If San Antonio is our biggest competition for LA

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
RipCityDSCPL

RipCityDSCPL

Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.
Joined
Jul 13, 2013
Messages
3,822
Likes
3,423
Points
113
Blue moon poster here:

I think it would be a brilliant move for Olshey put out an offer sheet for Leonard with a poison pill in the contract like the Blazers did when they tried to acquire Paul Milsap from Utah. It's a win-win for us, either the Spurs match the deal but don't have enough money to sign LA and he comes back or we get an All-star small forward and LA comes back.

That is the first move I would make in free agency if I was Olshey.
 
I know. I need to proof read better before hitting send
 
But doing that would prevent the Blazers from going after other free agents since whatever contract we offer would temporarily count against the salary cap.
 
Man I really suck. I just noticed I put are instead of our. STUPID
 
SlyPokerDog said:
But doing that would prevent the Blazers from going after other free agents since whatever contract we offer would temporarily count against the salary cap.
Click to expand...

Neil actually did that to Kahn during the Batum offer sheet.

He waited until the last minute and it cost MN their plan B - Courtney Lee.
 
you can't do what we did to Millsap and Wes anymore--the new CBA took that part away.

You can only offer a 10% signing bonus to RFAs, and can only pay 25% of the annual salary up front. Plus, it's been done before. So while it worked with Wes (partially because we made it so that a car dealership owner had to pay 10M in cash in less than a week), today owners and GMs know about that trick so they generally have cash on hand for that eventuality.
 
BrianFromWA said:
you can't do what we did to Millsap and Wes anymore--the new CBA took that part away.

You can only offer a 10% signing bonus to RFAs, and can only pay 25% of the annual salary up front. Plus, it's been done before. So while it worked with Wes (partially because we made it so that a car dealership owner had to pay 10M in cash in less than a week), today owners and GMs know about that trick so they generally have cash on hand for that eventuality.
Click to expand...
I didn't know that. I don't follow the ins and outs of the game like most of you guys do on here. Thank you for the information.
 
It's why I don't post as much on here. Obvious noob is obvious.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
Blue moon poster here:

I think it would be a brilliant move for Olshey put out an offer sheet for Leonard with a poison pill in the contract like the Blazers did when they tried to acquire Paul Milsap from Utah. It's a win-win for us, either the Spurs match the deal but don't have enough money to sign LA and he comes back or we get an All-star small forward and LA comes back.

That is the first move I would make in free agency if I was Olshey.
Click to expand...

There are several things wrong with this idea, which theoretically looks good:
1. Kawhi has to be willing to sabotage the Spurs off-season plans by signing that offer sheet, we can offer anything we want but unless he signs it there is nothing we can do.
2. A poison pill contract generally refers to early bird rights players, see the contracts Houston offered Asik and Lin with their 15 million year three. It can also be used to when offering a decent player well above market value in hopes of signing him or making the home team overpay. Kawhi is getting a max deal. A 4 year deal with someone else would be a bargain thanks to the raise cap at 4.5% vs 7.5% the Spurs can offer.
3. We need cap space to sign him, in order to get that cap space we would need to renounce the rights to Lopez, Afflalo, Matthews, and Wright and not extend a qualify offer to Freeland. By doing so we then lose our right to go over the cap to resign them. Yes we could keep LA's Bird Rights so if it had any chance of success then it would be worth it.

Its a good idea but ultimately not one that will pan out.
 
I would definitely submit the highest offer possible to Leonard. who knows, maybe Leonard signs, and if he rejects, it really cost us a day. If he accepts, then SAS is out of the running and it benefits us
 
cmeese47 said:
There are several things wrong with this idea, which theoretically looks good:
1. Kawhi has to be willing to sabotage the Spurs off-season plans by signing that offer sheet, we can offer anything we want but unless he signs it there is nothing we can do.
2. A poison pill contract generally refers to early bird rights players, see the contracts Houston offered Asik and Lin with their 15 million year three. It can also be used to when offering a decent player well above market value in hopes of signing him or making the home team overpay. Kawhi is getting a max deal. A 4 year deal with someone else would be a bargain thanks to the raise cap at 4.5% vs 7.5% the Spurs can offer.
3. We need cap space to sign him, in order to get that cap space we would need to renounce the rights to Lopez, Afflalo, Matthews, and Wright and not extend a qualify offer to Freeland. By doing so we then lose our right to go over the cap to resign them. Yes we could keep LA's Bird Rights so if it had any chance of success then it would be worth it.

Its a good idea but ultimately not one that will pan out.
Click to expand...
We will be renouncing all those players you just used anyway. Not like that matters.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
Man I really suck. I just noticed I put are instead of our. STUPID
Click to expand...

If spelling, typing, and grammar were requirements to post here, Denny would be having conversations with himself. Welcome, and good first post.
 
Here's how you can fuck SAS. Offer Leonard max for 3 years, with a player option for the third year. I think Leonard would consider that because the cap will increase drastically. If he signs, that would fuck SAS because they couldn't lock up Leonard for more than 2 years.

For us, we could offer an additional 20% in the third year and sign, waits another year for mega max, or free up enough cap to give him mega max.
 
You have to remember we can make the offer, Leonard would still have to sign the offer sheet. So here really would have to want to comer here and Fuck the Spurs himself.
 
Schilly said:
You have to remember we can make the offer, Leonard would still have to sign the offer sheet. So here really would have to want to comer here and Fuck the Spurs himself.
Click to expand...
If the Spurs want him max for 5 years, but Leonard wants 3 years with a PO in the third, that's actually good business. You can get creative and give him something he would consider. Regardless, sending the offer has nothing to lose. If he doesn't sign, it really doesn't hurt us one bit
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

RipCityDSCPL
Start Leonard for Game 2
2
Replies
30
Views
1K
magnifier661
magnifier661
RipCityDSCPL
Meyers Leonard NEEDS to start Game 3
Replies
21
Views
892
UKRAINEFAN
UKRAINEFAN
Kaydow
If LA is leaving, what about his vow to return?
2 3
Replies
82
Views
3K
Wheels
Wheels
Natebishop3
If the Aldridge trade rumor is legit...
2 3
Replies
80
Views
4K
PapaG
PapaG
Natebishop3
If this is like 2006...
Replies
13
Views
1K
STOMP
STOMP

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top