This is dumb. The Blazers agreed to trade for Hood on Super Bowl Sunday last year. Maybe that's why Hollinger sucked as a front office person.
Actually Woj says almost the same thing. Although the market may not be active for the time being, Wojnarowski did caution during his SportsCenter appearance that things can change quickly, as DePrisco notes. According to Woj, Super Bowl Sunday is generally pretty quiet around the NBA, but talks often heat up on Monday as teams reconvene and regroup. So there’s still a chance we’ll get some action leading up to next Thursday’s deadline. https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2020/01/nba-trade-market-sluggish-as-deadline-nears.html
Did they give any reason for the sign and trade market to be back in vogue (or why it wasn't before)?
I would assume because not a lot of teams will have cap space and it's becoming harder and harder for teams to get cap space so a sign and trade is a possibility for a team over the cap to acquire a more expensive player that they wouldn't be able to do in free agency. That's why I mentioned hanging on to Whiteside for the year and explore a sign and trade or re-signing him to a team friendly contract in the off season.
I get that Woj and others are talking about sign-and-trades like they are going to be a thing now, but do people understand that a team can't just decide they want to do that with their free agent(s)?
For the first time all season I'm starting to want them to keep Whiteside--even more so if they can get him on a reasonable contract after this season. He is definitely helping the team now as he and Dame are developing better chemistry. If they think they can realistically push into the playoffs then you keep Whiteside and Ariza.
How about a swap of Ariza for Olynik? He then could cover for both Nurk and Collins as a 4/5. He may be interested in resigning here?
*were, before he was traded to Portland. I doubt Portland is looking to trade Ariza right now. I guess anything is possible so I’ll put the odds at 1%, and even lower for it to be a straight trade with Miami.
Yes I don't think Olshey going to trade him but that won't make Miami not trying. I think Riley likes how his contract is structure plus with his defense he also can help them in the playoffs.
Yes, but it also benefits the player as he designates teams he might be interested in that don't have cap space then it's up to the GM's to negotiate an agreeable deal. It works out to a win-win-win. It allows the player to possibly go to the team he wants to go to and not have to take a huge discount to do so.
