Portland waives Skylar Mays and Ish Wainwright

[SharpeScooterShooter]

The headline says 4 year NBA player

Right. but the link headline includes skylar mayes and the article doesn't mention any other player.

https://www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak/news/breaking-los-angeles-lakers-reportedly-sign-4-year-nba-player-skylar-mays-monday

 

[HansenYang]

Crazy thing is the headline says 4 years, but nothing more about that in the article and everything else says 2 way. No one signs a two way player to a four year contract. Is this just more shitty press reporting with a clickbait headline?

Yes.

It's a 2-way contract. They can only be for a maximum of 2-years:
https://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q82

A Two-Way player is signed using Exhibit 1B of the Uniform Player Contract. A Two-Way contract can be for one or two seasons.

 

[RR7]

Right. but the link headline includes skylar mayes and the article doesn't mention any other player.

https://www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak/news/breaking-los-angeles-lakers-reportedly-sign-4-year-nba-player-skylar-mays-monday

Yes, read the link, SIGN 4 YEAR NBA PLAYER SKYLAR MAYS

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Wait. I get it now. Even though he has only played like 10 games prior to joining us, he has been on nba rosters for 4 years. They mean signimg 4 year "vet" Skylar Mayes.

I swear top god reporting is just complete shit on all levels in all environments these days. To call Mayes a 4 year NBA player is laughable at best. I'm sorry.

I was totally thrown off by the lack of clarity.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

16 games over 4 years. That title is sooo missleading..... I just assumed he meant contract because there is no way I would cxonsider Mayes a four year player in the NBA...

Hype train is in full swing down in pisstown it seems.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

16 games over 4 years. That title is sooo missleading..... I just assumed he meant contract because there is no way I would cxonsider Mayes a four year player in the NBA...

Hype train is in full swing down in pisstown it seems.

May's has played in 88, started 16. Four year vet is an accurate description IMO.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

May's has played in 88, started 16. Four year vet is an accurate description IMO.

Ahh okay. I don’t know all the acronyms but I saw games at 16 for career.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[RR7]

16 games over 4 years. That title is sooo missleading..... I just assumed he meant contract because there is no way I would cxonsider Mayes a four year player in the NBA...

Hype train is in full swing down in pisstown it seems.

I'm not trying to be confrontational, but this isn't a journalism problem, it's a reading comprehension problem.
As much as you complain about journalism in this country, and I agree with a lot of it, I'd say a bigger issue is readers reading a headline and assuming they've got the whole story. Or misreading a headline.

 

[THE HCP]

I'm not trying to be confrontational, but this isn't a journalism problem, it's a reading comprehension problem.
As much as you complain about journalism in this country, and I agree with a lot of it, I'd say a bigger issue is readers reading a headline and assuming they've got the whole story. Or misreading a headline.

This post unto itself isn’t really funny……but who it is directed towards just cracks me up. Well played Professor @RR7

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

I'm not trying to be confrontational, but this isn't a journalism problem, it's a reading comprehension problem.
As much as you complain about journalism in this country, and I agree with a lot of it, I'd say a bigger issue is readers reading a headline and assuming they've got the whole story. Or misreading a headline.

Nah I get it. I just didn’t believe the headlines because I thought it was 16 games played. Not started. So four year nba player didn’t make sense to me. Since @Charcoal Filtered cleared that up, I get the title now.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

This post unto itself isn’t really funny……but who it is directed towards just cracks me up. Well played Professor @RR7

So we crackin on each other again now? Or if I reply in kind will you bitch and moan about the past some more?

 

[Whyachi]

Heard Flaker’s are giving Mayes a 4 yr deal.
I wanted to keep him as our fourth guard, 3rd string backup.

edit: I’m not fixing my autocorrect in this.

if Gabe Vincent keeps getting injuries, Skylar definitely could be on the Lakers for 4 years.

 

[OneSport3]

Good to see Skylar Mays getting some run for the Lakers right now.

 

[B-Roy]

So we have two more days to hit the 14 player requirement...

 

[HansenYang]

So we have two more days to hit the 14 player requirement...

Put a claim in on Koloko

 

[HailBlazers]

Trade incoming?

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Trade incoming?

Hold on to your shorts!

 

[PCmor7]

Hold on to your shorts!

Some of us already are ....

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Hold on to your shorts!

The way some people act, surprised you didn’t say “hold on to someone else’s shorts or they may drop ‘em. You don’t wanna see that!”

 

[HansenYang]

So we have two more days to hit the 14 player requirement...

Suppose Reath gets his contract converted today?