[ official ] 2016 summer moves

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  1. UKRAINEFAN

    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    I don't want to say that Olshey doesn't have vision, because I don't think anyone (well, except the legendary Kingspeed) thought the Blazers would do so well that they could say to Durant and Whiteside: "We have a good enough team that if we added you two, we would be good enough to go for it all". But if Olshey could have imagined this scenario, then he wouldn't have offered that extension to Lillard that cost $13 million in capspace. If he had that, in the above scenario, he could have kept two of Amino, Davis, Leonard and Harkless. And that would have been a hell of a team. (Of course, once they did extend Lillard and McCollum and maybe Plumlee, it probably would have been the biggest NBA salary total in history, but who cares?)
     
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    That's good. It will help keep your mind nimble as you age. Kind of like joining a bridge club.

    ;)
     
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    How many of you are happy knowing our biggest FA signings this summer will be broadcasters?
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    :)
     
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    Especially at their cap hits (would likely be 2x-3x more expensive to replace them).

    You also have a "chance" to win the lottery. Doesn't mean that chance is very likely. Aminu & Plumlee are currently on very cap friendly deals. No need to "clear up cap space". Also, there aren't a whole lot of upgrade options this year on the FA market.

    Agreed.
     
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    First trade of the off-season so far this year (that I recall at least).

    BULLS ACQUIRE SPENCER DINWIDDIE FOR CAMERON BAIRSTOW

    http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/release/bulls-acquire-spencer-dinwiddie-cameron-bairstow

    I remember someone, (maybe @Rastapopoulos) really liked Dinwiddie last year.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Exactly. You don't give away underpaid, relatively young talent with the hope of overpaying their replacements.

    Aminiu and Plumlee were great bargains under the old cap. Under the new cap, they are absolute steals. They are worth much more than their cap space. You only move them in a trade when you know you're getting something better in return (i.e., if you knew you could sign both Durant and Whiteside or Horford, but you can't know that in the proposed scenario as the draft is over a week before the free agent period starts).

    BNM
     
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    Off-season plan:

    Step one: Hire Kevin Calabro

    Step two: Trade for Kevin Love

    Step three: Sign Kevin Durant

    So I have said it, so it shall be.
     
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    Wojo re-tweeted this. Im not sure how much this helps us:

     
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    Well, it ups Dame's salary for next year to 24.35M, and raises the 30% max (for 7-9 vets like Durant and Horford) to 26.56M. What that means for us is that if we were somehow able to convince Horford to sign here, we now could actually do so without renouncing any of our RFA's, whereas before we would have had to drop one of them to afford the 30% max.
     
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    Who are you trading for Love???
     
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    Every two million helps! Especially with some of my crazy ideas!
     
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    Yay!
     
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    Step 4: Retire Kevin Duckworth's 00

    Step 5: Hire Kevin Hart to be the new Blaze mascot

    Step 6: Get Kevin Bacon to sing the National Anthem opening night
     
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    Kevin Hart would be great next to Calabro
     
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    Good plan.

    Although I'm willing to bet Kevin Spacey has a better singing voice. ;)
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    OMFG! Best commercial EVER!
     
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    The needle finally moved but Olshey had nothing to do with it.

    That offsets Lillards "Rose-All-NBA" bonus but since every other team gets it as well, not sure how much it helps.
     
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