That had better be the case, because we shouldn't be giving up ANY asset in this trade. It's already a pretty weak haul for taking that stain off of CLE's books/court, but if we're sending something out - even a measly 2nd round pick - that's an even worse trade and it'll go down as another mark in the "Cons" column for Neil's work with the Blazers. The only thing that could possibly make this a good trade is if LBJ decides to leave CLE before 2018 (if the reports are true that that's the first year we have rights to the pick).
I assume you waive Frazier because he is never going to be a case where you need continuous Bird rights, or something like that. Montero or Alexander could be?
Just like Steve Blake is the most-traded Blazer, Frazier will go down in history as the most-cut Blazer... as soon as he passes Chris "Baby LaMarcus" Johnson.
I agree that the value in the pick likely isn't for us to keep it until 2018, but to have a pick to trade for something that fits the window.
Team option years can't be counted in the stretch, but non-guaranteed years can. If he has two years after this year, but the second year is non-guaranteed, then yes, we can stretch the 1 guaranteed year over 5 years. http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q65
It's weird, I thought that you had to have a player cleared (meaning it'd already been 48hrs) before you could fill that spot, and with the deadline approaching...I'll have to look this up
An interesting triviality: Pat is the least efficient player on the team, but going by Value Above Replacement Player, he's not even bottom 4...
