DJ Jr. on the Move?

[e_blazer]

From Canzano’s column today:

“A little birdie tipped me off with a photo that showed a moving truck parked in the driveway of Derrick Jones Jr.’s house this weekend. All his stuff was piled in the garage and the trucks were out front. Jones Jr. holds a player option with the Trail Blazers this summer. Wonder where he’s moving?”

 

[LayneStaley]

We will be lucky if he opts out.

 

[illmatic99]

We will be lucky if he opts out.

Id rather keep him around to move his contract

 

[B-Roy]

Id rather keep him around to move his contract

Actually if he opts out I wonder if we could maneuver ourselves into using the full MLE. The hard cap will be around 140 million, and we would be close to that right now if we just resigned Powell to 20M/year. Take off DJ's 10 million and we have some room, although it's probably too difficult to use the full MLE and then have to fill the rest of the roster spots out.

 

[Scalma]

We will be lucky if he opts out.

opting in isn’t the worst thing. He immediately becomes a decent sized expiring.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Id rather keep him around to move his contract

This year's Rodney Hood?

 

[BBert]

Actually if he opts out I wonder if we could maneuver ourselves into using the full MLE. The hard cap will be around 140 million, and we would be close to that right now if we just resigned Powell to 20M/year. Take off DJ's 10 million and we have some room, although it's probably too difficult to use the full MLE and then have to fill the rest of the roster spots out.

We'd have a lot more room if we could get rid of a chunk of CJ's contract. Just sayin'.

 

[ehizzy3]

damn he was the next RLEC

 

[B-Roy]

This year's Rodney Hood?

Speaking of Hood, can we sign him after trading him last year? He's been in Portland for the last 2-3 months just working out, and I think he would sign a vet-min here if he could. Could be a bargain signing like Batum the year before...

Actually I found it:

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm

When a team trades a player who is subsequently waived by the receiving team, it cannot claim the player off waivers or re-sign the player until the one-year anniversary of the trade, or until the July 1 following the end of his contract5, whichever is earlier6.

Pretty sure we can.

 

[Scalma]

Fwiw Jones may have been living in someone else’s house. I know Roco and Powell were. Could just be moving somewhere more permanent. I don’t expect him to opt out tbh. He’s probably never seeing money like that again.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Speaking of Hood, can we sign him after trading him last year? He's been in Portland for the last 2-3 months just working out, and I think he would sign a vet-min here if he could. Could be a bargain signing like Batum the year before...

Actually I found it:

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm


Pretty sure we can.

Yeah players can always sign with any team once their contract ends.

The restrictions are when theres a buyout so the team can't trade them and get them back during the same season.