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PtldPlatypus said:
Dame/CJ do certainly impact flexibility, no doubt, but recall that we only have "the highest salary" through this year. Next season we're well below tax level unless we ridiculously overpay Whiteside (unlikely).
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to field a competitive team, the Blazers will have to pay. That's where the flexibility will be restricted going forward. Over the next 3 seasons, Dame/CJ will make 74M, 81M, & 86M.

and it's entirely possible the salary cap, (and tax threshold) will retract because of the pandemic. Blazers will be at 110M next season, assuming Ariza and Hood play for their expiring deals (Hood has a PO); and that's only for 10 players, with Nurk & Zach the only 2 players over 6'8. If the cap retracts 5-10%, Portland will be operating on a tiny margin
 
wizenheimer said:
to field a competitive team, the Blazers will have to pay. That's where the flexibility will be restricted going forward. Over the next 3 seasons, Dame/CJ will make 74M, 81M, & 86M.

and it's entirely possible the salary cap, (and tax threshold) will retract because of the pandemic. Blazers will be at 110M next season, assuming Ariza and Hood play for their expiring deals (Hood has a PO); and that's only for 10 players, with Nurk & Zach the only 2 players over 6'8. If the cap retracts 5-10%, Portland will be operating on a tiny margin
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As it stands we have two rookies over 6'8 and Melo....Wenyen Gabrels is 6'9 ..Moses Brown is 7'2 ...
 
wizenheimer said:
to field a competitive team, the Blazers will have to pay. That's where the flexibility will be restricted going forward. Over the next 3 seasons, Dame/CJ will make 74M, 81M, & 86M.

and it's entirely possible the salary cap, (and tax threshold) will retract because of the pandemic. Blazers will be at 110M next season, assuming Ariza and Hood play for their expiring deals (Hood has a PO); and that's only for 10 players, with Nurk & Zach the only 2 players over 6'8. If the cap retracts 5-10%, Portland will be operating on a tiny margin
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I do think that Dame's salary is a supermax contract and CJ's is a max contract, so I'm pretty sure that they get a certain percentage of the team's cap space. Now that might have been based on the cap number the year they signed their respective deals so maybe it doesn't matter. I actually don't think any of this matters too much because I'm sure the league will rip up the current CBA so the entire structure of the cap and luxury tax and everything could be very different.
 
blazerkor said:
I do think that Dame's salary is a supermax contract and CJ's is a max contract, so I'm pretty sure that they get a certain percentage of the team's cap space. Now that might have been based on the cap number the year they signed their respective deals so maybe it doesn't matter. I actually don't think any of this matters too much because I'm sure the league will rip up the current CBA so the entire structure of the cap and luxury tax and everything could be very different.
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The league's not just going to rip up the entire CBA... where you read that?
 
riverman said:
As it stands we have two rookies over 6'8 and Melo....Wenyen Gabrels is 6'9 ..Moses Brown is 7'2 ...
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I was talking about next season; neither have a contract for next season

blazerkor said:
I do think that Dame's salary is a supermax contract and CJ's is a max contract, so I'm pretty sure that they get a certain percentage of the team's cap space. Now that might have been based on the cap number the year they signed their respective deals so maybe it doesn't matter. I actually don't think any of this matters too much because I'm sure the league will rip up the current CBA so the entire structure of the cap and luxury tax and everything could be very different.
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the league can't just "rip up" the CBA unless some really drastic triggers are in place. And if they want to actually play games and generate revenue they have to deal with the players thru the player's union

Dame & CJ are on tract to eat up 65-70% of the salary cap over the next 3 seasons; they may even be likely to go over the 70% level. And will definitely be hogging more than half of the margin under the tax threshold

but that's only part of the issue. When you have two max contracts invested in players like Kawhi & PG13; or Lebron and AD; or Curry & Durant; or Lebron and DWade; or KG & Paul Pierce; or Bird & McHale; or Magic & Kareem....you have an inside track to the finals because of the massive talent present in that investment. Every one of those guys has been 1st team all-NBA, many multiple times

but when you invest that in a pair of 6'2 guards with similar styles and weak defense, and one is a 29 year old guard who hasn't come anywhere close to sniffing an all-star game in 7 seasons, you're facing overwhelming head winds. It's a bad investment
 
wizenheimer said:
I was talking about next season; neither have a contract for next season



the league can't just "rip up" the CBA unless some really drastic triggers are in place. And if they want to actually play games and generate revenue they have to deal with the players thru the player's union

