Using our cap space

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
Rastapopoulos

Rastapopoulos

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2008
Messages
42,524
Likes
26,911
Points
113
Now that OKC has matched (phew), I suggest we use the cap space to absorb players from luxury-tax-paying teams. I understand that the luxury tax is extra bad if you're a repeat offender. I don't know how many teams are, but I know Brooklyn is, so my suggestion (as I said in the Kanter thread) is to absorb Joe Johnson's salary in return for picks, unprotected like the one we got from the Nets that turned into Lillard.
But: what picks do the Nets have? There's also Miami:
 
How do people feel about Tristan Thompson? I haven't seen his name come up.
 
I'd take McRoberts and Josh Richardson off the Heat's hands...
 
Red Rooster said:
How do people feel about Tristan Thompson? I agent seen his name come up.
Click to expand...

The Cavs basically have to sign him, as LeBron has told them to. Also, he wants to stay and he's a RFA.

(I like him a lot, but he's sort of a super-duper version of Ed Davis, with similarly non-existent offense.)
 
I missed the official announcement of OKC actually matching. You have a tweet?
 
Rastapopoulos said:
The Cavs basically have to sign him, as LeBron has told them to. Also, he wants to stay and he's a RFA.

(I like him a lot, but he's sort of a super-duper version of Ed Davis, with similarly non-existent offense.)
Click to expand...

Ahh, gotcha. I haven't really kept up with that. Think we should throw an offer out anyway, or it ties up too much time when we could be offering someone else?
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Unfortunately for my idea, it looks like the Deron Williams waiving already drops Brooklyn below the line. I didn't know that waiving could do that. They still have to pay the bulk of his salary, though.
Click to expand...

Doesn’t matter, according to RealGM, the Nets do not have any picks worth trading cap space for.

2016 none
2017 second round pick from Boston
2018 none
2019 their own 1st that can not be traded until after the 2018 draft

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/detailed
 
OKC is going to want to shed salary after matching, but I don't really like what they've got. They'll want to send Novak, presumably, but I don't want Augustin. I guess I'd be happy to have Roberson. Anthony Morrow is sort of Kyle Korver-esque, but at 29 he may be too old for us.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Are you questioning Dave's sources!!??
Click to expand...
I might, if I or anyone had any idea who they are. As it stands, I could post the exact same tweet that Aldridge did, and it would be no less accurate.
 
Back to your original topic..........I am all for absorbing the contracts of good young talent. Players who fit the plan. However I am not for absorbing a large contract if the carrot is a draft pick.

Any draft pick we get will be non lottery IMO, so instead of gambling on whether or not the draft pick works out 3 years from now, try to get a player who is young but has more of a resume. Either way it is a gamble, but if he has been in the league for a few years, you get a better idea of his skills and work ethic.

Any draft picks should be icing, not the cake.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Back to your original topic..........I am all for absorbing the contracts of good young talent. Players who fit the plan. However I am not for absorbing a large contract if the carrot is a draft pick.

Any draft pick we get will be non lottery IMO, so instead of gambling on whether or not the draft pick works out 3 years from now, try to get a player who is young but has more of a resume. Either way it is a gamble, but if he has been in the league for a few years, you get a better idea of his skills and work ethic.

Any draft picks should be icing, not the cake.
Click to expand...
Agreed. I want to bring in young guys who have shown that they can play at this level, not just a bunch of scratch-off tickets.
 
Id love to take a chance on Perry Jones, and Augustin is a solid backup PG.

Maybe we could get a pick or 2 or even a decent player out of Boston by taking on Gerald Wallace's contract. I believe Boston has the Nets unprotected 1st next year.. maybe we eat up Wallaces contract for the right to swap with the Nets pick if ours falls inside the top 14. Then we could try to trade for Joe Johnsons contract to make the Nets even worse, using Johnson as a perfect mentor to CJ. Who knows, the Nets could have the 5th worst record, which, coupled with our own pick, would give us a solid chance at the top 3.
 
BonesJones said:
Id love to take a chance on Perry Jones, and Augustin is a solid backup PG.

Maybe we could get a pick or 2 or even a decent player out of Boston by taking on Gerald Wallace's contract. I believe Boston has the Nets unprotected 1st next year.. maybe we eat up Wallaces contract for the right to swap with the Nets pick if ours falls inside the top 14. Then we could try to trade for Joe Johnsons contract to make the Nets even worse, using Johnson as a perfect mentor to CJ. Who knows, the Nets could have the 5th worst record, which, coupled with our own pick, would give us a solid chance at the top 3.
Click to expand...

Did the trade of Wallace for David Lee not go through?
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Back to your original topic..........I am all for absorbing the contracts of good young talent.
Click to expand...

Either: the contracts are small enough for young players that it's not worth it to the other team to trade them, or... well, there aren't any.
 
I just realized that the Nets two PGs right now are: Steve Blake and Jarrett Jack. Ah, memories.
 
Just as a reminder, luxury tax is assessed based on team salary as of the last day of the regular season. Assuming the Thunder do actually match, there isn't any huge rush to dump players.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Why? Sell me on him.
Click to expand...
I havent watched a ton of him. But he is young with plenty of potential at a position of need. He can create his own shot and has crazy length. One of the games I did get to see him play was this one

 
-
Rastapopoulos said:
Either: the contracts are small enough for young players that it's not worth it to the other team to trade them, or... well, there aren't any.
Click to expand...

I was thinking on the lines of how we got Robin. Absorbing a contract of a young player (He was 25 at the time) to facilitate another trade.

Or maybe we gamble on a young player who is not going to re-sign with their current team. (i.e what OKC did with Kanter) Of course that will take an asset from us going back.
 
I do remember Perry Jones playing well when Durant first went out. He could not sustain it, and I am not sure why.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
I havent watched a ton of him. But he is young with plenty of potential at a position of need. He can create his own shot and has crazy length. One of the games I did get to see him play was this one

Click to expand...
Just imagine Jones and Leonard at the 4 and 5... Jones can pass create and both could space the floor for Dame and CJ to do whatever they wanted. Jones is young and never really got the PT to develop. Thing is if we were actually able to snag him, there might actually be too many young bigs. Plumlee, Leonard, Vonleh, Davis, and Jones, along with Kaman, there's only so many minutes to go around. I wonder if he could play some SF though...
 
I would think that Presti will go out of his way not to reward the Blazers with either Perry Jones or Augustin.
We are option #29 for him.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Scalma
Salary Cap Space: Portland
2
Replies
39
Views
3K
Labinot41
Labinot41
BrianFromWA
"Maximizing Cap Space"
2 3
Replies
75
Views
6K
BBert
BBert
Denny Crane
Cap Space
2
Replies
37
Views
2K
magnifier661
magnifier661
BrianFromWA
Nice column by Coon about not overpaying role players
Replies
7
Views
924
Blaze01
Blaze01
B
Cap Space Post-Dame
Replies
13
Views
844
Natebishop3
Natebishop3

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top