Exclusive Ayton is agreeing to buyout (1 Viewer)

[MickZagger]

Intriguing…

 

[GoZers]

 

[Freshtown]

Assume this means they canvassed the whole league and found no takers.

a shame we get nothing for him given that despite his money, he is a good player and he is also expiring.

 

[julius]

Bet he signs with the Fakers.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

No takers?

Yikes

 

[GoZers]

Zero value. Really?

 

[illmatic99]

Lmao. Terrific extraction of value, Joe.

 

[B-Roy]

Holy FUCK. I'm happy he's gone but also WTF?

 

[Freshtown]

Fuck the lakers for signing this guy soon for free. LA lucks out again!

 

[TBpup]

I'll be curious how much less they were able to buy him out for vs what was owed and how that will effect their Cap?

 

[GoZers]

Cronin killing it again he’s a magician

 

[julius]

It'd be interesting to see what kind of return they were offered for him. I suspect it wasn't financially logical, but also he might have wanted out.

 

[B-Roy]

I'll be curious how much less they were able to buy him out for vs what was owed and how that will effect their Cap?

I'd be surprised if he didn't have something lined up already, and that's what the buyout amount is for.

It will reduce our cap by the buyout amount.

 

[andalusian]

Lmao. Terrific extraction of value, Joe.

The extraction of value was toumani, DA was alway a "worth a try" shot, there's no further value to extract, but it was always worth a try to rehabilitate him instead of Nurk.

I imagine once HY was drafted, there was no reason to try and keep him as a backup

 

[illmatic99]

So as I understand, whatever contract he gets subtracted from our cap?

A vet min isn't out of the question I suppose

 

[illmatic99]

The extraction of value was toumani, DA was alway a "worth a try" shot, there's no further value to extract, but it was always worth a try to rehabilitate him instead of Nurk.

Clearly we watched different press conferences at Aytons introduction

 

[LayneStaley]

Fuck it. Later Ayton. Get Grant out of here now. If Joe gets rid of Ayton/Ant/Grant all in one offseason he gets a pass on the shitty returns.

 

[andalusian]

Clearly we watched different press conferences at Aytons introduction

Clearly you sometimes need to look beyond the press conference. Did you really expect a GM to introduce him as a reclamation project?

 

[Natebishop3]

Jerami Grant has no value at all.

 

[illmatic99]

Cronin over leveraged because teams knew he had to make a trade. This will be the excuse.

 

[B-Roy]

Lmao. Terrific extraction of value, Joe.

We probably could have got a second if we took on more money. At that point, I'd rather take the cap savings from a buyout.

 

[LayneStaley]

If it’s a one year deal with the next team I bet he balls out. Fools gold.

 

[illmatic99]

Clearly you sometimes need to look beyond the press conference. Did you really expect a GM to introduce him as a reclamation project?

How many more players does this guy need to just give up for free before you question his ineffective negotiation skills?

 

[B-Roy]

How many more players does this guy need to just give up for free before you question his ineffective negotiation skills?

No amount of negotiation can save the fact that DeAndre Ayton is a terrible player and there's a reason no one wants him.

 

[riverman]

Salary dump move to free cap space after paying Jrue and taking on his deal

 

[illmatic99]

No amount of negotiation can save the fact that DeAndre Ayton is a terrible player and there's a reason no one wants him.

Cronin should not have brought him in in the first place, then?

 

[GoZers]

Would love to see a side by side breakdown of what Cronin has gained and lost. Like what’s the net result from all his transactions. I don’t keep up or care that much usually but it seems like the ledger is getting more and more lopsided

 

[illmatic99]

Salary dump move to free cap space after paying Jrue and taking on his deal

Huh? Still have to pay him.

 

[GoZers]

No amount of negotiation can save the fact that DeAndre Ayton is a terrible player and there's a reason no one wants him.

He’s not terrible

 

[riverman]

I like that we kept Duop