And Dame/Simons Norm/Little RoCo/Warren Simmons/Collins Turner/Collins Basically your rotation is Dame Norm RoCo Simmons Turner with Collins Little Simons Warren Much much much better defensive team.
@Natebishop3 ...how did you get Nurkic/Jones for Turner/Warren to be approved? We would be taking back 50% more salary. Thought that was No-No.
I'm just carrying over discussion from the CJ thread about Simmons. You think Turner has more value than Nurk?
You know what's funny..... if you post a trade idea it will either be immediately shot down as a bad trade for our team, or it will be called unrealistic for the other team. Nothing in-between. I can think of maybe one time when I have posted a trade and nobody immediately shot it down
Quite a bit more. And Simmons for sure has more value than CJ in a 1:1 deal. Warren is also more valuable than Jones. These are both straight robbery for Portland.
Here's the framework w/o picks. Dame Powell Little Simmons Nance with Hill, Simons, Collins, and Jones completing the 9 man rotation. Still have some exceptions to add depth to the bench. Also, it's time to unleash Nas. Dude is primed for a breakout-- just needs a chance to play.
Does Cleveland want another center? I was under the impression that they were going to re-sign Jarrett Allen.
ah forgot Allen. Fine, replace Nance with my guy PJ Washington in Charlotte-- another guy primed for a breakout who's really a center being miscast as a PF. The crazy thing is, Collins in theory is the perfect C next to Simmons in a front court.
Go gauge his value on places where it's not just Blazer fans. Nurk has significantly more injury history, and his contract is expiring. Turner is arguably a better player when he plays. He's certainly easier to fit on most teams since he's good at what you want your center to do: which is block shots. He can also space the floor. Also, why does Indiana do that deal? If they move one of Turner/Sabonis it's to clear the way for the other guy. They aren't going to want another center back as the centerpiece. Doesn't even get to the Jones/Warren swap. Like, come on.
Was not sure where to ask this? Seems like this thread would have someone who knows? Can someone explain to me what a "Room Exception" is. It is listed on Enes Kanter's contract. If you would like to see what i am talking about it is listed here on this site. https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/POR.html
ROOM MID-LEVEL EXCEPTION -- This exception is available only to teams that drop far enough below the cap to use cap room, and therefore lose their Bi-Annual, Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level and Taxpayer Mid-Level exceptions (see question number 26). This exception cannot be used if the team already has used the Bi-Annual, Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level or Taxpayer Mid-Level exception. This exception becomes available once the team salary drops far enough that the team loses its other exceptions, and expires following the last day of the regular season. It allows a team to sign any free agent to a contract with a starting salary up to the following: Season First-year salary 2017-18 $4.328 million 2018-19 $4.449 million 2019-20 $4.767 million 2020-21 $4.767 million The Room Mid-Level exception amount for the 2017-18 season was negotiated into the agreement. For each subsequent season the exception amount is determined by applying the percentage change in the salary cap to the previous exception amount. For example, if the salary cap increases by 4% from 2017-18 to 2018-19, then the exception amount also will increase by 4% from 2017-18 to 2018-19. This exception may be split and given to multiple players. It may be used for contracts up to two years in length, with raises up to 5% of the salary in the first year of the contract. Signing a player to a multi-year contract does not affect a team's ability to use this exception every year -- for example, a team can use this exception to sign a player to a two-year contract, and use it again the following year to sign another player. Also see question number 26 for more information on the availability and use of this exception. Once a team has used this exception, it no longer can use the Bi-Annual, Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level or Taxpayer Mid-Level exception.