Dame & CJ are on tract to eat up 65-70% of the salary cap over the next 3 seasons; they may even be likely to go over the 70% level. And will definitely be hogging more than half of the margin under the tax threshold

but that's only part of the issue. When you have two max contracts invested in players like Kawhi & PG13; or Lebron and AD; or Curry & Durant; or Lebron and DWade; or KG & Paul Pierce; or Bird & McHale; or Magic & Kareem....you have an inside track to the finals because of the massive talent present in that investment. Every one of those guys has been 1st team all-NBA, many multiple times

but when you invest that in a pair of 6'2 guards with similar styles and weak defense, and one is a 29 year old guard who hasn't come anywhere close to sniffing an all-star game in 7 seasons, you're facing overwhelming head winds. It's a bad investment
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Due to the "force majeure" clause in the CBA and negotiations with the NBPA the owners have until the end of September to terminate the current CBA and start renegotiation. Most people around the league think they will do so since the league's financial future is up in the air and that will give the owners an advantage in the negotiations.
 
blazerkor said:
Due to the "force majeure" clause in the CBA and negotiations with the NBPA the owners have until the end of September to terminate the current CBA and start renegotiation. Most people around the league think they will do so since the league's financial future is up in the air and that will give the owners an advantage in the negotiations.
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They will. Even if the season restarts and finishes the losses are still substantial and ruinous
 
BonesJones said:
The league's not just going to rip up the entire CBA... where you read that?
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https://www.si.com/nba/2020/05/11/nba-collective-bargaining-agreement-deadline-extended

So they have already, because games have been missed and revenue has been lost due to an epidemic, deemed the pandemic a force majeure event which is why they are docking the pay of all but a few players whose contracts are guaranteed even in the case of force majeure. That being said they do have until the first day of October to decide if they want to cancel the current CBA. Many reporters and pundits (Woj and Paul Pierce are the first two that come to mind) think they will tear up the CBA regardless of the success of the restart because owners are in a unique position to have the upper hand in negotiations due to of the revenue uncertainty moving forward. So the narrative that the players are playing just so the owners can't back out of the remaining years of the CBA is a false one. The best reason for the players to play is to earn more money now and show good faith going into what will almost certainly be negotiations on a new CBA.

This article, even though it's not from a major media outlet, has the best explanation of what I'm talking about and best quotes from the people saying this will happen.

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/i...-paul-pierce-believes-we-will-have-a-lockout/
 
Chris Craig said:
Your not wearing a Lakers shirt?
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Orion Bailey said:
Looks like the Lakers might dodge a Bullet!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nb...ix-season-again-silver/ar-BB16sloN?li=BBnb7Kz
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I get what you're doing here but the Lakers are the team that wants this season to be played out the most. The Bucks have a great chance at the title and so do the Clips but the Lakers are most likely the favorites and as far as LeBron goes, lets just say he's not getting closer to his prime. Giannis isn't even close to his peak and both Leonard and George are five years behind LeBron. So if the bubble does pop... the Lakers and LeBron specifically will be the most angry and will likely feel the most like they have lost an opportunity that will be harder to get back.

Oh and as far as dodging a "Bullet" goes, the Bullets haven't been in the league for decades and the Wizards are hardly the Lakers biggest threat.
 
blazerkor said:
I get what you're doing here but the Lakers are the team that wants this season to be played out the most. The Bucks have a great chance at the title and so do the Clips but the Lakers are most likely the favorites and as far as LeBron goes, lets just say he's not getting closer to his prime. Giannis isn't even close to his peak and both Leonard and George are five years behind LeBron. So if the bubble does pop... the Lakers and LeBron specifically will be the most angry and will likely feel the most like they have lost an opportunity that will be harder to get back.

Oh and as far as dodging a "Bullet" goes, the Bullets haven't been in the league for decades and the Wizards are hardly the Lakers biggest threat.
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i stand by my words. We will strike fear in The heart of lbj and ad.
Dame says....
“Bring em on!!!”

:)
 
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