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As the Los Angeles Clippers delay a decision on completing a deal for Orlando Magic forward Channing Frye, the Magic are becoming more motivated to move Frye to Cleveland into a trade exception, league sources told The Vertical.

The Cavaliers can absorb Frye’s $8.2 million salary into a $10.5 million trade exception.

The Clippers told the Magic they need until Thursday morning to decide on a deal that would send Frye to the Clippers for Lance Stephenson, C.J. Wilcox and a second-round pick, league sources said.

The Magic have no desire to bring back Anderson Varejao’s contract in a deal, league sources said. Varejao’s deal includes two years and nearly $19 million guaranteed. The Cavaliers are searching out teams with space, such as Philadelphia and Portland, which could take on Varejao’s contract as part of a three-team trade, league sources said.

Those teams would likely be compensated with draft considerations and cash to take on Varejao. For this reason, the Cavaliers won’t take on Frye without finding a home for Varejao’s deal: Those two contracts together on Cleveland’s roster would push the team’s luxury tax bill from $61 million to nearly $96 million in 2016.

The Clippers have been exploring other trade possibilities that include Stephenson’s contract.

Ranma wrote:Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports (2/17/16)

As the Los Angeles Clippers delay a decision on completing a deal for Orlando Magic forward Channing Frye, the Magic are becoming more motivated to move Frye to Cleveland into a trade exception, league sources told The Vertical.

The Cavaliers can absorb Frye’s $8.2 million salary into a $10.5 million trade exception.

The Clippers told the Magic they need until Thursday morning to decide on a deal that would send Frye to the Clippers for Lance Stephenson, C.J. Wilcox and a second-round pick, league sources said.

The Magic have no desire to bring back Anderson Varejao’s contract in a deal, league sources said. Varejao’s deal includes two years and nearly $19 million guaranteed. The Cavaliers are searching out teams with space, such as Philadelphia and Portland, which could take on Varejao’s contract as part of a three-team trade, league sources said.

Those teams would likely be compensated with draft considerations and cash to take on Varejao. For this reason, the Cavaliers won’t take on Frye without finding a home for Varejao’s deal: Those two contracts together on Cleveland’s roster would push the team’s luxury tax bill from $61 million to nearly $96 million in 2016.

The Clippers have been exploring other trade possibilities that include Stephenson’s contract.

NBA Trade Deadline Buzz: As Clippers Delay on Frye, Magic Turning to Cavs

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Forte IV wrote:To me the only way I'd be up for a Lance trade is if its for Rudy Gay. I honestly don't see where Frye even fits in with this team. Once Blake is back I doubt he see's the rotation. Even now I don't think he cracks the rotation outside of maybe 6 minutes a game.

Michael Lee wrote:Paul doesn't believe the team or Griffin will have to make many adjustments when they get back together. "Blake is watching games. Blake is a competitor. He's paying attention to everything and when he gets ready, he'll be ready, and he's going to come back ready to rock," Paul told The Vertical. "That's our brother. It's a family over here. And things happen within families. We're going to welcome him with open arms."

The word "family" is thrown around often within the Clippers' locker room, and the core of the team has been together long enough that the relationships don't come across as hollow. They aren't just missing Griffin but also Testi, who didn't receive any punishment from the team for his role in the incident. Players and coaches have tightened the circle since the fight, stressing absolution and reconciliation when the moment arrives.

"We're human," Rivers told The Vertical. "I joked when I said we built Richard Nixon a library. So, we're a forgiving country and we're forgiving people and you're really talking about young people. Blake's a young person, still. Unfortunately, his life is played out in front of people, where others' aren't. Blake, in the long run, will show you exactly who he is. He's a great guy. And he'll get past this."

Sources say Demps has shopped Gordon and Asik, but has not attracted much interest. Gordon has an expiring contract, but he has had an injury-riddled career with the Pelicans that includes missing the last 12 games with a fractured ring finger.
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Sources say the Pelicans are keeping a roster open before the trade deadline, which is why they don't plan to re-sign rookie Bryce Dejean-Jones until after deadline. The Pelicans want to keep a roster spot available in case they acquire another shooting guard in a potential trade involving Gordon.

TucsonClip wrote:A lot of noise in defensive box plus-minus. Some of the guys on that list are off by quite a bit and that is noticeable via the noise in DBPM. Two primary examples of this are J.J. Redick and Klay Thompson. Klay is obviously a much better defender than DBPM notes (-2.1). Redick (we know for a fact) is actually a pretty good team defender and solid 1v1 (ask James Harden).

Also, its a box score statistic and Redick doesnt record steals or blocks...

MelosSoreWrist wrote:

Forte IV wrote:To me the only way I'd be up for a Lance trade is if its for Rudy Gay. I honestly don't see where Frye even fits in with this team. Once Blake is back I doubt he see's the rotation. Even now I don't think he cracks the rotation outside of maybe 6 minutes a game.

I agree with this pov. If the Clippers are going to be successful this post season, a lot has to go right in the playoffs. One of those is having Lance play like he did for Indiana his last season there.

Forte IV wrote:I'm patiently waiting for either Wammy or Ranma to post my response to Dan as a reliable source

Forte IV wrote:I'm patiently waiting for either Wammy or Ranma to post my response to Dan as a reliable source

QRich3 wrote:

MelosSoreWrist wrote:

Forte IV wrote:To me the only way I'd be up for a Lance trade is if its for Rudy Gay. I honestly don't see where Frye even fits in with this team. Once Blake is back I doubt he see's the rotation. Even now I don't think he cracks the rotation outside of maybe 6 minutes a game.

I agree with this pov. If the Clippers are going to be successful this post season, a lot has to go right in the playoffs. One of those is having Lance play like he did for Indiana his last season there.

If that's what we're banking on, we can throw the towel right here right now.

Also, what's with the Cavs trying to cockblock everyone we go after?