2 things: 1) @THE HCP is loving that he finally got an active thread! 2) how many people you think have come here and don't know the trade has happened yet.....
Wow... speaking of math we already had 12.9M going out the door with RoCo's fully expiring contract. So yeah if Bledsoe's contract doesn't get picked up it frees up 15M plus the deal brought back like 3.9M less than it sent out. So when you do the math 15M in cap space freed up plus 3.9M in cap space freed up minus 12.9M that was already going to be freed up equals... 6M additionally freed up.
Yep.. Two starters that NEVER made a difference. Two starters that stunned the growth of younger players, which, I thought was a common theme in this forum, which is why I am so surprised at the negative reaction to this move. Most of you have been singing for more time "to play the young guys".. Well....now ya'll get your wish and everyone's upset. I think I'll trust Cronin on this one. And you all should trust that Trendon and Greg and CJEllerby will justify the year long cries to play them!!
Ok maybe the line do your research was a little much but all i see is the blazers free up 15m ish when they cut him at the end of season. Can someone explain to me WHY i am wrong ?
I completely disagree but I respect your opinion. On top of everything Eric Bledose sucks and has a terrible contract that will still be on the books the next year. I just cant imagine 6 days before the deadline this is best we could get there is no way. We are worse off with this trade no question . We dont need more guards we need fowards...
I think, tbh, everyone needs to relax and realize this is just a precursor to something else. It’s way way too bad to just be a singular deal and that’s all. This team sucks and needs a total shake up. More to come I’m sure.
Way to early to judge what's happening. Until I see where Joe has had the interim tag pulled, Im thinking we will have a new wheeler dealer this off season.
the cap savings are meaningless when we still have to extend Nurk and Ant. That will already put us well over the cap again and leave us with nothing to sign any upcoming FAs of significance from other teams.
Lol. "Hey let's throw away 2 guys we could actually get value back from and everything will be fine" They had positive trade value and we got none of it back. Its an awful fucking trade, and honestly for the first one he got to do... To negatively trade assets that were deemed positive (even though you think they suck, it doesn't matter), it's a fucking L. That's reality, which obviously doesn't line up with your opinion.
Powell $16,758,621 vs: Eric Bledsoe $3,900.000 Justise Winslow $4,097,561 Keon Johnson $2,681,040 16,758,621 - (3,900.000 + 4,097,561 + 2,681,040 ) = 6,080,020 Hey!! look at that...you're right...it's not 6.3M....it's 6.1M!!
Lmao- so just give away assets for nothing? And the guys you mention are not ready for big minutes, they are 3rd stringers at best and we gave up starters to make time for them lmao. Come on this was horrible trade we got zero assets back.
You also have to factor in Winslow and Johnson salaries for next season. So savings is Powell minus Bledsoe 3.9, Johnson and winslow.
For the love of Blazer fans everywhere, Jody, PLEASE sell the team to someone who gives a sh!T!!!!! This is embarrassing and completely disrespectful to the fans. And Joe......YOU'RE FIRED!!
I finally figured out the justification behind this trade! With all the G-Leaguers on our roster due to injuries we felt there was an imbalance of actual NBA talent in uniform and we needed to level it out.
A lot of people are forgetting order of operations. When you have cap you can use your cap room to sign new guys then sign your own free gents back to go over the cap.
This is the only sliver of hope that I’m hanging onto. This trade is just so bad to be the stand alone move.
