Spida888 wrote:DreamTeam09 wrote:Spida888 wrote:Scottie was giving him high praises, so I do think there is merit to bringing him back for player development.
That said, I do wonder why the rush and why not bring him back as an assistant coach so he doesn't count towards the cap. I know a player makes more than an assistant coach but I don't think people were lining up to sign him as a player.
My hope is this means the FO knows they're not done with moves and more trades will be done to balance out the roster (ex. backup center, Mamu may more of a 4), and to move under the tax. Hopefully it's not just the latter by burning a SRP.
A veteran on the players side in the players locker room isn't the same as an assistant coach. A veteran is in the players only meeting, a vet is there day to day with the fellas, that cost something & is valuable to an organization and not so much to the naked eye fan who values the spreadsheets for some odd reason.
-We are not limited in any direction in terms of financials or flexibility.
-Toronto has never operated as a cap space team & never will. Fans tend to forget or disregard those points
This isn't so much that we should free up cap space to sign people in FA, but rather why make a move so soon that puts us into the tax which we all feel pretty confident they will try to find a way to get out of later.
you had to fill out the roster, any player will put you into tax. lets say they had signed martin to 14th contract, they would be into tax, and no way out besides trading one of the 14, and everyone has some value.
by signing temple and waiting to convert Martin to standard contract, you can trade temple at deadline and upgrade martin to standard contract and stay under tax.
