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inconceivable said:
The NBA should only count a percentage of a player's salary against the teams cap space if the team drafted the player. Right now, seems to me like teams who draft well are punished
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The NBA should just get rid of all the confusing rules and have a hard cap at the 2nd apron. Its effectively being navigated as a hard cap anyways.

Teams can go over the 2nd apron for 1 of 5 seasons.

Allow teams to trade any amounts of salaries. Remove all salary matching requirements.

I like the Dirk/Duncan/Wade/Kobe/ (we previously thought Dame) idea of letting a team have some cap relief to sign a long time franchise icon. Maybe for allstars with a single team over 10 years have 1/3 or 1/2 of their salary not count against the cap or such.

Allow all contracts to be cut for 50% savings. Stretch can only be done for max of 3 years.

Don't allow teams to trade picks beyond 4 years in the future. 5-7 years out its only the fans who pay the price as all the players/coach/GM/etc have long since left. But remove all the Stiepen restrictions.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Would the Thunder have won the title without Chet? He adds a huge dynamic to that team on both ends.

Seems like a coin flip either him or Wemby are healthy in a given season. But when they are healthy over the next decade - that team might be huge title favorites.
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He did jack shit in the multiple games I watched the Thunder these playoffs.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
The NBA should just get rid of all the confusing rules and have a hard cap at the 2nd apron. Its effectively being navigated as a hard cap anyways.

Teams can go over the 2nd apron for 1 of 5 seasons.

Allow teams to trade any amounts of salaries. Remove all salary matching requirements.

I like the Dirk/Duncan/Wade/Kobe/ (we previously thought Dame) idea of letting a team have some cap relief to sign a long time franchise icon. Maybe for allstars with a single team over 10 years have 1/3 or 1/2 of their salary not count against the cap or such.

Allow all contracts to be cut for 50% savings. Stretch can only be done for max of 3 years.

Don't allow teams to trade picks beyond 4 years in the future. 5-7 years out its only the fans who pay the price as all the players/coach/GM/etc have long since left. But remove all the Stiepen restrictions.
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I agree with the whole matching salaries concept. It really limits what teams can do.
 
SheedSoNasty said:
I agree with the whole matching salaries concept. It really limits what teams can do.
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Agreed. Yes part of the idea of allowing these player extension is so the team that drafts an allstar at least locks them up then if they ever pivot to rebuild can get some good assets in return so the player doesn't leave for nothing like LMA/Durant/etc.

But the NBA makes it more difficult on those small markets as they get really limited in teams they can trade their star to with all the 1st/2nd apron restrictions. Kuminga RFA BYC rules are even more confusing.

Just lets teams trade players however they wish. Teams should have to manage the entire payroll in total against season cap/apron limits. But the NBA shouldn't require both sending and receiving teams to match up all of these requirements at the individual transactional level.
 
LayneStaley said:
Smart for Chet to sign that contract asap considering the high probability he gets injured.
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Yeah - I'd have thought the Thunder would get at least a bit of a discount below the max, doesn't look like it.

Maybe they have some nonguaranteed portions or some relief if certain # of games are missed, etc. If I'm OKC I need something like that or what's the incentive to do an extension this summer.
 
wizenheimer said:
NBA salaries be crazy....and yeah, OKC can't sustain paying SGA/Holmgren/Williams 170M/year
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Holmgren's knees/legs won't be able to withstand it. He rode the bench a lot during the playoffs, rested large portions of the game. Injury is when not if.
 
If Chet is just a role player, how are we gonna feel maxing out Scoot and Sharpe soon.

Gulp.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I expect Ayton to have a number of stretches of a week or two each where Laker fans go nuts with what a steal he was.

But eventually he will settle back into his ways same as PHX and here.

That Lakers roster really needs a lot of work to compete with any of the top5 west teams in a playoff series. The more I look at it I'm just shocked they were able to get the 3 seed last year. Although it was only two wins above 8th.
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You expect them to be in the Top 5?
 
Natebishop3 said:
Or do it right and have a damn tournament. Bring all the teams out, single elimination and let them go at it.
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Disagree - it's great that they are also regular season games. It would be stupid to have it be any different.

Will be super exciting if some year the Blazers go to Vegas for the semifinal/finals.

Now what I don't understand is the point of the all-star game or weekend.
 
THE HCP said:
You expect them to be in the Top 5?
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No - OKC DEN HOU MIN GSW are top5 IMO. It will be very hard for the Lakers to compete with any of those teams in a playoff series. Lakers don't have enough defense.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Unfortunately I think it's very obvious we are the worst in the group.
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Oh certainly agree. The great thing about the cup is its a crazy small sample size. Blazers were 2-2 in the cup last year. Maybe this year we get a game at home we somehow squeak a win out, than an opponent which is injured and we win that too. We lose 3rd game but that opponent isn't leading the group.

So certainly very possible a situation such as that plays out where we find ourselves in a final 4th cup game winner take all with a 2-1 record. Thats all I want to see, a couple games that "mean something" to me and others that are following the cup. Would be super exciting if we're able to be playing those couple games with a chance to go to Vegas. We win two cup games and I'll start looking into possible flights/hotels.

Two years ago did you really care about regular season games in November that much? I just don't see any downside to the cup. You either like it and follow a tad more than normal games - or you ignore it and just think of them as regular season games.
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
The extremely hideous obnoxious ugly distracting courts are my #1 complaint about it.
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To each their own - I found this to be one of the best courts I've ever seen with the Blazers or even in any basketball game;

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