Pacer's waive Diener

HookShotHibbert · Post #1 » by **HookShotHibbert** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 5:10 pm

Just got this email:

As a Pacers Blue & Gold Elite Member, we wanted you to be the first to know that the Pacers have waived guard Travis Diener. The 6-1 Diener had played in just four games this season, largely due to an injury to the big toe on his left foot that required surgery.

For more information including a statement from Pacers President of Basketball Larry Bird, visit Pacers.com.

Dunthreevy · Post #2 » by **Dunthreevy** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 5:19 pm

Sad to see Travis go because he's a good guy, but it's something that was inevitable anyway. You were right about the respect thing too. Any player waived AFTER March 1st is ineligible for the playoffs. Maybe someone like Boston signs him to be their 3rd PG/insurance policy for the playoffs, since Nate Robinson is more of a scoring PG, than a guy that's going to quarterback the team.

Post #3 » by **PR07** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 5:35 pm

He was a pretty good 3rd string PG for us, and filled in admirably when we had some injuries. However, he's missed a lot of time due to injuries, and there's really no time for him now that AJ Price has somewhat emerged onto the scene.

kdawg531 · Post #4 » by **kdawg531** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 6:41 pm

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/ ... gn_diener/

He's going to Portland. Good to see him go to a playoff team. I wish him the best of luck

HookShotHibbert · Post #5 » by **HookShotHibbert** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 8:02 pm

kdawg531 wrote:http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/65061/20100301/blazers_to_sign_diener/

He's going to Portland. Good to see him go to a playoff team. I wish him the best of luck

This is exactly what I told Dunthreevy this morning, I thought the timing was so he would be eligible to join a team's playoff roster. Glad to see him picked up so quickly!

Norm2953 · Post #6 » by **Norm2953** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 9:20 pm

Speaking as a Blazer's fan, I don't know if Diener will get much play in Portland
but it was a classy move by the Pacer's management to release him so that he
could go to a playoff team.

Dunthreevy · Post #7 » by **Dunthreevy** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 10:01 pm

Norm2953 wrote:Speaking as a Blazer's fan, I don't know if Diener will get much play in Portland
but it was a classy move by the Pacer's management to release him so that he
could go to a playoff team.

If he's given the chance to run the team, you'll like what you see. He's very efficient at the PG position. Had he met the league minimum requirements last season, he would've led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 5.81 to 1.

glasket · Post #8 » by **glasket** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 11:11 pm

Yes certainly a classy move to waive before the playoff deadline
AJ has made Travis expandable
I wish Travis all the luck he deserves with the Blazers however I don't see him get much court time for the Blazers at all with their current PG situation.

FreeRon · Post #9 » by **FreeRon** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 11:27 pm

If I understand correctly, since he was picked up by the Blazers he comes off of our books? He certainly couldn't have cleared waivers in less than a day...

Dunthreevy · Post #10 » by **Dunthreevy** » Mon Mar 1, 2010 11:38 pm

FreeRon wrote:If I understand correctly, since he was picked up by the Blazers he comes off of our books? He certainly couldn't have cleared waivers in less than a day...

No. They are signing him once he clears waivers. If they were to pick him up off waivers then his remaining salary would come off our payroll. Same deal as Tinsley basically, except Tinsley had 2 years remaining on his contract and Travis' is up after the season.

FreeRon · Post #11 » by **FreeRon** » Tue Mar 2, 2010 4:55 am

Missed that the first time through...guess it doesn't really matter much anyways. He doesn't have a huge contract and it ends this year, so we would have saved very little.

frozt · Post #12 » by **frozt** » Wed Mar 3, 2010 2:46 am

end of an era imo.

Wizop · Post #13 » by **Wizop** » Wed Mar 3, 2010 3:45 am

I don't think that's right. pretty sure (see the CBA FAQ) that if another teams signs a waived player whose contract you'd guaranteed, you get to set-off whatever the second team agrees to pay him against the guarantee. with Tinsley that wasn't much since the guarantee was big and the new contract was small, but with Diener the new contract can't be all that much less than the old one since it was a small contract to begin with. we'll save something.