Wizenheimer wrote:
* in the last 15 months or so, the Blazers have allowed 32M in TPE's expire, in part, presumably, because of their high team salary. Those TPE's were the 8.6-8.7M exceptions for Hart, Payton, and Dame. And the 5.8M exception for Timelord
Yeah, this is important...and while some of that expiration may be because of creating a clear path for young players and where the team is at in roster building, it's a significant amount of the value in each of those trades that went up in a puff of smoke. That evaporation was largely caused by large vet salaries putting them close to the apron.