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How in the hell can the Wizards afford all this?

My brain hurts lol

RipPizzaGuy wrote:How in the hell can the Wizards afford all this?

Basically, because they can take back Westbrook's salary plus 25%, offloading the small Hutchison contract to be able to also acquire Aaron Holiday.

Wonder what SA gave up to satisfy the requirements for this deal.

Chinook wrote:Wonder what SA gave up to satisfy the requirements for this deal.

Probably the rights to a 45-year-old Albanian or something.

The dollars, per Shams:



...oof.

So how are the Wizards upgrading 3-5? Because that looks like a play in team at the moment

Based on Marks' tweet (which doesn't seem very accurate), the Lakers still need to receive something from the other 3 teams.

Benjammin wrote:

Chinook wrote:Wonder what SA gave up to satisfy the requirements for this deal.

Probably the rights to a 45-year-old Albanian or something.

Yeah, probably rights to Adam Hanga? All the other guys they hold rights to before him (2011) are so old that the league might veto it as inherently unrealistic they might ever come over, and many have retired completely for awhile.

Karmaloop wrote:Based on Marks' tweet (which doesn't seem very accurate), the Lakers still need to receive something from the other 3 teams.

Only need to receive something from any two teams i believe. Don’t have to connect to all teams.

kobe_vs_jordan wrote:Only need to receive something from any two teams i believe. Don’t have to connect to all teams.

You're right. Seems odd that the Lakers would willingly give up the 2 SRPs they acquired in the original Westbrook trade unless they're getting something else.

Karmaloop wrote:Based on Marks' tweet (which doesn't seem very accurate), the Lakers still need to receive something from the other 3 teams.

Nope. Only have to touch 2 other teams. They’re send players to Washington and a pick to Indy. Requirements satisfied there.

Karmaloop wrote:

kobe_vs_jordan wrote:Only need to receive something from any two teams i believe. Don’t have to connect to all teams.

You're right. Seems odd that the Lakers would willingly give up the 2 SRPs they acquired in the original Westbrook trade unless they're getting something else.

Possible they was side stepping tampering violations. Can’t include spencer part at time of Westbrook trade.

Scoot McGroot wrote:Nope. Only have to touch 2 other teams. They’re send players to Washington and a pick to Indy. Requirements satisfied there.

You're right. But why would LA willingly give up the 2 SRPs they reportedly were going to acquire?

The trades don't actually have to be done simultaneously. They can do SA/WSH, then WSH/IND then WSH/LAL. They're probably calling it in that way.

kobe_vs_jordan wrote:Possible they was side stepping tampering violations. Can’t include spencer part at time of Westbrook trade.

It got folded into the Westbrook trade, which was agreed upon on the draft. Tampering wouldn't justify why the Lakers are giving up assets they're receiving. Either the Lakers are getting something in return or this is doing Washington a solid, which seems unlikely.

Chinook wrote:The trades don't actually have to be done simultaneously. They can do SA/WSH, then WSH/IND then WSH/LAL. They're probably calling it in that way.

Think it has to be simultaneous for wizards to take back more salary ?

Chinook wrote:The trades don't actually have to be done simultaneously. They can do SA/WSH, then WSH/IND then WSH/LAL. They're probably calling it in that way.

Dinwiddie has to be folded into the Westbrook trade. The SA/WSH trade is probably separate.