Bye Bye Brandon Clause in New CBA?

[Draco]

After thinking about it, I'm not sure that it's necessarily in the Blazers' best interests from a cap standpoint to simply waive Brandon even if this new amnesty provision is adopted. Regardless of whether they keep or waive Brandon, they won't have any cap room next season. The following year, they're committed to around $39 million even without Brandon's salary. Assuming the salary cap comes in somewhere in the range of $45-$50 mil, if the Blazers re-sign Oden and do a couple of other moves this summer, they likely won't have any cap space the following year even if Brandon is waived. It would only really help by 2013-14 if the Blazers purposefully choose to keep salaries low so that they can play the FA market that year. I'm not sure that approach is consistent with the win-now attitude that PA is said to be pushing. Unless the Blazers can get a better player for free at the SG spot, I don't really see that waiving Brandon accomplishes much...other than placating his detractors, of course.

LaMarcus and Wesley are the only salaries guaranteed to be on our payroll after next season (if we amnesty cut Roy). That is about equivalent to 1 max contract. If they get a low hard cap they may reduce the amount previous contracts count against the cap so we would potentially have much more cap room then in you're example.

 

[e_blazer]

LaMarcus and Wesley are the only salaries guaranteed to be on our payroll after next season (if we amnesty cut Roy). That is about equivalent to 1 max contract. If they get a low hard cap they may reduce the amount previous contracts count against the cap so we would potentially have much more cap room then in you're example.

So, you think the plan should be to cut Brandon, not re-sign Oden, don't pick up the last year of Wallace's contract, and let Batum go just so you can try to pick up one FA to go with Aldridge and Matthews? I'll pass on that plan.

 

[Klinky]

Mike Rice just had double knee replacement surgery 2 weeks ago and he's already back working in basketball.

Not sure if serious? But...

Activity levels of an older sports broadcaster compared to a 20-something NBA athlete is not a fair comparison at all. Knee replacement surgery is meant to allow for basic daily activities and mildly physically demanding sports/exercise. I don't think there has ever been an NBA player who has played with even a single knee replacement surgery...

 

[Mediocre Man]

Not sure if serious? But...

Activity levels of an older sports broadcaster compared to a 20-something NBA athlete is not a fair comparison at all. Knee replacement surgery is meant to allow for basic daily activities and mildly physically demanding sports/exercise. I don't think there has ever been an NBA player who has played with even a single knee replacement surgery...

He was obviously joking