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Why not skip the Lakers and just swap some spit with Portland ... If Ridnour is rumored in any deals (after Rube injury), I gotta hunch it's got it;s own motives. Portland wants potential cap space.

Incoming Players
Michael Beasley
Brad Miller
Luke Ridnour

Outgoing Players
Raymond Felton
Jamal Crawford
Nicolas Batum


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They want potential cap space to re-sign Batum. No chance they do this.

C.lupus wrote:They want potential cap space to re-sign Batum. No chance they do this.

Well there is a chance it just involves chloroform and/or blackmail

C.lupus wrote:They want potential cap space to re-sign Batum. No chance they do this.

Agreed.

C.lupus wrote:They want potential cap space to re-sign Batum. No chance they do this.

I agree they may not likely do it, but I don't think they are plotting to "make space for signing Batum".

Dewey wrote:

C.lupus wrote:They want potential cap space to re-sign Batum. No chance they do this.

I agree they may not likely do it, but I don't think they are plotting to "make space for signing Batum".

the Blazers have every intention of re-signing Batum. of course, they haven't seen what offers he gets yet

But the important thing to keep in mind is that Portland wants cap-space this summer and Batum's 5 million dollar cap-hold as a RFA will be significantly less then what his new salary will be. So it made sense not to extend his rookie deal this season

your trade is a non-starter for the Blazers. They'd have little interest in Beasley, and no interest at all in trading Batum.

As far as the rumored deal, as a Blazer fan, I'm betting (hoping) that if the Lakers continue to insist on Portland taking Blake, the deal is DOA

Why would the Blazers need cap space, to resign their own player?

abrewbro68 wrote:Why would the Blazers need cap space, to resign their own player?

They'll also need to find a starting point and starting center.

Krapinsky wrote:

abrewbro68 wrote:Why would the Blazers need cap space, to resign their own player?

They'll also need to find a starting point and starting center.

They have space to do that, Batum is a RFA.

abrewbro68 wrote:

Krapinsky wrote:

abrewbro68 wrote:Why would the Blazers need cap space, to resign their own player?

They'll also need to find a starting point and starting center.

They have space to do that, Batum is a RFA.

Just because you're a RFA, doesn't mean it doesn't count on the cap. Only good thing about RFA is that you can match any offer a team makes to them or offer them a good contract even if you didn't have a lot of cap room. (If the owner is willing to pay luxury tax.)

The only problem with RFA is that you must match an offer within a certain window. So if a team offers Batum a contract (and he accpets) on day 1 of free agency, the Blazers would have 3 days to match. If they match he would then count against their cap at the new rate. So their "extra" cap space only exists as long as Batum is unsigned + 3 days.

I think...

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Just because you're a RFA, doesn't mean it doesn't count on the cap. Only good thing about RFA is that you can match any offer a team makes to them or offer them a good contract even if you didn't have a lot of cap room. (If the owner is willing to pay luxury tax.)[/quote]


Of course it counts against the cap space. But the Blazers have his rights. They don't need to clear space to resign their own players when they have his rights.

ritt0093 wrote:The only problem with RFA is that you must match an offer within a certain window. So if a team offers Batum a contract (and he accpets) on day 1 of free agency, the Blazers would have 3 days to match. If they match he would then count against their cap at the new rate. So their "extra" cap space only exists as long as Batum is unsigned + 3 days.

I think...

The extra cap space only becomes actual cap space if you waive Batums rights, but then at the same time you could not sign him to a contract that could potentially put you over the cap.

Giving up Batum and taking in Beasley were the killers of that trade idea.