If you can get 19 for cheap, you combine it and 24 to NJ that are rumored to want to drop back to get Casspi at a lower pick/salary. They may not even want the 24, maybe the 33 and its non-guaranteed contract. There are lots of possibilities here.
I agree. Now, if we could obtain the 19th pick while keeping the 24th......would those 2 picks and perhaps a little extra get us a pick in the 14-16 range? That might give us a shot at someone like Blair. Oops - Big Q beat me to it!
I have a feeling Pritchard could deplete his assets this offseason. #19 could be very useful to begin building those reserves back up.
But if insurance would pay for the majority of Speedy's salary and we cut him, not that much of an impact.
But would adding him give us enough salary that when included with the MLE would then bring us high enough to earn the MLE?
I disagree. There will be 5 players available to us that wouldn't normally be there. Also, it'd be an easier pick to trade and move up further. That's about as much of a no brainer as it could be.
I see your point, but it's not like this year has any major free agents we need or want. And, if it's a peice of the puzzle that lands us the PG we want in the draft, then so be it. It's not like Blake is a complete scrub and keeping him ensures we'll never get past the first round of the playoffs.
Well, of course, but the point is, this draft is full of question marks, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between the guys available at 24, 19, or 30. It's all a crap shoot at that point, and you're just as likely to get a good player at 24 as you are at 19.
Exactly. The actual monetary cost might only be a million or two but the cap cost will be the full $5.2 million. Memphis might be interested in #19 plus Speedy, but I doubt that the Blazers are.
I don't read into the OP that you'd have to trade them the #24. The blazers could have both 19 and 24. The pick is sweetener to anyone that'll absorb Claxton's paycheck. If they do demand a pick, a crappy 2nd rounder (near the end of the draft) would suffice, IMO.
Maybe we could convince Memphis to take Speedy, and then give them $3M (so they actually make money on the deal) along with a late 2nd, and we get the #19 without having to cripple our capspace. Sounds like a win-win-win to me.