https://bleacherreport.com/articles...owry-demar-derozan-emerge-as-pivotal-dominoes There's a lot of stuff here by the way: Gorgui Dieng has generated interest from the Suns and Spurs at around the biannual exception amount of $3.7 million. Andre Iguodala appears to be one of the veterans that Golden State CEO Joe Lacob hinted at possibly joining the Warriors. League sources also told B/R that forward Paul Millsap would be amenable to joining Golden State or returning to Atlanta at the taxpayer mid-level ($5.9 million). I'd be fine with both of those deals for us....
Perhaps, but if his trade value is that poor, perhaps there is nothing he can do now. There is no guarantee that the Detroits of the world would even be interested in a CJ+picks package for Grant, or Sacramento in a CJ+picks for Barnes, or Dallas even in a CJ+picks for Porzingis (yuck!). I think it's likely that we will see a future first go out at some point over the next month (if not with CJ than with DJJ), but my greater point is that Neil's primary failure is in the lead up to this summer rather than any lack of action this summer.
Just going to say just cause you do not hear stuff like -- Pdx interested in player XX -- does not mean NeO is sitting in his office playing the Nintendo Switch or something -- LOL
You might not but Dame explicitly said that he did not think that was enough. He was asked a question if keeping the current team or at least the core of the team and seeing how much impact Chauncey can have with that group would be good enough for him. He answered that Chauncey might be the greatest coach of all time but when he looks at the roster, no that wouldn't be good enough. So "running it back" with Chauncey being the big change will be a slap in the face of Dame and I don't think it will result in him demanding a trade as soon as he gets back from Japan (I think that happens if Norm doesn't re-sign and we haven't done anything). What I do think will happen if we "run it back" is that Dame will give it until January to see if we're beating contenders or just beating up bad teams. If we're not beating contenders and haven't done what he asked, he'll demand to be traded by the deadline. I don't think we're going to be beating the best teams in the league.
In a lot of those cases, seems Money Talks. Bullshit walks. Lakers think everyone is gonna just side step money to chase a ring. As expensive as LA is, a minimum salary would barely cover housing for a year. I just don't see true quality players playing for no money.
I think only a portion of that counts towards the luxury tax though (for higher vet-mins). I could be wrong about that.
correct....any amount over the minimum for a 2 year vet (about 1.65M) is paid by the league and doesn't count against the team's cap
Interesting. I thought it was only for luxury tax calculations. There may be a bit more room to work with if we are hard-capped, although I don't trust Neil to navigate those waters, nor do I think it's a good idea anyhow.
Yeah. Hopefully this time he can get some actual help here. Bench players that can produce and play d while the starters rest. That in itself can be a big help to the Blazers
I generally agree. But technically it's possible. Let's assume Powell starts at 19M (his total contract will get the standard 8% raises). That puts us at around 135M with 5 spots to fill with vet mins. 1.6*5 = 143M which is right at the tax apron. One of those will be 800k less than the vet min because it is Greg Brown. But this really hurts your flexibility going into the season. Even a trade like DJJ for Tomas Satoransky, who only makes a tiny bit more than DJJ, is not possible. I don't think they would want to operate as a hard-capped team.
