I'm still on this train, dont care that he hasn't played in years. Nice to see him working out for teams. Means his return could be near.
And now this Neil, this is the move right here. Deadline is still a month away so if it doesn't work out, it doesn't affect anything.
Rim protector, rebounder, doesn't need ball, doesn't even need to start. And what's the cost? Connaughton or Quartermans roster spot? Trade Ed. Waive/buy out Ezeli. Whatever.
If Portland pursues him, and he chooses another team, fine. But if Olshey doesn't even pursue him? GET. OUT. Sanders also seems like a west coast guy, and I can't think of a team more in need of his services out here.
I was saying mine sort of tounge in cheek... but that's exactly how I was thinking of it. He -has- to try... a low risk, don't-have-to-trade-anyone-important kind of move... If he doesn't.. .there's some serious issue with that.. he has to at least try.
If he's the same player he was four years ago, he'd be a GREAT fit for us. The only problem is he really only had that one good year - and it was four years ago. BNM
The issue isn't roster spot... it's cap space. If there's even a small bidding war, he'll be out of our price range. We only have vet minimum to offer. We'd have to shed salaries, plural, to get $2M under the CAP to sign him for $2M. Cutting a player makes no cap space, unless someone picks him up on waivers.
Shedding enough salary to sign Sanders shouldn't be an issue. What I'm saying is if the team wanted to shed enough salary to sign him, there shouldn't be any roadblocks in doing that. It'd be ridiculous if that was the reason they couldn't get it done.
We're $19M over the cap. We'd have to shed $21M to get $2M of space to sign a $2M free agent. If we were $5M over the cap, we'd have to shed $7M. It's called a cap for a reason. I hate it, but those are the rules.
