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Spurs are doing just as badly as us-- down to 5-10 and just lost to the Wiz. Wonder if they'd entertain trading Aldridge.

Which youngin would you give up for him, among Little/Simons/Collins? Can we get him just for picks and Baze?
 
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jlprk said:
You're saying that if we pay Gasol to play at the start and end of the current season, we save his salary plus luxury tax, in the middle of the season. Well, that's true only if Olshey signs no one to replace him.
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Which, according to Quick, is the plan. Take that with however many grains of salt as you wish.
 
illmatic99 said:
Explain this to me, then what reason do we have to waive Pau now? We could have easily waited to a later date to do so.
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Maybe quick is wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time. But if he’s not, maybe they just cut bait now instead of delaying the inevitable. I still believe they need another center, and sooner than later.
 
illmatic99 said:
Spurs are doing just as badly as us-- down to 5-10 and just lost to the Wiz. Wonder if they'd entertain trading Aldridge.

Which youngin would you give up for him, among Little/Simons/Collins? Can we get him just for picks and Baze?
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There was a rumor the other day that they were contemplating making an offer to the Cavs of Aldridge for Love.
 
Scalma said:
Maybe quick is wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time. But if he’s not, maybe they just cut bait now instead of delaying the inevitable. I still believe they need another center, and sooner than later.
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I think they have another addition on the horizon., and it's time sensitive Quick is the same guy who laughed at the notion of Melo two days before he was signed on his podcast. Love his articles and insight, but he's not connected to our FO.

e_blazer said:
Luxury tax.
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How do you figure? We're still on the hook for him, no?
 
illmatic99 said:
I think they have another addition on the horizon. Quick is the same guy who laughed at the notion of Melo two days before he was signed on his podcast. Love his articles and insight, but he's not connected to our FO.

How do you figure? We're still on the hook for him, no?
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The report is that the Blazers have protection in his contract. If he can’t play by a certain date, they can cut him and the rest of his contract goes away.
 
Chris Craig said:
I sensed some sarcasm there. Perhaps you didn't
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No, I thought he was saying that Olshey learned that when you sign an injured player, you give yourself an out. I'm glad that Olshey did learn that. I was just saying that he didn't learn to be careful about signing injured players period. I can't really criticize Olshey much here though; we aren't hurt much except the absence of enough healthy big men has contributed to a very slow start.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
No, I thought he was saying that Olshey learned that when you sign an injured player, you give yourself an out. I'm glad that Olshey did learn that. I was just saying that he didn't learn to be careful about signing injured players period. I can't really criticize Olshey much here though; we aren't hurt much except the absence of enough healthy big men has contributed to a very slow start.
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I wasn’t being sarcastic. Every signing/transaction carries some level of risk. My point was that Olshey protected himself this time. Signing Pau Gasol for the minimum, even with the injury, was worth the risk. He would’ve helped. Sucks, but at least we don’t have any lasting ramifications like we did with Ezeli.
 
We have a lot of young players and bringing in a 39 year old Pau was a smart move …..I think he'll give us more as a coach at 39 than he would on court hobbled. We've needed a player/big man coach since Kim Hughes was fired...Olshey was smart to waive him right after signing Melo to save money and open up the roster spot
 
e_blazer said:
I'm curious as to whether this could just be a move to save luxury tax. I don't know the CBA rules relative to this, but it seems that the Blazers had protections built into Pau's contract and that it's agreed that he doesn't currently comply with those protections. When they waive him, they presumably don't owe him any more on his player's contract so they save the luxury tax on that,
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I'm not sure that's true. No website I've checked shows his salary as being non-guaranteed, so I'm not sure the tax is dismissed. I don't know how it was "protected"....maybe. But it might just be one of those contract clauses that gets Portland out of a portion of salary due to injury that doesn't impact their cap or tax position. IIRC I've seen a couple of those types of clauses in the past
 
wizenheimer said:
I'm not sure that's true. No website I've checked shows his salary as being non-guaranteed, so I'm not sure the tax is dismissed. I don't know how it was "protected"....maybe. But it might just be one of those contract clauses that gets Portland out of a portion of salary due to injury that doesn't impact their cap or tax position. IIRC I've seen a couple of those types of clauses in the past
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I’m not sure it’s true either, but it seems likely. If his contract wasn’t fully guaranteed because of medical concerns, then only the guaranteed part should count as team salary.
 
wizenheimer said:
I'm not sure that's true. No website I've checked shows his salary as being non-guaranteed, so I'm not sure the tax is dismissed. I don't know how it was "protected"....maybe. But it might just be one of those contract clauses that gets Portland out of a portion of salary due to injury that doesn't impact their cap or tax position. IIRC I've seen a couple of those types of clauses in the past
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This falls under the Exhibit-3 rule. The only way you can waive a player using this rule and not still owe him the remainder of his contract is if there was an injury prior to signing the contract that was written into the contract that if it is reinjured or there's a setback or is taking much longer than agreed upon to rehab then you can actually void the contract. As long as it was written into the contract then the Blazers get out of it.
 
Holdahl thinks they’ll bring someone else in

 
Instead of bringing in a re-tread, why not bring in someone from the G-League. Guys like Kendrick Nunn and Christian Wood could help the team right now and they came straight from the G-League.
 
Scalma said:
Holdahl thinks they’ll bring someone else in

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Can I start a petition to sign Eric Mika? A bit older (24) than most from the '17 draft. But has some experience, plays smart and works hard. Terrific scorer, good rebounder and really decent defender. Also overall good guy.

20 pts/ 9 reb / 2 blk / 53%fg / 76% ft in college with BYU.

Played two seasons in the Lega Series A in Italy, and did well:

But also 'wasted' two years as a mormon missionary, if not he'd probably have been in the league a bit more on 10days/2ways. Sacramento kicked the tires a bit on him earlier this year, played well in SL.

This season he has started 6 games for the Stockton Kings in the G-League. Stats: 19.7 ppg, 16.2 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1 bpg, 54.2%fg, 71.4%ft, 37 mpg.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/eric-mika/
 
B-Roy said:
Instead of bringing in a re-tread, why not bring in someone from the G-League. Guys like Kendrick Nunn and Christian Wood could help the team right now and they came straight from the G-League.
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The last time we picked up D-League all-star types, we tried Tolliver in 2009-10 and Chris Johnson the next season. But we needed experience fast, so they didn't last. Same as now.
 
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