Maybe I'm off, but these scales that you have are vastly different from where I am. There just isn't enough money either this yr or next for these kinds of numbers. I think Neil offers him a deal similar to Meyers'.
That's a insult bro. Real talk is Nurks ceiling is higher than Steven Adams. $15Myr is the floor for the BB.
I hope you are right. I know teams can go over the cap to sign Bird players, but can they also go over the tax line? I thought they could.
yes. just remember though that if the payroll as a result of the deal crosses the apron threshold (6 mil above tax line), the team forefits the full MLE and Biannual exception, can't do S&Ts, etc. It's a pseudo hard cap. It would behoove us to use all those exceptions first and then sign Nurk to his deal after. But it's prolly moot as is. We'll get above the apron fairly easily no matter how we slice it unless Nurk takes the QO.
I agree with this. Nurk is your traditional plodding center. The game is moving more and more towards versatile centers who can shoot. If we sign nurk to a big deal, he won’t be tradeable.
More from Lowe's FA primer: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...review-lebron-james-paul-george-kawhi-leonard Another tidbit regarding Dame's pending supermax:
Great to hear, but my takeaway from this is that this is a second report of Neil offering Nurk a big deal before the beginning of last season. Here we were thinking Neil was taking the smart approach in letting Nurk play more before giving him a contract, but it looks like Neil was saved from bidding against himself again!
They will certainly cripple some franchises. I'm a huge fan of Dame but paying him $185M over 5 years (?) at that point in his career just doesn't make financial sense unless the playoff results are a lot different.
Disagree. They will indirectly allow for more competitive balance eventually. In my estimation there are two ways to disallow super teams: 1. Get rid of max contracts, but keep the salary cap--- Let teams pay their main guys however much they want. If one player warrants a $50 mil deal on the open market, there will be far less available to pay everyone else. 2. Expansion-- self explanatory. Think the league is ripe for it. 3. Do away with the cap completely, but keep a tax-- If an owner wants to pay $500 mil for a superteam, go right ahead, but this franchise will be running at a loss even with all the winning. This won't happen.
I think it's working. Just not well. The loophpoles that allowed GS to form are taking away from the fact that OKC will be limited to two stars with Russ' supermax, same with WAS and Wall, and DET with Blake, etc etc. The ability to get a 5th yr also a legit reason why PG is considering staying in OKC and not going to a large market, and why Cousins was staunchly against getting traded from SAC. The framework is there to create a more competitive, balanced league. Just needs refining and some of these loopholes filled. I think it will be a boon for us when we try to keep Dame past 2020.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...n-4-year-blazers-contract-extension-last-fall NBA Rumors: Jusuf Nurkic Turned Down 4-Year Blazers Contract Extension Last Fall
Not exactly a rumor, it was reported last fall that both sides couldn't reach an agreement on an extension: https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...ntract_extension_jusuf_nurkic_wants_to_r.html
