Rondo

[Nate]

Yes, but you still have to have cap space or use an exception of some sort to sign a player. Having room between the cap and the LT threshold would help in re-signing Plumlee because the Blazers can use his Bird Rights even though they'd be over the cap. It doesn't do diddly for signing a new player, however.

Ah, I thought you just payed more if they weren't being retained. Well.... fuck.

 

[e_blazer]

What Olshey would probably want to do if he wanted to cut salary would be to find a lopsided deal where someone takes Crabbe, Leonard or maybe Turner in exchange for a cheaper player and/or a pick. That way he cuts salary, gets a player either in trade or by using the pick, plus he ends up with a traded player exception that could be used in another deal.

 

[PDXFonz]

The time to have Rondo would have been last year when he cared to show people he could still play, not this year when he shows that he only cares to play when he wants to.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Dude has been a cancer on every team he has ever been on. The only time he worked well he was playing with 2 or 3 hall of famers who could keep him in check.

And came to them as a rookie. Now he is sooo full of it....

 

[BlazerWookee]

The time to have Rondo would have been last year when he cared to show people he could still play, not this year when he shows that he only cares to play when he wants to.

There was never a time to have Rondo. Character matters.