Yep. It's a better situation for Jake and the Blazers will fill the position and/or have roster spots now available for Vet mins and Waiver wire acquisitions . I really don't see a problem with this at all. Wish Jake all the best and congratulations on getting what i feel he is worth. I posted yesterday that he should get 12 over 3 years or so? That is what he got.
I didn't claim layman was playing the 4. I simply stated Jake Layman at the 4 will not help Portland not give up 21 offensive rebounds in a half/quarter in a playoff game. Had nothing to do with Turner. I seem to remember being told that Portland wouldn't get killed on the glass in the playoffs. Was def fake news/alternative facts.
I find it funny when I read people giving Bones shit for actually trying to do something with his knowledge and having some ambition and drive. jealous haters? sounds like it anyhow.... Keep doin your thing Bones.
You have to add Hood when you factor the loss of Kanter, because we couldn’t keep both. So it was Kanter/Harkless/Leonard for Hood and Whiteside.
I'm rooming with Woj down here in Vegas for the next 10 days. He lets me see the bombs before he drops 'em!
"Mrs HCP has a busy schedule ahead as she will reportedly meet with 21 unnamed forum members before the first summer league game"
I was shown why that TPE is only 1.8M: " The 2011 CBA mostly eliminated BYC -- in fact, the term "Base Year Compensation" was removed from the agreement entirely. The rules formerly known as BYC now apply under just one circumstance -- during sign-and-trade transactions (see question number 92). If a team re-signs its Larry Bird or Early Bird free agent in order to trade the player in a sign-and-trade transaction, the player's new salary is greater than the minimum, he receives a raise greater than 20%, and the team is at or above the cap immediately after the signing1, then the player's outgoing salary for trade purposes is either his previous salary or 50% of his new salary, whichever is greater. The team receiving the player always uses his new salary." http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q93 so then, yeah, unfortunately it's a nearly unusable TPE unless some team is looking to dump a player on a vet minimum contract
I think this was mostly Olshey building some good will with another team and a player agent. It also enhances Portland's rep as an organization that takes care of it's players, even ones that are leaving
