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Another use for cap room

Judging from the Blazers offer to Hedo, they look to be exprecting around $8mil in cap space. But now that he is looking to become a Raptor what do we do?

No one else on the Market is a real fit, even Hedo was kind of a stretch with that offer. A lopsided trade is another option, but management has said that signing a player was part 1 of a 2 part plan. Now its possible that extending Roy and Aldridge was what they meant. It is also possible that something else has already been agreed upon with the players we're willing to trade.

So what to do if you can't sign a good fit or make a lopsided trade?

Well you can "buy" a future 1st rounder by taking on a bad contract of ~$8mil or less along with a pick in a trade. Its not unheard of, as Utah (another team that struggles to attract FA's) did just this a few years back.

Using Storyteller's excellent site I've listed out some possible fits that are not over $8mil/yr, not/little used on the court and expire no later than the '10/'11 season from teams that atleast consider costs.

Here they are with team, player, (millions salary '09/'10,millions salary '10/'11):

CHL: Nazr Mohammed ($6.5, $6.9)

CHI: Jerome James ($6.6)

IND: Jamaal Tinsley ($7.2, $7.5)

MEM: Marko Jaric ($7.1, $7.6)

MEM: Greg Buckner ($4.1, $4.3)

MIL: Dan Gadzuric ($6.7, $7.2)

MIN: Darius Songaila ($4.5, $4.8)

NOH: Antonio Daniels ($6.6)

NOH: Morris Peterson ($6.0, $6.4)

UTH: Matt Harpring ($6.5)

WAS: Mike James ($6.5)

 

Some notes:

I'm not saying these players ARE so valueless tthat their team will pay us to take them, but these are the probable suspects for such a deal and every team above has reasons. Also, each player has a different value to us as a guy like Tinsley would just be paid to go away whereas Nazr Mohommed can be an emergency big man and solid practice player, but thats neither here nor there as its the pick we'd be most interested in.

A player with two years owed would also (obviously) be more appealing for a team to deal away as its double the savings. For us there could be extra value as well as we'd get to have an expiring contract (always a hot commodity) to play around with after next season on top of a draft choice.

Star-divide

At its best we can get a bench riding vet which is good if you want experience, but bad if you want more experience out on the floor. Whatever second move is in place can still happen, and we go into a future draft with more options than a single late pick.

So would you make a trade where we took someone else's mess for a pick (probably with protections), or are we beyond this type of future-centric move and need to add talent now?

Poll
What type of cap use do you prefer the Blazers utilize?
Trade cap for contract +pick
6 votes
Sign Free Agent
4 votes
Lopsided trade to net talent
62 votes
Do nothing and keep costs down in the future
8 votes

80 votes | Poll has closed

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I could go for Gadzuric

The Bucks could really afford to drop some salary, would help them retain Sessions.

He would make Joel tradeable (note Dave’s post on the possible value of this). And their draft picks are likely to be lottery for a long time.

Gadzuric and a 2011 first round pick (top 8 protected) for cap space? Then include Joel in the trade to pick up Tayshaun Prince?

When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.

by jscot on Jul 6, 2009 4:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

My Brilliant Idea on how to use the cap room.


Fill it with Caps.

dinasour type of guys choir boys

by mittsabishy on Jul 6, 2009 7:53 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What do you think about Jason Richardson

Im sure Pheonix could be looking for some more Cap space so we could probally get him for super cheap, Trout and Junk for Richardson????

Draft Cole Aldrich 2010

by jlarose78 on Jul 6, 2009 9:32 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Richardson is a SG, not a PG or a SF

His defense isn’t any better than Roy’s and he’s got a bad contract.

We’ve already got 2 great players at SG who don’t play much D. We don’t need a third.

by ninjasocks on Jul 6, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Richardson doesn't quite fit this

He’s too good to be paid to take and his contract is also too big to take just with cap room. We could probably get him for youth, but thats not what this post is about.

"I don’t have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome." – Jerome James, on comments by coach Nate McMillan about Seattle SuperSonics players being selfish.

by Devenex on Jul 6, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blazers need vets who fit more than future picks

We already have more young talent than we have minutes. We don’t need future picks at this point.

 Voted for lopsided trade.

by upper left corner on Jul 6, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They are FUTURE picks, that is the point.

We don’t need much of anything right now, except another PF who lives in the paint. I had the same idea as this. Getting picks for our cap space lets us hold the value of the cap space for the future when we will need to reload, even though we have to use the cap space this year, when there is no player that really fits us.

by wingzeta on Jul 6, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We could use some roster delineation

Things are starting to look mighty crowded at the 3, and Outlaw is an unrestricted FA after this season. We could in theory lose him for nothing after investing 7 years because he was unhappy with his minutes.

"I don’t have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome." – Jerome James, on comments by coach Nate McMillan about Seattle SuperSonics players being selfish.

by Devenex on Jul 6, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can pick up vets doing this

But if you mean vets that will play a significant role? Then no, that problem is not solved.

Of course we can still make a second deal to clear minutes and add that player, just the salary would have to match or have the difference covered by what (if any) cap room was left.

"I don’t have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome." – Jerome James, on comments by coach Nate McMillan about Seattle SuperSonics players being selfish.

by Devenex on Jul 6, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like it, as plan B

We’re going to need some draft picks who can play in future years, since we’ll have so much cap space tied up in Roy-LMA-Oden.

Jaric would be a nice role player and could provide some play-making cover for Bayless on the reserves. I’m sure Memphis would love to be rid of his contract (they tried to ship him/it to the Clips for ZBo). If we could throw in something of value to them, we might be able to make it a less protected pick, or make it non-protected if it rolls over a year.

All that glitters isn't chrome

by hoopla-pdx on Jul 6, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

At least better than nothing

These players won’t be going anywhere, so we can always wait to make this type of deal. If no home-run presents itself and no signing takes place this is still an option. Assuming of course that another team is willing to play ball.

Of course once the season starts, the players start being owed less money, so value is lost after every game played.

"I don’t have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome." – Jerome James, on comments by coach Nate McMillan about Seattle SuperSonics players being selfish.

by Devenex on Jul 6, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rec for creativity

I like that you’re thinking outside the box. Getting a future pick off a crappy team is always nice. I thinking drafting good players is the only sure-fire way of building a championship team.

by BlazerTag on Jul 6, 2009 1:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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