yes, but the 5.91M will be split over 5 years, so the cap hit is only 1.18M a year. It's an option, if you REALLY need that extra (2.89M-1.18M)= 1.71M in space this summer it would get you.
It seems like teams are dumping better players than Freeland for cap space. It's an option. But I wouldn't do it to give Pek a "massive" deal. Yikes.
Yes the stretch provision saves us cap space this year but puts it on our cap in future years. Not a good strategy unless we are making a run at contending right now.
At this point, I'd rather have Jermaine O'Neal. He's cheaper, would sign a shorter-term contract and could tutor Leonard and Withey.
Book me a seat on the Jermaine Train! Choo-choo! He'd be great with our rookie Ivory Towers. (I'm still treating Leonard with rookie expectations.)
Almost anyone but the guys we have and Kaman or Zaza....seriously Unless we are tanking, and then start Leonard
Then he might as well do what he can get to get as much value out of an Aldridge trade as he can. His leverage is only going to decline next year.
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3453/nikola-pekovic Did you see how many games he missed because of injury?
Looks like he misses 20 or so games a year. Not that it matters because we have no money to throw at him.
Maybe, but if it convinces LaMarcus to stick around I think it's worth it. That's what this whole off-season should be about. Try to get LaMarcus to buy into sticking around long term. If you can do that I don't care what we're offering for who. But if you can't just don't bother. Or limit yourself to 3 year contracts so you can go after a free agent in 2016.
Almost nothing will convince LA to stick around Portland. He's gone. Now, we wait and get the best deal we can for him.
Actually, that makes me feel better. Can't say he benefited by Love's double-teams. (Of course, Love doesn't get double-teamed anyway.)
