So which team does Ezeli end up with, and what do we have to add?

I'd like to know how you jumped to that conclusion.

Maybe read it again.

 

In this case I am siding with him. That is how I read it too. We could both be wrong of course but if so it is worded funny. I read it as 1 MIL regardless of if/when he is waived. Full 6.8 (or whatever it is) salary if he not waived by July 1st.

 

I think the Blazers are the team that will get compensation for the contract dump, not the other way around.

 

Not only is there no financial difference, the "penalty" means they get to cut their existing players checks--something that feels good on both sides, if you're going to be spending the money either way.

 

Boom

 

This is the leader in the clubhouse IMO

 

Do you have evidence for this claim?

 

I read it as its guaranteed as long as he's on the roster July 1st. Otherwise why even include a date?

 

Do you have the reading comprehension of a 3rd grader?

I'm going to suggest you read it over (maybe a few hundred times, if necessary), until you get it.

 

Some dude posted the contract status in this thread, even though he completely misread it.

 

Because the date is when he is guaranteed to get his full salary.

 

Brooklyn isn't going to pay a second-round pick for nothing (if they don't reach the contract floor, they just pay the difference to their players--preferable to giving it to a random outside player who won't provide them any on-court value).

We would need to package the second-rounder to make it worth Brooklyn's while to not just pay the penalty and give the money to their players.

 

I added a couple words to make it clearer. It's not worded well. $1M is guaranteed for next season, his full salary is guaranteed if he's not waived by 6/30.

 

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=hk6palk

 

Chief and Ezeli for Ibaka. It could just be a rental, but if it is it serves as a salary dump. OTOH, if things work out well, maybe he re-signs here. The Magic would probably want a pick. I wouldn't give a first rounder, but a future second would be okay.

 

At that point, it stops being worth the Magic's while to trade Ibaka. Ezeli is only useful as salary relief but if Ibaka leaves in free agency, they get the salary relief anyway. So the trade is basically Aminu for Ibaka and Aminu has lost most of his value with the loss of his three-point shot. A second-round pick isn't much inducement.

 

That makes more sense.

Or you could just attack me for not being able to read

 

What does that have to do with his playing status

And naw, I read it the way it was written.

 

What purpose would that serve us then? Ezeli has just as much value to us as a non-guarantee for next year.

 

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