yep and this only exacerbates the awful signings we made last summer and the "handcuffs" tighten, I'd guess we dump at least one salary with a pick if we can, other teams with capspace are getting more leverage and we get less
So even MORE over the cap? Great.... Neil, you've got some work to do. And if it involves giving up 1st round picks to get rid of your mistakes, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
What was the reason Paul didn't allow the Hawks permission to speak to him again? I don't get the love fest for this soap actor who is soooooo full of hot air. This on the eve of another day in which he's going to default his way through another draft and going to disappoint ONCE again! Well...we'll just wait for FA before we wait for the Feb Twenty something trade deadline. Only to have some Neil homer say "Just wait! He's going to knock it out my of the park at draft time!" I seen enough three years ago.
I love how people turn on the GM for things working against him. If it were the opposite, fans would still find a way to bitch. Same fans to claim they know what's going on in the organizational moves.
The number crunchers had to know of this eventuality. Three or four months ago the news came out that the cap was going to be lower than expected. 3 million isn't going to make him change his decision making process. What??? He's going to dump a player he wouldn't have before this shocking news.... Come on.
I don't think this news makes a huge impact on the Blazers' fortunes, but it definitely puts a crimp in the idea that those contracts will look better as the cap just keeps soaring and worse and worse deals are handed out.
Everybody is getting their panties in a wad over how a less than 2% drop in the salary cap effects our payroll and completely ignoring this: "A drop in the number of playoff games played contributed to the drop" This is the direct result of CLE and GSW waltzing their way to the finals. Hey Silver, you dip shit, this is why having two super teams and 28 sacrificial lambs is bad for your league. It costs everybody money. This is why you need to address competitiveness at the league level and not just tell the have-nots they need to play catch up when you helped stack the deck against them BNM
You guys do realize that if the owner wants to sign a player, to an obscene contract, it's pretty much going to happen right? er, I mean. # FIRE OLSHEY
I said this a year ago. This was predictable. You can't have such drastic inflation without it being followed by a recession. It's not sustainable.
Once again Paul Allen the guy who writes the checks signed of on these contracts knowing the tax ramifications. Overall Neil has done a damn good job and the cap/tax situation should be none of our business or concern.
We have no one to blame but ourselves. We made dumbass decisions and overpaid at least 3 guys on our roster. Why blame Silver and GS/CLE? When NO overpaid our guys, KD had already signed in GS. We should have predicted this drop in revenue and planned the payroll accordingly. Just be glad we got lucky and Parsons didn't come over.
That's the thing, Parsons was NeO's first choice. Thank goodness he decided to go elsewhere. We could be even worse off. At least Turner plays.
