Heat - Blazer trade

[Hoops23]

My estimate to the Blazers payroll for next season is probably at $80m and draft pick/s not yet included. If the Blazers are not yet contend with their roster, adding a free agent will cost them a lot. That

[Goldbum]

Nooo we hate Davis around these parts. Paul Allen is the richest owner in pro sports history, Sergio's budy Rudy is going to be a Blazer next year, and our cap space plan is set for '09 saving money before then is a wasted luxury. Oh and Sergio has value and could possibly be either our PG of the future or one of the assets we use to acquire said PG.

[BlackMamba]

davis, ricky "the roach" davis? hhhhmmmm... no thanks...

plus, the blazers aren't still giving up on sergio to trade him for davis and blount...

lafretnz could end up being more valuable in the years to come.

[SinceClyde]

Lock this. Ricky Davis? Is this A JOKE?

[Hoops23]

Come on guys! The idea is the expiring contract of Davis, obviously he will not resign back or you can waive him easily. The point is about the tax. We need to consider the owners and not just the talent alone. Obviously if fans are in command, they dont care because they are not the one paying the players.

Paying the tax is not a JOKE no matter how rich the owner is.

[J~Rush]

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... f_roaches/

[BlackMamba]

well, you can be right about to consider financial things, but you have to also consider other factors like for example chemistry.

in this particular case davis i assure you isn't liked by the blazers. not that they hate him, but he wouldn't be really welcomed by the team.

plus, the blazers are cleaning the house, and with davis' past he wouldnt also be welcomed.

[Hoops23]

Factors like chemistry? Raef is not even playing and I doubt you will let Davis play which will affect the chemistry. I'm aware of the fact Davis will not be like but just like I said the trade is about the tax.

[SalemStoner]

if you wanna talk about moving Miles for caproom this season or next, we'll tallk ... but there's no reason at all for us to trade Raef + Sergio for expirings this year that still wouldn't get us below the cap(since we still have francis' contract on our books until the end of next year).

[mojomarc]

No one from the Portland side would ever even consider Davis in a Blazers uniform for even a second. Pass.

[d-train]

The deal killer is Mark Blount not the roach. Mark Blount will cost almost $8 million of valuable cap space in 2009. Obviously, the poster is unaware that Paul Allen wipes his butt with $10 million. He doesn't understand that the only budget the Blazers know is cap space in the summer before the 09/10 season. After which, the Blazers and Paul Allen will be running up the payroll as much as the salary cap loopholes will allow.

[PDXKnight]

The deal killer is Mark Blount not the roach. Mark Blount will cost almost $8 million of valuable cap space in 2009. Obviously, the poster is unaware that Paul Allen wipes his butt with $10 million. He doesn't understand that the only budget the Blazers know is cap space in the summer before the 09/10 season. After which, the Blazers and Paul Allen will be running up the payroll as much as the salary cap loopholes will allow.

That's what I was thinking (mark blount being the deal killer). I'd assume if the Blazers did a deal like this one, Davis would be immediately bought out but Blount adds money to our cap the year we're trying to offload the most possible money. I think that this deal makes sense for most NBA teams but you have to understand, our owner is PAUL ALLEN. Unless Paul Allen goes broke (which isn't very likely), the blazers are in no rush to deal away salary right now and I'd honestly prefer keeping Surge and Raef (who will have a VERY lucrative deal next season) over getting davis and Blount any day of the week.

[SabasRevenge!]

My estimate to the Blazers payroll for next season is probably at $80m and draft pick/s not yet included. If the Blazers are not yet contend with their roster, adding a free agent will cost them a lot. That