Carroll's contract does fit nicely right into the Bazemore TPE. That said, I agree.....they would need to send a 2nd round pick or two along with him. Jody would have to be willing to go back into the Luxury Tax for a player who might help (Carroll can play D and hit a '3'....although he has shot horribly this year) and figure it is the cost of buying back a couple of 2nd round picks....for Neil to trade later.
I didn't cuz I wanted more tax savings, but really not that hard to get him in there. Send our pick to SA, probably.
If he can have an Ariza type impact why not. Plus he’s only got a small guarantee in ‘22 so we could theoretically package him in a trade next year for a bigger contract. Second unit could look something like CJ Trent Carroll/Nas Melo/Nas Whiteside
BBall ref has him at 7 mil in '22 (it's italic but doesn't say amount). What's the partial guarantee?
It's not nitpicking, I've discussed why already. Durant could've just signed with Brooklyn. GS had to include 2 1st round picks and dump Iggy just to take back Russell so Durant didn't leave for nothing. That's not anywhere near the situation with Whiteside this summer. Wright was a restricted free agent. Dallas offered to do a sign and trade to entice Memphis not to match. Again, Whiteside is not a restricted free agent and Dallas had cap space. The Kemba situation was a double sign-and-trade. This may in fact be possible with Whiteside this summer and if it works great but this was an extremely rare circumstance in which both teams wanted a free agent from the other team and both players also agreed to sign there as well. If Kemba wanted to sign somewhere other than Boston or Rozier somewhere other than Charlotte the deal would've been off. Boston did have cap space too so they didn't have to agree to the sign and trade.
Sweet. I'd still wanna send out something or get something in return though. The tax implications essentially would undo the savings we just got from the Baze/Ariza deal. Wonder how big of a deal it is for us get under this year if we can definitely get under next.
I'd like to know as well. The six seasons prior from '3', he shot: .342 .371 .341 .390 .395 .362 He's got some 'dog' to him which I like.
Can someone please tell us how much Whiteside is going to make next season? If it's $12 million or $20 million? The idea that the Blazers might trade both Whiteside and Ariza, who are anchoring our defense right now, is asking to be bit in the arse. If the goal is next season, you want the best defense for the whole season and the playoffs. If Zach Collins can't play 30 minutes at power forward, I would think about trading him for someone who can. I would rather trade Collins (with other players if necessary) for a very good power forward (just an example), rather than trade Whiteside making $12 million for a small forward then dumping Ariza. We just lose Ariza and Whiteside and don't gain much. My point is we don't know what Whiteside would make next season, or if trading Whiteside gets us the biggest net gain in a trade. I want a big improvement if that is possible. The idea that trading Whiteside would automatically get us the biggest net improvement for next season to me is wrong thinking. That's a lot of assumptions that may not be correct. And yes I am including the fact that Whiteside and Nurkic would probably not be able to play together. But, having the best possible defense is a goal. Big men foul out or get into foul trouble often. They get hurt. One hasn't played in almost a year.
San Antonio signed Carroll to a 2 year deal and he proceeds to not even make the rotation. That tells me he's washed, a lot more washed then the Spurs thought when they signed them.
Carroll and Ariza are similar to Chief and Moe as they’re interchangeable defensively. But with better shooting, in theory.
What is the connection here? If you're making a dig at LMA, he's not the only player that is playing with LaMarcus for the first time this year.
