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Middleton will def be a buyout candidate.
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FrozenEnvelope wrote:Middleton will def be a buyout candidate.
Just a refresher on how buyout candidates work.
Can the Knicks fit one in based on their salary, or is there going to be some new goofy CBA sh*t going on?
Like, if Middleton or whoever is a buyout, do the Knicks or any team still have to have some crazy sized vet slot to sign them?

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thebuzzardman wrote:FrozenEnvelope wrote:Middleton will def be a buyout candidate.
Just a refresher on how buyout candidates work.
Can the Knicks fit one in based on their salary, or is there going to be some new goofy CBA sh*t going on?
Like, if Middleton or whoever is a buyout, do the Knicks or any team still have to have some crazy sized vet slot to sign them?
The Knicks cannot sign Middleton if he is bought out because he made too much before the buyout.
If they move Sims for nothing, they'll be able to sign buyout candidates that made up to $12.8M this year. Middleton made around $31M, I believe.

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thebuzzardman wrote:FrozenEnvelope wrote:Middleton will def be a buyout candidate.
Just a refresher on how buyout candidates work.
Can the Knicks fit one in based on their salary, or is there going to be some new goofy CBA sh*t going on?
Like, if Middleton or whoever is a buyout, do the Knicks or any team still have to have some crazy sized vet slot to sign them?
We can't sign a player if they made more than the taxpayer's MLE before the buyout, I believe
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Suns replacing KD with Butler might be the worst downgrade in the past 10 years.

It’s like when lil bitches make subliminal records, if it ain’t directed directly at me, I don’t respect it
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GONYK wrote:thebuzzardman wrote:FrozenEnvelope wrote:Middleton will def be a buyout candidate.
Just a refresher on how buyout candidates work.
Can the Knicks fit one in based on their salary, or is there going to be some new goofy CBA sh*t going on?
Like, if Middleton or whoever is a buyout, do the Knicks or any team still have to have some crazy sized vet slot to sign them?
We can't sign a player if they made more than the taxpayer's MLE before the buyout, I believe
tracking the cba is a nice microcosmic study of how we let jargonists and heathens legislate us arbitrarily into tangled webs
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3toheadmelo wrote:Suns replacing KD with Butler might be the worst downgrade in the past 10 years.
Dumb franchise.
#freebook
Chanel Bomber wrote:This board really is full of bad people.
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OKC gets another defender but Pels lose some front court depth. Sims for Green?

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3toheadmelo wrote:Suns replacing KD with Butler might be the worst downgrade in the past 10 years.
The suns following my blueprint
Baf: Heat Culture
Ayo dosunmu | AirPod | Shead
Devin Booker | Isaac Okoro
Demar Derozan | Haywood Highsmith
Jabari Smith Jr |Harrison Barnes | Achiuwa
KAT | Brook Lopez | Kornet
Ayo dosunmu | AirPod | Shead
Devin Booker | Isaac Okoro
Demar Derozan | Haywood Highsmith
Jabari Smith Jr |Harrison Barnes | Achiuwa
KAT | Brook Lopez | Kornet
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KD has a taste of mild winters and how it helps his physical health so he doesn't want to go back to a bad weather city...
If you'd rather see your team fail so you can be right
...you are a fan of your opinion not the team.
?
Knowledge is just information stuffed into a mental bag
Wisdom is knowing what to pull out of the bag to do the job
...you are a fan of your opinion not the team.
?Knowledge is just information stuffed into a mental bag
Wisdom is knowing what to pull out of the bag to do the job
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Fat wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:Suns replacing KD with Butler might be the worst downgrade in the past 10 years.
The suns following my blueprint

It’s like when lil bitches make subliminal records, if it ain’t directed directly at me, I don’t respect it
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Lakers steal Luka, Miami stealing Durant, we’re getting a 2nd rd pick for Sims. Seems about right
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spree8 wrote:Lakers steal Luka, Miami stealing Durant, we’re getting a 2nd rd pick for Sims. Seems about right
We're up.
We stole brunson and kat
Chanel Bomber wrote:This board really is full of bad people.
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Guano wrote:spree8 wrote:Lakers steal Luka, Miami stealing Durant, we’re getting a 2nd rd pick for Sims. Seems about right
We're up.
We stole brunson, OG and kat
I reserve my right to add Bridges to this list as well...
If you'd rather see your team fail so you can be right
...you are a fan of your opinion not the team.
?
Knowledge is just information stuffed into a mental bag
Wisdom is knowing what to pull out of the bag to do the job
...you are a fan of your opinion not the team.
?Knowledge is just information stuffed into a mental bag
Wisdom is knowing what to pull out of the bag to do the job
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3toheadmelo wrote:Suns replacing KD with Butler might be the worst downgrade in the past 10 years.
Dallas downgraded from Doncic to AD.

















