Disabled Player Exception?

[Wheels]

What the crap? So if we would have kept Miles and he wouldnt play 10 games.. we could have gotten some more cap space?

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a...ts_receive_disabled_player_exception_for_yao/

 

[PapaG]

What the crap? So if we would have kept Miles and he wouldnt play 10 games.. we could have gotten some more cap space?

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a...ts_receive_disabled_player_exception_for_yao/

"...and their request was granted." Who is to say Portland didn't try to go this route and was rebuffed by the league? We already know for a fact that Stern didn't allow the Blazers to pick up Miles after he was waived by Memphis and no other team wanted him.

 

[RR7]

I'm amazed at how quickly they were able to get the exception. A lot of teams seem to get denied, or have to kind of hassle for it. Hsa he even had the surgery yet? And they already get the exception?

 

[Wheels]

"...and their request was granted." Who is to say Portland didn't try to go this route and was rebuffed by the league? We already know for a fact that Stern didn't allow the Blazers to pick up Miles after he was waived by Memphis and no other team wanted him.

I would think that Miles' multiple MF surgeries could be just as serious as Yao.. I dont see why they would get it and we wouldnt. But you could be right. But I understand the blocking us picking him back up.. that was a reach.

 

[Nate4Prez]

Here is Yahoo!'s take.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...3Kq8vLYF?slug=ap-yaoinjured&prov=ap&type=lgns

I have never heard of this. How can a player be on their roster and have it not count against the cap. Did Portland get scammed with the Miles/Rafe contracts? Can we do this with Martell?

 

[Ed O]

The Disabled Player exception does not remove the player's salary from the books like the medical retirement does. The Blazers could have, presumably sought a Disabled Player exception, but it would have had to have been used by now and certainly would not have done us any good this summer.

Ed O.

 

[Sedatedfork]

The Disabled Player exception does not remove the player's salary from the books like the medical retirement does. The Blazers could have, presumably sought a Disabled Player exception, but it would have had to have been used by now and certainly would not have done us any good this summer.

Ed O.

I think the Blazers got a Disabled Player Exception for Oden or Zach -- can't remember which -- maybe both.