Why Did the NBA Deny The Blazers' Claim of Miles?

[rocketeer]

They traded for McDyess and immediately bought him out and waived him, which lowered their cap space by almost $5 million.

McDyess is now back with Detroit. Seems like a nice little scam by Denver in order to save distributing money into the luxury tax pool.

a key word here would be "trade". you said "sign". there is a difference there.

and denver wanted mcdyess to play for them.

 

[PapaG]

a key word here would be "trade". you said "sign". there is a difference there.

Yep. That key word "trade" is the only specifically mentioned in the CBA as a means to not circumvent the cap.

and denver wanted mcdyess to play for them.

Really? Is that what they are saying? I guess we should just believe them!

The CBA has a general prohibition on circumvention which states that the rules exist to preserve the benefit derived by the teams and players, and that nobody shall do anything to defeat or circumvent the intent of the agreement. The league can use this prohibition to disallow a trade that they feel circumvents the CBA, even though that trade is not specifically prohibited by the agreement.

Nice little ploy by Warkentien. Well played...

 

[rocketeer]

Really? Is that what they are saying? I guess we should just believe them!

really. in the link you posted both the nuggets and mcdyess's agent said that the nuggets wanted mcdyess to play for them.

 

[PapaG]

really. in the link you posted both the nuggets and mcdyess's agent said that the nuggets wanted mcdyess to play for them.

I forgot to add my tag. The McDyess portion of that deal was a set-up from the get-go. Good move by both teams, but it could also be perceived as circumventing the cap, especially when you consider that McDyess is back with Detroit.