I agree but I also think Chauncey is a good match to coach this team. He’s never had a chance to coach the team his way. He wants defense he wants ball movement and he has a young team that he can mold. He’s always had a strong vet superstar who excelled as a ball dominant player (nothing against Dame). I actually enjoyed watching when we we were tanking because you could see his vision. Unfortunately for him we didn’t have much talent when we tanked.
completely agree he’s not but I’m ok with him becoming one with the young team. I like teachers as coaches with young teams.
they don't have to spend it on a player. There's no rule requiring that. If they are below the floor, then the difference between the payroll and the minimum team salary is distributed to the players on the team it could be really beneficial to have open cap-space heading into the trade deadline. It would be a way to add assets for next to nothing. And after the trade deadline, that cap-space can be used for bought out players and waived players. Might pick up a real bargain there and if you still have cap-space, it might be REALLY good leverage during the draft and of course if you end the season under the minimum, the difference goes to your players as a Christmas bonus in June
if all 4 thing happen opposite of what you expect will you survive a quadruple shock? or is Quadruple Shock a new beer at McMenamins?
Nurk will have to go, agreed there. I don't think -- unless other suitors emerge -- that we should just toss him into a Dame trade, unless it's bringing more value back. He's not likely to fetch a ton, but his salary slot is still valuable on the trade market and there's only so many bigs his size in the league now. To a contender in need of size, he'll still provide value. That value needs to be mined to at least get something back...
