Ruffin/Diogu deal includes ...

I haven’t been able to find this anywhere on the net, but according to 1080 the Fan (I know take it for what it's worth) In the Ruffin/Diogu trade the Blazers also receive a $3.13 million trade exception. I believe this is the way we got James Jones from the Suns, and Rop said it’s the way we got Rudy's pick. Meaning we can take a player for 3.13 million off another team and/or get a first round draft pick for doing so.

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why was Sacramento allowed to take in more salary

in the Diogu/Ruffin swap when they are over the cap>

Sergio, Rudy, GOOOAAAL!

by alexdreisin on Feb 18, 2009 5:23 PM PST reply actions

trade exception

created when they did the first deal

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Feb 18, 2009 5:24 PM PST up reply actions

rudy/jones

we got James Jones for a trade exception created by the Zach trade
We bought the draft rights to Rudy for $3 million in cash

In NBA terms, they were completey seperate trades. The clincher was that Phoenix required us to do the first in order to do the second.

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Feb 18, 2009 5:23 PM PST reply actions

good. i was gonna point that out about rudy

Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".

...no seriously--stop.

by nima on Feb 18, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions

thats what I was thinking too, I thought Rop was wrong

Being a Blazer fan is fun!

by Blazermaniac77 on Feb 18, 2009 6:35 PM PST up reply actions

I read that somewhere on the ‘net too. I think it was the basis of the deal.. Along with the fact that Ruffin hasn’t played a game this year and is further along in his career, so riding pine shouldn’t cause any problems.

by GhostFacePryzbilla on Feb 18, 2009 5:24 PM PST reply actions