I feel like there should be a Bledsoe thread...

We have until 7/10 to trade him. FA starts 6/30, so there's still time to get something done.

 

I believe the guarantee date on his contract isnt until July 10th. So we have until then to move him. Or, we waive him and likely stretch the 3.9 over the next 3 seasons.

 

Same as they were yesterday, fit him into a trade prior to July 10th when his 19.3 million contract must be guaranteed. Right now its only 3.9 million guaranteed.

The Blazers only have to guarantee the portion they need to send out in a trade, so they could receive a $12 million player back in a trade and only need about $10 million of it guaranteed. Then other team could cut Bledsoe after the trade.

 

Then who pays Bledsoe guarantee?

 

I hate the idea of stretching him.

We still have Andrew Nicholson on the cap for $2.84 million in 2024! He's the longest tenured Blazer outside Dame.

 

Team that receives him in a trade. In that example I gave he'd count on their cap for $10 million.

If we just cut him July 10th he is on our cap for $4 million.

 

whoever negotiated this postponement had some foresight. was it our guys or the Clips? This is a really important point. If this Kyrie shit drags on, it's really good to keep that possible 19 mil contract on the books until everything is resolved.

 

I believe it was part of an extension he signed when he was on Milwaukee.

 

From last September