OT: Thunder get 18th pick from Miami

[OSUBlazerfan]

Per Ric Bucher

Thunder recieve Cook + 18th pick for 32nd pick

Blazers shoulda got in on this

 

[Mediocre Man]

If it were available for cash, there's no reason we shouldn't have grabbed it since we are trying to get ahead of SA who picks 20th......Unless something else is already lined up

 

[RoyToy]

Targeting a big guy. Lord knows they have a plethora of good wing players.

 

[RoyToy]

If it were available for cash, there's no reason we shouldn't have grabbed it since we are trying to get ahead of SA who picks 20th......Unless something else is already lined up

I'm hoping for some kind of Rudy/w/e for the Wolves 16th pick. Just throwing out random ideas, though.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

I doubt it was available for cash since they sent out Cook with it - they needed someone with a TPE or cap space to absorb his contract.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Despite talk about his stock taking a nose dive I believe this is a move for Orton.

 

[ehizzy3]

link?

 

[Draco]

I doubt it was available for cash since they sent out Cook with it - they needed someone with a TPE or cap space to absorb his contract.

Yup. We could have made deals like this if we had gotten rid of Miles or hadn't signed Miller.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

link?

Got a Text, sorry

 

[ironcrotch]

http://twitter.com/draftexpress

 

[crowTrobot]

OKC apparently smart enough to realize big FA's won't want to play there

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Please dont spin this Blazer Fans

Presti gets a player (or contract) and moves up 14 spots
KP pays 2 million of PA's money to go up 10 spots

No wonder KP is in hot water

 

[BGrantFan]

Please dont spin this Blazer Fans

Presti gets a player (or contract) and moves up 14 spots
KP pays 2 million of PA's money to go up 10 spots

No wonder KP is in hot water

Is it at all possible that Pritchard has another deal lined up?

Also, did OKC just use cap space on Daequan Cook and the 18th pick?

That's basically paying $3 million for the pick, isn't it?

 

[Wheels]

Is it at all possible that Pritchard has another deal lined up?

Also, did OKC just use cap space on Daequan Cook and the 18th pick?

That's basically paying $3 million for the pick, isn't it?

Dont Spin it!!!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

DX's Twitter says this move, according to 'league source,' is probably for Larry Sanders.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

FWIW

@WojYahooNBA: Who would OKC's Sam Presti be targeting with the 18th pick? Perhaps VCU forward Larry Sanders, says one league executive.

 

[hasoos]

Targeting a big guy. Lord knows they have a plethora of good wing players.

No, because there is no Lord.

 

[BrianFromWA]

FWIW, Beasley's also there for the taking. I'd surmise you could get him for a 2015 draft pick...IF YOU HAD CAP SPACE to absorb his contract.

 

[BrianFromWA]

No, because there is no Lord.

Voldemort disagrees with you.

 

[BGrantFan]

Dont Spin it!!!

Haha!

Let's see here. Presti uses basically $2 million (not 3, my bad) in cap space to get Cook and the pick, which in return gives Miami an extra $2 million to use in this motherload summer of FAs?

Apparently Larry Sanders is going to be the cap space splash for OKC?

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Haha!

Let's see here. Presti uses basically $2 million (not 3, my bad) in cap space to get Cook and the pick, which in return gives Miami an extra $2 million to use in this motherload summer of FAs?

Apparently Larry Sanders is going to be the cap space splash for OKC?

Yes. It also takes away the guaranteed salary and caphold of a first round pick.

 

[oldmangrouch]

DX's Twitter says this move, according to 'league source,' is probably for Larry Sanders.

Smart move IMHO. Sanders could be a big sleeper. I see a lot of Camby in him.

Edit: does that sound like I just confessed to watching gay porn?

 

[Denny Crane]

Sounds like the Bulls would give away #17 for the cap space.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'm confused. Miami traded a player and a first round pick for a SECOND round pick? I understand why they did it, but is that doable under the rules?

 

[BrianFromWA]

Yeah, b/c OKC has cap space. Therefore the 125% traded player exception doesn't even come into play. They can get a player and a pick for basically free (well, at the cost of a non-cap-held 2nd-round pick and the salary they're paying the player).

Kind of like when Presti traded a 2nd-round pick for Kurt Thomas and 2 1sts, then traded Kurt Thomas for a 1st-round pick. 3 1sts for a 2nd.

Presti with cap space is like KP at the draft.

 

[Ed O]

I'm confused. Miami traded a player and a first round pick for a SECOND round pick? I understand why they did it, but is that doable under the rules?

Sure. They could do it for $10 if they wanted to and their trade partner could absorb the salary.

The Blazers got the rights to Rudy in a similar way, taking back James Jones with the trade exception from the Zach Randolph trade..

Ed O.

 

[Ed O]

Haha!

Let's see here. Presti uses basically $2 million (not 3, my bad) in cap space to get Cook and the pick, which in return gives Miami an extra $2 million to use in this motherload summer of FAs?

Apparently Larry Sanders is going to be the cap space splash for OKC?

I think this was a good move by the Thunder, but I agree that it's silly to criticize KP for making the move he did earlier in the week.

Ed O.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Woj (via twitter) said the Thunder and Pacers are in talks:

To Indiana:
Eric Maynor
#18
#21

To OKC:

#10

Presti is working the phone like a madman.

 

[Blaze01]

Did POR have cap space to make the deal that OKC did?

I don't think they did, so I don't see where the criticism of Prithcard has merit in this case....

 

[Rhal]

Did POR have cap space to make the deal that OKC did?

I don't think they did, so I don't see where the criticism of Prithcard has merit in this case....

We did not, so there is no way portland could have done the same thing.