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Trade Exceptions, JR Smith and the Cavs
A trade exception counts towards the salary cap but not towards the luxury tax. The Cavaliers are well over the cap and well into the luxury tax area. Furthemore, the Cavs possess JR Smith's bird rights. Theoretically, they can pay JR SMith anything they want. However, the Luxury Tax makes things brutally expensive.
Therefore, i think the Cavs are trying to get JR Smith to accept ~$9.5 million this year with the Anderson Varejao trade exception because it won't get any luxury tax added. I suspect this is why its taking so long to re-sign JR Smith. A team can not combine cap room with a trade exception so LBJ taking less cash will not be a way to pay JR Smith more money. It'll be interesting to see if the Cavs can hang on to Smith.
Source: the $9.5 million trade exception of Anderson Varejao.
http://www.spotrac.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cap/
On July 15 2016 12:20 Scarecrow wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2016 10:54 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i think u r taking urself and this sports thread that is on a video game forum too seriously Don't pull that card when you clearly take this thread, and your reputation here, very seriously.
do you know what my last failed "theory" was? that Ronda Rousey would be sitting ringside for the UFC 200 main event. When the winner was declared she'd stomp into the ring with a pissed off look on her face and say "i want that belt and i'm taking it in MSG in NY at UFC 205".
does a serious poster come up with pro wrestling angles for predictions?
the main reason i get stuff about the Raptors more correct overall than most TL.Net posters is
1) they don't care about the Raptors
2) they spend less than 10% of the time i do observing the team.
and on that note.. here is an insightful and rather pessimistic view of the Jared Sullinger signing..
http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/person-interest-new-raptors-forward-jared-sullinger/
For Raptors fans their best hope is that a 1 year deal will prevent any laziness from setting in.
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On July 14 2016 02:27 Jerubaal wrote:Show nested quote +On July 13 2016 22:04 MassHysteria wrote:On July 13 2016 14:58 Jerubaal wrote:
Then you realize that's their actual team. :p Tom Penn comes on TL now? Explain?
I was just joking but Tom Penn had co-casted some of the Lakers' summer games and was annoyingly anti-Lakers in his casts. Saying things like D'Angelo needs to drop 30 points to prove he is okay in the first summer league game. Then saying he should be doing things like that because it's his second year. Just saying things like that comment, and how they probably should be doing good because it could be their regular season lineup,etc. It was clear he got the ESPN memo/took notes in meetings about what points to hit about the Lakers.
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As for the Rose debate, from what I've read/heard is that the Bulls actually think Rose is gonna have somewhat of a rebound season. They know he improved the second half of the season and think it might well continue this season, they just don't want to deal with having to deliberate about signing him after the season is over. It will be closer to his 10th season and they don't want to deal with that much amount of money/public debate over him.
edit: Is there a way to make JimmyJ the RJ of this thread? Staying out of the action until called upon? Horrendous posting.
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On July 16 2016 03:04 Metal[x] wrote:
the nets do have a d league team...but ya offseason for them has been pretty bad xD
o ya? whats it called? i guess its a new expansion team.
if they have one at least they have some kind of development path for the next few draft picks in the next 2 years.
Why The Raptors Gave Up on Bennett
Ujiri gets rid of any prospect who can not keep their cardio at a very high level. He'll put up with talented lazy players who are starters and let their fitness slide. He does not grant that luxury to prospects. Bennett would not get with the Raptors905 brutal cardio regimen; Ujiri gave Bennett a nice public speech about what a great guy he was as he was announcing his release.
Bennett has zero chance of developing into anything unless he spends a lot of time next year in the d-league; and i thought the Bargnarni #1 over all pick was bad.. damn.
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The Lakers picked up the raptors905 coach from last season, Jesse Murmuys, as an assistant for Luke Walton and I have been impressed with him so far (from interviews, etc.). He coached the summer league but he just seems really player-friendly and gets how to establish a good culture for the players.
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On July 17 2016 22:24 JimmiC wrote:
As for old jimmyj the problem is a lack of coach or at least coachability because he will never stop with the braggy posts or being condensending to others even when he is completely wrong. But he will also mix in some where he posts interesting articles he finds. So unless your offering to preread his posts and only posts the good ones, were all stuck trying to find humor wading through the shit for the gems.
if u r incorrect about my posts because you do not read them clearly you'll be corrected. if ur ego can't handle that then read my stuff clearly and completely or don't bother commenting on my posts. problem solved.
furthermore, "paying attention to outcomes" is not bragging. it is an evaluation tool. Stephen A. Smith.. i'm looking at you.
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man these are some shots at the end of the summer league finals
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Summer league champs. NBA champs confirmed
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the dleague team is called the Long Islanders..this is the 1st year of them having it.
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Dear Timberwolves,
You have Tyus Jones and Kris Dunn, now please trade Rubio, even if it's for 2 first round picks.
Sincerely.
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why would you trade rubio. he has elite passing and D.
granted that he needs to work in his shot but he's only 25 years old.
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Two first round draft picks would be kinda bad for rubio but they seriously need options for backup center and power forward and their most tradable assets are rubio and Shabazz Muhammad and the latter can be an OK backup power forward if it comes down to that. Still, Rubio + Cole Aldrich + first round pick = Enes Kanter + second round pick or a similar trade would benefit t-wolves a whole lot.
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why Kanter... the Wolwes need energy on defence, not a selfish scorer that could steal space from Towns.
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On July 22 2016 21:08 Djagulingu wrote:
Rubio + Cole Aldrich + first round pick = Enes Kanter + second round pick
I can't believe this is a serious trade suggestion.
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Rubio is their 2nd best player behind Towns, and they can't run offense w/o him yet. Trading him would be insane if you aren't getting a potential stud back (Noel is a stud though.)
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EPT
