Blazers could stretch EBEC, trade EBEC to a team with cap space with maybe second round pick or such, trade Little, trade Winslow. Unless its a clearly superior player for BAE I'd just fill that spot with a vet minimum. Vet minimums don't count for the entire portion against the cap/tax. Also lets the Blazers use this next year. Even if everything fits now, be nice to have some room to sign players for in season injuries or buy out guys.
i dont want to stretch that Bledsoe deal. We're dealing with the repercussions of the Nicholson stretch still. Don't keep any deadcap for next year.
Slavery and we’re talking millions of dollars? Get the fuck outta here. I’m not even comfortable typing that, but GTFO.
Or are they replacing them with the young guys they have on the roster? If any of their young guys pop, they might be better...
I am certainly no statatician, but if you take a deeper dive into their comparable production then you should find similar conclusions. Heck, I'm sure some of our resident stat gurus could argue MitRob is better. So yeah, they in the same relative range. Maybe Nurk gets a little bit more because of his seniority, but not $20M more
Gallinari to Boston is interesting. He'd add some much needed reliable shooting at the big positions, but he would also really jeopardize their flying around, switchable defense. I'd curious to watch how that plays out.
I think you can slot Walker in for the minimum. The advantage of using cap space or MLE to sign him is the team isn't limited to the minimum contract exception. The Blazers can sign him for 3-4 years, last couple non guaranteed, and make him a restricted free agent afterwards. Walker doesn't really have the leverage to push for anything besides the minimum.
Smart by them. Much easier to get value back in a trade sending out a wing and receiving a guard/center than the other way around. Meanwhile we acquire only guards and wonder why we haven't been able to trade for a decent forward in a decade.
Yeah its possible they are just as good as last year or better. But losing two key bench guys certainly hurts them. They had enough minutes to get their young guys more even if they kept everyone.
