Zombie Festus Ezeli becomes a Blazer

[illmatic99]

But why would a team like Philly take him? Unless they're sending significant salary back, there's no incentive on their part to do so.

To get to the salary floor?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

To get to the salary floor?

Team salary for tax/floor purposes is marked as of the end of the regular season. Too late for them now to reach it for this season.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

To get to the salary floor?

Also, as has been said many times before there is really no penalty to not making it. The money you would have paid the player you acquire instead gets distributed to the rest of the team instead.

 

[illmatic99]

Team salary for tax/floor purposes is marked as of the end of the regular season. Too late for them now to reach it for this season.

Is that not June 30?

BTW, how the hell is the question of him being a trade chip not asked by ANY of our reporters? It's the first followup that should be asked, but the thought doesn't come across one of their minds.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Is that not June 30?

BTW, how the hell is the question of him being a trade chip not asked by ANY of our reporters? It's the first followup that should be asked, but the thought doesn't come across one of their minds.

No--last day of regular season gameplay, ie, 4/12.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q15

There is a minimum team salary (see question number 14), which for this purpose includes the salaries of players who were amnestied (see question number 69) or suffered a career-ending injury or illness (see question number 63), and excludes all cap holds. The team salary must be at or above a defined percentage of the salary cap on the date of the team's last regular season game:

 

[tester551]

BTW, how the hell is the question of him being a trade chip not asked by ANY of our reporters? It's the first followup that should be asked, but the thought doesn't come across one of their minds.

I was going to say because they have an understanding of NBA economics and the CBA - but I'm sure that's not the case.
Ezeli is not a trade chip. He has no value to Portland or anyone else at this point.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Happy anniversary! (almost)

 

[CupWizier]

Happy anniversary! (almost)

This thread is the poster child for locking threads as this has absolutely no relevance to today.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

#FireOlshitty

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This thread is the poster child for locking threads as this has absolutely no relevance to today.

You just shut your whore mouth!

This thread is an awesome reminder of conducting extensive physicals before you give a player $16m - his knees were red-flagged by GS FWIW.

 

[CupWizier]

You just shut your whore mouth!

This thread is an awesome reminder of conducting extensive physicals before you give a player $16m - his knees were red-flagged by GS FWIW.

This thread is now worthless.

 

[barfo]

Can we sign Festus again this summer?

barfo

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Can we sign Festus again this summer?

barfo

 

[Propagandist]

This thread is the poster child for ... absolutely no relevance to today.

Whoa, coincidence! I feel like that every time I read one of your posts!

 

[jlprk]

This thread is the poster child for locking threads as this has absolutely no relevance to today.

This thread is now worthless.

Your usual knee-jerk control freak instinct. You will say anything to cover up for Olshey. I still think you're on his payroll.