There seems to be a fairly distinct difference between teams that are calling and teams that are being called. Portland is somewhere in the middle as they are getting some calls for Hart, and making calls regarding Nurkic. Portland would like to get involved with bigger type deals, but not having control over future Draft picks as of now is hampering those conversations. Without those picks, the ask could include Any AND Sharpe. It doesn't seem like that is something the Blazers are open to, and I can't imagine many Blazer fans would be on board with that either.
That's what this board is saying. Do you happen to actually know this? Where did you get this info? Who is calling for Nurk and Hart? What are they offering? What do you know about what the Blazers are open to?
How many trade threads do we really need? After merging( i logged in to create one just like i sew now hcp did. Lol.) there are still 7 trade threads… Is it really THAT important to be the owner/starter of said Thread, vs just posting in one of the existing? just sayin…
I think some people are addicted to response, and are afraid their thoughts won't get enough attention if their posts are just part of an existing thread. Separately, once threads are created and various conversations engaged in, people are concerned that those conversations will be diluted or lost if the various similar threads are merged together (which is why I hesitate to merge the myriad trade threads).
Addicted or need egos fed? I do agree with merging though. Once a threD has been started and discussed merging dilutes alot Nd makes it hard to follow. Would be nice if people took a moment to just post a Lebron trade idea in the trade ideas thread though, for example. The need for attention is veey high for some around here i suppose… Carry on wayward S2
Our TPE from Covington expires today, FYI. I don't think we'll use it, but we only have today if we were to.
I agree 100%. There are too many people here who think their opinion/ideas always needs its own thread. It's ridiculous.
Good update. They weren't going to use that unless they could get far enough under the Lux Tax to make the addition. RLEC foiled again!
Totally agree. Only was I could see us using it is if we did a straight swap, like Winslow for Vanderbilt, and the other teams also have a tpe, then we can create a new one in the deal. But I fully expect it to expire tonight.
It's a relatively quiet trade deadline week for the Blazers, the calm before the storm. Brace yourselves for Kevin Durant #honktwice
Broken down super generically, without going into the details and specifics, when 2 teams make a trade, and there is a difference in salaries of the two sides, it creates a traded player exception, or TPE. There's different ways they are created, but simply, it's a difference in salary. So if we make a trade where we send out 20 million dollars, and only take back 10, we have a calendar year to "spend" that extra 10 million difference in a trade.
hard-capping the team really put the kabosh on using that RoCo TPE obviously, the Blazers could take Vanderbilt into the RoCo TPE creating a big enough TPE for Utah to take Winslow. But that only kicks a 4.3M TPE a year down the road rather than a max 12M TPE. Better than nothing I guess
So question for all the cap nerds. Exactly how much better of a spot would we be in right now without signing GP2?
