'THE BUSINESS SUCKS' AND OTHER PLAYER REACTIONS TO PLUMLEE REPORTEDLY BEING TRADED

[Minstrel]

Now that Bounce has updated our salary cap situation, it can be seen that Lillard and McCollum together take up HALF of our cap. That means 13 players are to take up the rest of the 50% of the cap - or 4.9% each. The other players want to make more than 5% of the cap. So, Lillard and McCollum, you should have just gotten Plums to agree to taking 5% of the cap, and I'm sure NO wouldn't have traded him.

Or Olshey shouldn't have given Crabbe $19M per year and Turner $16M per year. That would also have left money for Plumlee. I don't think Lillard and McCollum are the actual problems here.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Or Olshey shouldn't have given Crabbe $19M per year and Turner $16M per year. That would also have left money for Plumlee. I don't think Lillard and McCollum are the actual problems here.

None of these are "problems", but earning a quarter of your team's salary cap is going to lead to guys being traded (like Harden). I was pointing to our backcourt for simplicity only. Crabbe and ET are taking more than there share of the pie as well. It's bizarre that the players act like they don't understand this.

 

[Minstrel]

None of these are "problems", but earning a quarter of your team's salary cap is going to lead to guys being traded (like Harden). I was pointing to our backcourt for simplicity only. Crabbe and ET are taking more than there share of the pie as well. It's bizarre that the players act like they don't understand this.

What makes you think that players don't understand it? But why blame this on players? If there were no salary cap at all, Lillard and McCollum making what they do wouldn't take away ownership's ability to pay another player like Plumlee. It wasn't players who pushed for a salary cap (and luxury tax), it was owners--specifically to get out of the "pressure" of having to spend more than they'd like to.

Players get this just fine, which is why players' unions generally fight salary caps.

 

[stampedehero]

They will get over it. They have little choice. Once money talks, players walk.