<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 5 2008, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If LeBron becomes a Net, Carter will be traded for LeBron.</div> But if we're cutting salary to be under the cap by then, couldn't we just trade for his bird-rights-maxed contract? edit: meaning we won't have to match his salary because we'd be under the cap by that much.
They could, but they obviously don't want to. They need to have players in place that will be able to effectively surround LeBron. I love that the players they are talking about extending past 2010 are defensive team players with solid o like Noc and Dooling.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 5 2008, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If LeBron becomes a Net, Carter will be traded for LeBron.</div> I don't think Cleveland will want to take on Carter. The buyout for 2011-12 is like $5mm. He's not exactly an expiring. Plus the Nets won't need to send that much salary. If they are about $12-15mm under the cap (which they need to be in order to be a credible threat to steal him) they only need to send about $5mm in a S&T. Which I think will be more palatable to Cleveland.
Nocioni would be a good pick up. He's defense and experience on court would help the youngsters improve.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Netted @ Jul 5 2008, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 5 2008, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If LeBron becomes a Net, Carter will be traded for LeBron.</div> I don't think Cleveland will want to take on Carter. The buyout for 2011-12 is like $5mm. He's not exactly an expiring. Plus the Nets won't need to send that much salary. If they are about $12-15mm under the cap (which they need to be in order to be a credible threat to steal him) they only need to send about $5mm in a S&T. Which I think will be more palatable to Cleveland. </div> The buyout is $3M, which the Nets would probably pay. This way, they can take on a bit more salary and build a better team to try and entice free agents, especially LeBron.
