Beal -- 5 yrs, 127 mil Parsons -- 4 yrs, 95 mil Dwight -- 3 yrs, 70 mil Ryan Anderson -- 4 yrs, 80 mil Crabbe -- 4 yrs, 75 mil Noah -- 4 yrs, 72 mil Deng -- 4 yrs, 72 mil Biyombo -- 4 yrs, 72 mil Turner -- 4 yrs, 70 mil Mozgov -- 4 yrs, 64 mil Mahinmi -- 4yrs, 64 mil Think we need to stop bitching about ET and AC. Both our guys'contracts will start to look a lot better when this list doubles next summer. There are a TON of seemingly immovable contracts.
Forgot Bazemore: 4 yrs, 70 mil Soon enough, every team will have at least one of these contracts on their team. Some team is going to throw 75-80 mil at an aging JJ Redick, and someone will give Derrick Favors and George Hill 100+ mil this summer, etc etc. We just need to hold on to our guys and put them in positions to maximize their production/impact. Once the new values normalize, they should be easier to move. No need for all this doom and gloom.
If the team is good, as constructed, the contracts don't matter at all, as long as we're below the luxury tax. The team's recent play has suggested this isn't the case, we're not "good." Because the contracts put us so close to the luxury tax (which we will pass unless we cut our starting center), our trade options are limited. That's the problem, it's harder to make trades when the money has to match in our favor. Look at the recent trades the Blazers have made: Got a 1st rounder from Cleveland for getting them below the luxury tax. Got a 2nd rounder from Miami for getting them below the luxury tax. Next, it'll be our turn to surrender a first rounder to get rid of a player to get us below the luxury tax.
Dwight isn't a bad contract and doesn't belong anywhere near this list. He's been huge for the Hawks.
In hindsight, I wish we had somehow gotten Dwight. He's putting up solid numbers this year. He would have been perfect.
And for as much as I don't think Crabbe/Turner are worth what we're paying them given their roles with the team, they're better contracts than most of those other players due to some combination of age/health/skill. I think Dwight is the only guy I'd unquestioningly take over Crabbe/Tuner.
His coach is maybe the best defensive coach in the league... I give coach Bud the credit here,,it's the closest Howard has ever gotten to being in the Spurs system of defense that Coach Bud brought with him to Atlanta
Hopefully. I meant among outside observers. Even the Lakers, though, may have known they were overpaying but were hoping to get some short-term respectability out of it, some recognition that free agents will still sign with them.
The projected salary cap for the 17/18 season has been lowered by the NBA to: Cap $102 million Luxury Tax $127 million Portland guaranteed 17/18 contracts = $129.5+ million. The $129.5 million does not include Ezeli, Plumlee, Connaughton, & Quarterman PS. I disagree with OP, one bad contract hurts a teams flexibility. We already have two of them.
I agree and out of all those names, the only ones worth pursuing in a trade are Crabbe and Dieng imo.
Cleveland was motivated as well since they got a useful player in Channing Frye and were in the repeater status. Miami was in repeater status as well. We have not paid it yet and have time for those contracts to be positives. There are other options as well, like release. That would not even be considered for a couple of seasons. We may not see a salary dump trade for the entire league for the next couple of years.
Evan Fournier could be put on that list (4 years, $95 mil I believe). He's good for 15ppg though with good ball-handling, passing, scoring, and outside shooting, so maybe that contract is justified.
Don't think Deng is bad. He's bad FOR THE LAKERS, but on a contending team, he's good. Also, I'd willingly trade for Biyombo, although, yikes, that is overpaying a little. But you're right - this is the new normal. Except (probably) in San Antonio.
