That's a good point, maybe he could be re-signed for a medium contract as a back-up big. But can we get some bigger name at the Center position which pushes out his money?
As I understand it, that's only true if the Blazers are over the cap when they make the trade. If instead of using all of their cap space on FA signings they include Hickson in a deal for a player that they want and make the trade before they go over the cap, then the BYC provisions don't apply.
that's true, but I guess I never looked at it like that. In your scenario, they renounce him and don't sign anyone else to contracts, keeping their space, and then S&T? And then fill in afterward? Yeah, that's possible. Especially since you can still S&T a renounced FA.
The last I heard, it was one of the last things dropped. But I haven't looked it up, so you could be right.
Have you ever thought that maybe Oshley has been trying to move him and teams just don't want a rental?
The only way it matters is for the Blazers (If we go over cap; we can still give him a contract). Hickson is just using the Bird right's clause to make sure he goes to a team he wants.
Exactly. The way I see it, J.J. could be the key to opening up the Blazers' options this summer to include guys that aren't free agents. Using him in a trade for a center would be ideal.
yeah, but if he was renounced, and there was a 13M non-FA that we wanted, why would a team want to pay JJ, say, 4/36M to trade the 13M non-FA to us instead of just sending a 2nd-rounder and getting a big trade exception?
Because that team doesn't have the cap space necessary to absorb JJ's new contract without sending out some salary?
