while not ecstatic about Beasley, if the trade goes from what it is now to being Webster for Babbitt, Beasley and two first-round picks (the going rate for giving someone a level-changing set of financial considerations) it's a lot better in my book.
