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Natebishop3 said:
I'm a little rusty on the cap. Does the hard cap mean you can't spend any money above it at all?
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Yes. Certain actions will hard cap the team, like taking on a S&T player, or using the full MLE.
 
B-Roy said:
Yes. Certain actions will hard cap the team, like taking on a S&T player, or using the full MLE.
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Why do I feel like the new rules on the cap only screwed over smaller markets?
 
Natebishop3 said:
I don't remember a hard cap back in the late 90s.
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Wasn't following then, but either way, don't see how this hurts small markets. If anything it hurts bigger markets that are theoretically richer. Since those teams could take in larger salaries in S&Ts.
 
B-Roy said:
Wasn't following then, but either way, don't see how this hurts small markets. If anything it hurts bigger markets that are theoretically richer. Since those teams could take in larger salaries in S&Ts.
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Example - you have a super rich owner like Paul but you're not a city that can attract marquee free agents. So instead we piled up players through trades because we were willing to take on overpaid players. Well, now we can't do that and we still can't sign marquee free agents. I'm pretty sure they actually created the hard cap to stop Paul.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Example - you have a super rich owner like Paul but you're not a city that can attract marquee free agents. So instead we piled up players through trades because we were willing to take on overpaid players. Well, now we can't do that and we still can't sign marquee free agents. I'm pretty sure they actually created the hard cap to stop Paul.
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It stops rich owners, not small markets. We just happen to be a small market with a rich owner. Most small markets are not rolling in cash. Bigger markets usually have the advantage of richer owners/sponsorship deals/cash flow, etc.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Example - you have a super rich owner like Paul but you're not a city that can attract marquee free agents. So instead we piled up players through trades because we were willing to take on overpaid players. Well, now we can't do that and we still can't sign marquee free agents. I'm pretty sure they actually created the hard cap to stop Paul.
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We can still take in overpaid players and continue to up to infinity. We just can't do it in a sign and trade deal. Look at GS. They aren't hard capped, they have a super high salary by swapping Durant for Russell, then Russel for Wiggins., and whatever they movedfor oubre, etc.
 
One thing about the Clippers moving to Inglewood in 2024........it is close to Manhattan Beach (8 miles)
That is too far off to help Kawhi though. But there are a lot more star athletes that live on the beach than in downtown LA.

Kawai actually just bought a new home 2 miles from me in Pacific Palisades. 11,815 square-foot house for only 17 million dollars.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
One thing about the Clippers moving to Inglewood in 2024........it is close to Manhattan Beach (8 miles)
That is too far off to help Kawhi though. But there are a lot more star athletes that live on the beach than in downtown LA.

Kawai actually just bought a new home 2 miles from me in Pacific Palisades. 11,815 square-foot house for only 17 million dollars.
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DDDAAAAYYYYUUUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Natebishop3 said:
You know what I see there? Someone has to clean that damn pool. I guess if you're rich enough to own that house, you're rich enough for that to not be your problem.
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Your not serious are you? Do you know the pool crew I would hire to be a live in crew if I had that type of money?????

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You just have to look for a different horizon. :)
 
Natebishop3 said:
You know what I see there? Someone has to clean that damn pool. I guess if you're rich enough to own that house, you're rich enough for that to not be your problem.
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I rather come home to that after being on the road than many other places.
 
Chris Craig said:
But, if we can get Kawhi we will have no problem filling out the roster. Lots of ring chasers will head here and gladly take the min to win the championship
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I see a lot of people making that assumption, but did the vet-min-ring-chasers sign with the Clips to play with Kawhi or to be in LA? His reputation as a teammate isn't all that great. Even when he's laced up, in the game, and not sulking, he's basically an ISO player. His overall talent and defensive versatility makes up for a lot of that, but I'm not sure guys are lining up to play with him.
 
