Chance of Pekovic not coming

shangrila · Post #21 » by **shangrila** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:24 am

I don't know whether to laugh or call the cops

younggunsmn · Post #22 » by **younggunsmn** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:26 pm

Pekovic is the last to sign because he is the only draft pick/returning FA who has no cap hold until signed. Kahn wants all his other moves done first to maximize maneuverability under the salary cap.

Hopefully it gets announced today or tomorrow.

Post #23 » by **Worm Guts** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:24 pm

younggunsmn wrote:Pekovic is the last to sign because he is the only draft pick/returning FA who has no cap hold until signed. Kahn wants all his other moves done first to maximize maneuverability under the salary cap.

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It shouldn't matter when he signs. You've still got to save room for him. It's not like we can go over the cap to sign him.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #24 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:24 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
younggunsmn wrote:Pekovic is the last to sign because he is the only draft pick/returning FA who has no cap hold until signed. Kahn wants all his other moves done first to maximize maneuverability under the salary cap.

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It shouldn't matter when he signs. You've still got to save room for him. It's not like we can go over the cap to sign him.

maybe he doesn't necessarily want him, might want to trade his rights instead and make somebody use their MLE to sign him

NewWolvesOrder · Post #25 » by **NewWolvesOrder** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:45 pm

We need Pekovic, as of right now we don't have anybody we can get physical with guys like Dwight, Perkins and now Cousins.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #26 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:50 pm

doesn't mean Kahn knows that, Pekovic was a McHale pick so it automatically makes him an expendable player

Post #27 » by **Worm Guts** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:03 pm

I don't think we would have agree to terms with him if we were going to trade him.

Saltine · Post #28 » by **Saltine** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:59 pm

Yeah, that would be a bad precedent...

Krapinsky · Post #29 » by **Krapinsky** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:32 am

DarrenWolfson

RT @APkrawczynski: Kahn says he expects to finalize deal with Pekovic in next week or so. #Twolves

Devilzsidewalk · Post #30 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:34 am

I didn't know it was so to being finalized, I'm glad, I'm actually more excited about seeing Pekovic than Johnson.

Saltine · Post #31 » by **Saltine** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:38 am

http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolve ... olves.html

Kahn said there's no snag in the Pekovic negotiations, doesn't believe there's any reason to think Pekovic will reconsider and stay in Europe and said he hopes to have all the paperwork signed within a week

jerseys10 · Post #32 » by **jerseys10** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:27 am

I have a really small...uh...tenure

Post #33 » by **revprodeji** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:26 pm

Devilzsidewalk wrote:Seriously though guys, The Montenegran Rapist? What kind of slanderous BS nickname is that?!?! Just because a guy forces his way to the hole without a person's consent, absolutely REFUSING to take no for an answer, now all of a sudden he's a friggin rapist? To me thats no rapist, thats the Montenegran Successful Love Doctor. Yea you guys know what I'm talkin about!!!

European Kobe?

on the real, I wonder if the Pekovic signing, "announcement" of the Ridnour deal and the obviously pending Sessions trades are all related in order to stay under the cap without waiving the TPE.

Kurosawa · Post #34 » by **Kurosawa** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:42 pm

This. Rev nailed it.

Breakdown777 · Post #35 » by **Breakdown777** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:52 am

revprodeji wrote:on the real, I wonder if the Pekovic signing, "announcement" of the Ridnour deal and the obviously pending Sessions trades are all related in order to stay under the cap without waiving the TPE.

What has to happen in what order for this to work? Do we need to trade Sessions before we can make the signings official?

mark blunt · Post #36 » by **mark blunt** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:02 am

jerseys10 wrote:I have a really small...uh...tenure

haha

big3_8_19_21 · Post #37 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:29 am

I still don't understand why we want the TPE more than raw cap space.

Saltine · Post #38 » by **Saltine** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:38 am

If you use up all your cap, you can use the tpe to exceed that cap. I don't think it matters in this situation, but that's one benefit.

shrink · Post #39 » by **shrink** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:47 am

big3_8_19_21 wrote:I still don't understand why we want the TPE more than raw cap space.

They are similar concepts, with different restrictions.

A TPE lasts for one-year. It exists whether we go over the cap, so if you can imagine us next summer adding an MLE player and Brewer on an extension and going $10 mil over the cap, we'd still have time to use the TPE. The downside of TPE's are that they can't be combined, and you can't use them to complete a trade. If you own one, you're over the salary cap, and forced to abide by salary cap restrictions on trades. If we wanted to use raw cap space, we need to renounce our exceptions, including the TPE.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #40 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:02 am

hmmm...interesting. With draft picks signed, possibly Brewer extended and maybe a free agent, I could see us getting over the cap, too. Will the new CBA likely lower the cap number?