The poison pill has nothing to do with it. Even if Pritchard hadn't signed the extension the same thing would be true. Due to being a supertax team Boston only has a 10% buffer in trade, and Pritchard plus any two guys from the end of the bench are about 500-600k short of the necessary total. You can get there by including Walsh.
I believe BOS could re-sign Griffin (with a raise) and throw him into a deal to match salaries.
I might be missing something, but could he even jump Brissett in the rotation?
I’m torn on him here. I’ve always liked him, and he’s a good post up weapon, both as a scorer and creator, but the shot is just SO bad lol.
Tate gives us that versatile defender that can be plugged in against certain matchups. He’s a guy who can play over a Pritchard or even Hauser when the matchups dictate as we discussed with Lonnie Walker. Of course he’s much more limited than Walker since he can’t shoot but I’ll take some versatile wing depth.
You're completely right. The poison pill element could only possibly be an issue on the other side for the Bulls, and they aren't in the tax so it isn't an issue. Thanks for the note about the MLE. That is pretty interesting. I'd imagine more teams will hold onto it and use it midseason in trades.
You know what, that actually works. His NBA minimum would be around $2.8 million, I believe, so Pritchard, Griffin, and someone like Banton would cover the salary. Then it would just be a matter of draft picks.
Does it? Can a player signed after November 8th, 2023 to a standard (not a two-way) contract be traded at all this season (Feb 8th deadline)? Isn't there a three month rule? You pretty clearly know this stuff better than I do (no snark -- totally sincere) so I'd like to know for my own edification.
I can't speak to the ability to move a recently signed contract (though there's generally a blackout window to avoid exactly this scenario), but I'm *pretty* sure the salary aggregation restrictions for over cap/second apron teams don't kick in until the new league year this July
Well, I was thinking more along the lines of special rules as related to all teams in trades. Like, you can't trade for a player and aggregate that player with other players in another trade until 60 days have passed. But I appreciate the clarification as my comment wasn't clear.
So, are you basically asking if the C's could trade for, say, an $8 million player to package with their own $4 million and $10 million players to acquire a $22 million player? It can be done, it's just executed as a 3 team trade rather than sequential transactions.
No. I was wondering if they signed a player right now, and that player for some reason I didn't understand could be traded (which they cannot, so the point is moot) whether there were rules preventing that recently signed player from being aggregated with other players in a trade, similar to how a recently traded player cannot be aggregated in a trade (but can be traded straight up for another player) until 60 days have passed.
The players rights are owned by the EuroLeague team and not by any NBA team. Unless there is specific language in the CBA that I’m not aware of I don’t see why the NBA team cannot negotiate a buyout with the EuroLeague team and sign him as a FA.
Drummond very much contravenes the exciting qualities of this year's team (ball movement, 5-out offense). But he makes a lot of sense when viewed under the lens of "it's the playoffs, KP is in foul trouble or sitting for a few games, and you desperately need someone on the roster beyond Horford who can bang with Giannis/Lopez and Jokic."
They can, but the team has to have the cap room (or available exception space) to sign the player plus any buyout amount over a certain threshold ($825K in 2024).
How many times has a player been declared toast on this forum and gone on to be a worthwhile addition? Seems frequent.
He can also do similar things KP does(at an obviously worse level). While his 45% 3p shooting on 40 attempts in the Euro League is not sustainable, he is a career 35.9% 3p shooter in the league, and also blocked 1.9 shots per game throughout his NBA career. Oddly the Euro League website tracks steals, but not blocks. He's a player that I think could make a real "difference."
One game, garbage time, but Queta looked pretty good last night. The only downside of seeing him in the playoffs would be TNT mentioning every two minutes that he is from Portugal. Nothing against being from Portugal, I just can’t stand it when the TNT announcers think we aren’t paying attention and they have to go over their talking points incessantly. It’s like Pat Connaughton being from Arlington. Yes, I know!
Good points. Did you know that Jrue Holiday used to be on our rival Milwaukee?
I don't know how many times, but I imagine there are very few NBA players who have seen their minutes decrease their last 3 years in the league from 27, to 16, to 11 to out of the league make their way back. Especially make their way back to a championship contender and play any sort of meaningful minutes
I think Wright would fetch at least one 2nd round pick. I also think he'd be a pretty damn good fit on the Celtics
@benhogan has been trying to get Wright to the Cs for years. Get it done Theo!
How about someone who went 34, 31, 20, out of the league? Then came back to play meaningful minutes as the 7th man on a Championship team?
Ha, yes! Kyle Anderson and Delon have always been bench favs from the past
As an expiring, the 'Zards should be able to get at least one 2nd for him and should do it. I don't really see him being bought out.
Someone has to have the matching expiring to send to them though. I am sure there is real possibility, but still wouldn't surprise me if a deal can't be reached and he is just bought out. Problem is probably gets more regular minutes on some other contender
Not really similar, he retired despite multiple offers from NBA teams, then came back later in the same season.
