Why haven't we been granted an injury exception?

[PtldPlatypus]

We need someone. We are woefully understaffed at the center position right now.

If I were Neil (which you all thank God I'm not), I'd sit Meyers for the rest of the season, cut both Quarterman and Connaughton, and sign both Alexander and Benson to vet-min deals for the remainder of the season and playoffs.

 

[Schilly]

Signing a NBDL post would do exactly how much for the team? Difference for making the playoffs? Doubtful.... Difference of making it to the 2nd round? Uh, yeah right. Seriously no sense in doing anything at this point.

 

[Boob-No-More]

That's 30 days before the last date the exception could be applied for.

"Plus they would need to open a roster spot"

You're confusing the Disabled Player Exception and the Hardship Provision (which does not require freeing up a roster spot):

"A hardship can be deemed to exist when a team has four players who are sick or injured and have missed at least three regular season games, and will continue to be unable to play. If a hardship is granted, the hardship ends when one of the sick or injured players is physically able to resume playing. The team must then release player(s) to get back to the roster limit, although teams have the option to retain the hardship player and release a different player to get back to the limit."

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

Signing a NBDL post would do exactly how much for the team? Difference for making the playoffs? Doubtful.... Difference of making it to the 2nd round? Uh, yeah right. Seriously no sense in doing anything at this point.

Meyers shouldn't be playing. If his back is as serious as we have heard, the dude should be resting. Period.

The difference in signing two NBDL bigs for the remainder of the season is that we wouldn't be asking someone who is already hurt, or someone who is much too small, to play center. Call it a health benefit. Nobody else gets hurt (hopefully.)

 

[Denny Crane]

You're confusing the Disabled Player Exception and the Hardship Provision (which does not require freeing up a roster spot):

"A hardship can be deemed to exist when a team has four players who are sick or injured and have missed at least three regular season games, and will continue to be unable to play. If a hardship is granted, the hardship ends when one of the sick or injured players is physically able to resume playing. The team must then release player(s) to get back to the roster limit, although teams have the option to retain the hardship player and release a different player to get back to the limit."

BNM

We don't have four players sick or missing the requisite games. Just Ezeli, who was out for the whole season.

I am not confused about anything. We'd have to cut a player to use any exception or to sign a player to a prorated minimum contract.

 

[Scalma]

We literally don't have one healthy center on the roster right now. But this is a pointless debate because we should've signed someone after Davis went down, nevermind now, so I don't see anything happening.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Also, if we REALLY wanted to free up some additional space to keep under the

We don't have four players sick or missing the requisite games. Just Ezeli, who was out for the whole season.

I am not confused about anything. We'd have to cut a player to use any exception or to sign a player to a prorated minimum contract.

The tweet you posted was specific to the DPE. It even says so. I have no idea why you posted it now. I was from mid-December and we would have had to apply for it by Jan 15 and used it by March 10. It has nothing to do with our current situation.

We also have Ed Davis, who has missed more than 3 games, and Nurkic, who counts toward the Hardship Provision after tonight. If we sit Meyers for the next 3 games, that gets us to 4 players out for at least 3 games. We could then sign a player to a pro rated contract for the last two games of the regular season, plus the playoffs using the Hardship Provision.

BNM

 

[Denny Crane]

Also, if we REALLY wanted to free up some additional space to keep under the


The tweet you posted was specific to the DPE. It even says so. I have no idea why you posted it now. I was from mid-December and we would have had to apply for it by Jan 15 and used it by March 10. It has nothing to do with our current situation.

We also have Ed Davis, who has missed more than 3 games, and Nurkic, who counts toward the Hardship Provision after tonight. If we sit Meyers for the next 3 games, that gets us to 4 players out for at least 3 games. We could then sign a player to a pro rated contract for the last two games of the regular season, plus the playoffs using the Hardship Provision.

BNM

The title of this thread asks why we don't use an exception, such as DPE.

The DPE would allow us to go over the LT to sign someone to a bigger contract than the $894K figure you posted.

The hardship provision requires league approval. Maybe they'd move fast enough. I don't think they'll approve simply sitting Leonard. It requires him to be injured.

That still doesn't address the question of whether a guy not on our roster can learn the system enough to contribute in a meaningful way for 1 or 2 games.

 

[Natebishop3]

We don't have four players sick or missing the requisite games. Just Ezeli, who was out for the whole season.

I am not confused about anything. We'd have to cut a player to use any exception or to sign a player to a prorated minimum contract.

Ed Davis
Jusuf Nurkic
Festus Ezeli

And really Meyers Leonard shouldn't be playing with his back issues.

 

[Denny Crane]

Ed Davis
Jusuf Nurkic
Festus Ezeli

And really Meyers Leonard shouldn't be playing with his back issues.

The league will sense it's a scam. They'll want their own doctors to examine him.

If NO thinks it's worth a shot, he'll go for it no doubt.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Greg Oden may be available.

Would be the best back up center on our roster

 

[GDiama]

Spotrac has us at $433,802 luxury tax space and yahoo at $504,462. They have some extra tax added, so probably we don't even have space for minimum.

And if you see that tweet from Bobby Marks says 27k, dif between Plumlee and Nurkic is 407k+27=434, almost what spotrac has.

 

[Denny Crane]

Spotrac has us at $433,802 luxury tax space and yahoo at $504,462. They have some extra tax added, so probably we don't even have space for minimum.

And if you see that tweet from Bobby Marks says 27k, dif between Plumlee and Nurkic is 407k+27=434, almost what spotrac has.

The minimum is prorated. We could afford to sign a full vet minimum contract for almost half a season and stay under $504K in cap hit.

 

[dviss1]

Would be the best back up center on our roster

Can the MF play 15 minutes a game?

 

[Red Rooster]

Rent Kaman...he knows the system already

I'd be ok with that. Seen on Twitter that he's in town on other business, good time to make it happen Neil!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Can the MF play 15 minutes a game?

If he only played half that, he'd be twice as valuable as Meyers