Explain to me why you found this funny? Or is anything regarding basketball makes you laugh in preplexion? Do you know who Lucas Nogueira is, for example?
I laugh because I find it funny that you claim to have all this basketball knowledge and then you post stuff like this: 1) No, we don't still have the Trade Exception. It expired on July 25th. 2) You can't just sign someone with a Trade Exception. The Blazers are over the luxury tax apron so they can't do a sign-and-trade either. 3) The roster currently has 15 guys on it with guaranteed contracts so there is no room to sign free agents.
A) exception has expired and is no longer available. B) portland could not sign a player with the exception... they could only trade for them C) you need your eyes checked.... your 'eye test' in watching nba players seems to be off. Edit - Hoopsjock beat me to the punch. Apparently great minds think alike
Man. You were almost here. Then you went and shot off like a rocket into outspace again. That baskeball knowledge you have blows me away. Spending the mle on anyone less than a serious impact player is not worth the financial impact in the long run. There are no serious impact players for this team that could be had for 5.3 mill now and many more millions down the road. Hence, he didnt use it.
We used the Tax-mle on Curry and Trent (because it made his contract guaranteed). The OP was asking who we thought Olshey targeted because he said there were 5 guys he offered it to that signed elsewhere.
We could still offer players minimum contracts but with 15 guaranteed salaries already it would be bad to that. Unless there is a trade that frees up roster spots first.
I think we should remember there is quite a difference between knowing basketball and knowing all the ins and outs of the salary cap...
Just to add a little more (definitely not aimed at TBF or any particular poster): There is quite a difference between Acting like you have basketball knowledge, and actually having knowledge. There is quite a difference between Acting like you know about the cap, and actually knowing about the cap. This is part of what sucks about this place - some just want to beat a drum over and over again in hopes everyone will acknowledge how awesome they are. Why can't we just agree to disagree when necessary? OTOH, there are some seriously great things about s2 that we need to be reminded of in the literal dog days of summer: We have posters who have great cap knowledge. We have posters who have great stats knowledge. We have posters who have great insights. We have posters who spend a lot of time and energy looking stuff up and doing other stuff. We have posters who have a lot of "personality". ..... I know a little about the cap and stats, but some here know the ins and outs, and I happily defer to their expertise. Certain posters amaze me in a good way I think @BonesJones made up 120 trades in a 6-week span, wow! I could do long and inciteful @BrianFromWA and @Boob-No-More type posts (and I occasionally do!), but they take me hours and these guys whip this stuff up in minutes! @HCP and @KingSpeed give the boards some much needed "flavor" (though HCP needs to stop with the Laker crap). Anyway, this place sucks sometimes, but I respect a lot of the posters and am happy to be here. I hope others feel the same.
I obviously Haven’t been here as long as most of you, but I for the most part enjoy it. Though sometimes the OT section scares me lol. Lots of interesting perspectives on the Blazers and definitely some great ideas and knowledgeable people here.
Protip stay out of the section which will not be named. Nothing good is over there. And if you mention that section by name too much, certain posters will venture over here. No one wants that.
C'mon, you're making it sound like a combination of Beetlejuice and Voldemort. Come to think of it....carry on.
Wrong. Lucas Nogueria, from Brazil. 7'2 (I believe) Center from Brazil. Had a really solid game against us last year that I watched. Doesn't mean he's Rudy Gobert....