Post#223 » by thunderdunk » Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:51 am
Is it for sure that GP2 can't play for the rest of the season, or is that speculation? If he's ready in time for the playoffs, the original intent of the Dubs FO will be fulfilled -- they just (way) overpaid for his limited availability. They still dump JW's bloated contract and some of the lux tax, and pick up someone who might help them win in the playoffs. If the league rules allow this, I think that they go back a renegotiate with the Blazers and get at least a piece of his compensation paid by Portland this year, and maybe next... Not sure if that's even possible under the CBA and lux tax rules, but it makes sense to me. Otherwise, I could actually see the Dubs suing the Blazers for fraud, given the very large tax implications that keeping Wiseman will have. The league absolutely doesn't want anything like that to happen.