Seems many feel that the best use of our cap space in the offseason is through an unbalanced trade, taking on salary from a team for little more than the TPE created back to them. Thought I'd start a thread brainstorming some of those ideas, who might be looking to shed salary of players and why, and what might work out for an unbalanced trade. I'll add that we currently have 2 million in cap space, or a roughly 2 million dollar TPE if we wanted to make an uneven trade this season as well. Something along the lines of, say, Belinelli and a pick from Chicago, for a 2nd rounder. Why do we do it? The pick, solely. Waive Belinelli. Why for Chicago? They're currently over the tax, and Belinelli looks to be losing minutes to Butler. At 1.9 million, the move saves them 3.8 million dollars overall. And maybe they add someone that can fit their rotation better if they so desired to actually spend that money. Are there other teams that might move a player THIS season to save on luxury tax or future payments? What about next season?
I wouldn't waive Belinelli (this year at least) in that scenario. He becomes arguably our best bench player right away.
I've given up playing armchair GM. Who knows what the trade landscape will look like once we have enough cap room to actually make an impact unbalanced trade.
He's only guaranteed 1 million next year, right? Babbitt and Pavlovic for Rip and the Bulls pick. Saves them 5 million total. 4 from this season(2 plus LT), and 1 next season. Blazers add a pick, and a scorer off the bench. Lose a million in cap space, but worth it.
Probably best to offer players that didn't play against them, so they aren't so sure about how awful they are.
Bulls want to get under the LT threshold. This looks like $5M out and $3M in for them this season. They might do it.
Yeah, some other team might get them fully under, potentially, by taking on Rip without giving up anyone, but I think this is about the best Blazers can do.
This thread is good! I just got NBA 2K13 on sale and dont wanna start a season with the current squad lol. Give me ideas people!
Hickson could be a very valuable asset this summer; since I believe he would love his bird rights. If he truly maybe not happy being a backup player; the. A sign and trade maybe in order.