RR7 said:
We can still take in overpaid players and continue to up to infinity. We just can't do it in a sign and trade deal. Look at GS. They aren't hard capped, they have a super high salary by swapping Durant for Russell, then Russel for Wiggins., and whatever they movedfor oubre, etc.
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They were actually hardcapped the year they S&T Durant for Russell. But you lose your hard-cap status when the new calendar year rolls over.
 
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handiman said:
I see a lot of people making that assumption, but did the vet-min-ring-chasers sign with the Clips to play with Kawhi or to be in LA? His reputation as a teammate isn't all that great. Even when he's laced up, in the game, and not sulking, he's basically an ISO player. His overall talent and defensive versatility makes up for a lot of that, but I'm not sure guys are lining up to play with him.
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yeah but Kawhi plus Dame = championship contender. That's why they would come, not to admire Kawhi's outfielder's Mitt-sized hands.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Your not serious are you? Do you know the pool crew I would hire to be a live in crew if I had that type of money?????

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You just have to look for a different horizon. :)
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Yup the number one reason I want to be that wealthy is to have access to way more top-shelf...well it starts with a P.

I mean this gal looks like she can handle herself around a Kantian Pure Reason vs the Hegelian Dialectic as a basis for a world view, type discussion. Don't get her started on Hume though and whatever you do, don't bring that weak sauce Philosophy 101 interpretation that Nietsche said give into your base desires because nothing matters. A Sophomoric understanding of Nihilism isn't going to fly with this bad bitch.

Yep, sure wish I had some top-shelf Philosophical conversations on tap.
 
This thread should be closed. It kills me to even fantasize there is a chance in hell to land Kawhi.
 
It took half a page for this thread to get so far off the OP and go where a couple of dozen recent threads have gone before.

I think the original point of the thread was to start floating speculation no matter how unlikely of all kinds of star players potentially wanting to move on from their current teams in response to the so-far dubious narrative that Dame wants out of Portland that media and the Twitterverse are running with.
 
Idog1976 said:
yeah but Kawhi plus Dame = championship contender. That's why they would come, not to admire Kawhi's outfielder's Mitt-sized hands.
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Dame plus any superstar = championship contender, but that hasn't resulted in said championship contender coming here. There's no reason to think, other than blissful ignorance of how unappealing Portland is, that the same wouldn't be true for role players with Kawhi.
 
Idog1976 said:
Yup the number one reason I want to be that wealthy is to have access to way more top-shelf...well it starts with a P.

I mean this gal looks like she can handle herself around a Kantian Pure Reason vs the Hegelian Dialectic as a basis for a world view, type discussion. Don't get her started on Hume though and whatever you do, don't bring that weak sauce Philosophy 101 interpretation that Nietsche said give into your base desires because nothing matters. A Sophomoric understanding of Nihilism isn't going to fly with this bad bitch.

Yep, sure wish I had some top-shelf Philosophical conversations on tap.
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Absolutely, but Bros before Hoes.
 
BBert said:
The thread that should be closed is the Dame Trades thread. THAT is a crime against humanity.
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Why does a vision of the old Ford Explorer blimp crashing into the crowd at Moda come to mind? Oh the humanity!
 
Orion Bailey said:
Im trying to find a team with cap space to absorb CJ and maybe get a back up PG or Center back. Then just sign Leonard outright.

Dame/backup PG/Simons
Powell/Simons
Leonard/Little/Roco
Roco/Melo/Little
Nurk/Kanter/Filler


Obviously we may not be able to keep some guys I have in there, but thats damn good and if we lose a Little or Simons we fill the gaps. Prefer to lose Melo/Kanter and fill in the gaps, but those guys wont cut it.
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Unfortunately it'll never happen. We don't get big time free agents.
 
CJ + Nurkic + pick to Minny for KAT

Sign Powell

Trade DJJ for a backup PG

Sign Melo & Kanter

Do not sign Collins (too bad)

Find a rebounding, defensive stud at PF


Dame + PG
Powell + Ant + Elleby
RoCo + Little + Vet
PF stud (like a Crowder) + Melo
KAT + Kanter + Vet
 
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