REHawksFan wrote:jayu70 wrote:REHawksFan wrote:
Yeah but that makes the deal a lot less attractive to me. I dont necessarily want to acquire Capela with cap space. I want to trade Plumlee and a pick for Capela so as to acquire him AND keep the cap space.
You don't dump an expiring Plumlee using a top 10 lottery pick, that's a waste of an asset when Schlenk has said he'sin talent acquisition mode.
Hawks can have $40 mil in capspace this offseason, taking on Capela reduces that to $23 mil to fill out the rest of the roster.
If we need the roster spot, just waive Plumlee.
If the choice is Plumlee and #10 or just take Capela into capspace, I'm taking Capela into Capspace everytime and keep #10. (Unless KD or Kawhinis signing here and we need the space).
I don't follow. If it costs the pick either way, why would you waive Plumlee instead of trading him to keep cap flexibility? Houston isn't trading Capela for just cap space. The pick is included either way.
If you require moving Plumlee as part of the deal you eliminate the number of teams willing to trade you an asset. Nobody wants him at $12 million for one season except a team looking for cap relief at the end of the year. Only a few teams would want or need Plumlee. He would be a burden to anyone not wanting cap relief. A waive clears a few million off the books if he resigns with another team. Basically...waive 12 mil plumlee...signs with chicago for 2.5 mil.....Hawks save a portion of the 2.5 mil off the cap. Get a better player in trade (because Houston wouldn't want the salary back and wouldn't do it without it) and just waive.
