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CP3 as a OKC Thunder-er

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by lnchan, Jul 12, 2019.

  1. roslolian

    roslolian Member

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    Wait what? So after getting Rox picks to get rid of WB they now have to give up picks to get rid of CP3? So what was the point of getting picks from Rox in the first place?

    That's why I'm not buying into the Presti hype that WB trade isn't a good one for them.
     
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  2. jerryclark

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    Chris Paul was never going to sign a vet minimum. Get real. Not even snake durant would have done that

    Chris took that contract because he wanted to retire here and thought we would win a championship last year. A very likely outcome if we had actually prioritized assembling a championship level team over luxury tax savings.
     
  3. s3ts

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    wtf... I never said he should take the vet min.
     
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  4. s3ts

    s3ts Member

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    lol bro you must not have a clue what our cap situation is
     
  6. s3ts

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    that's a crazy assumption to make, but not surprising because you also assumed that i wanted CP to take a vet min deal....

    CP signed a contract that has him earning basically the same as Harden for 3 years... and you think Tilman is the only one being cheap? not even Lebron earns that much.

    i'll repeat this because you seem a little slow... ... Morey can work literal magic with little. if CP can take a cut (6-9 mil/yr, he can still average 30+ mil/yr) to create some room, Morey would've definitely made this roster a lot more formidable.

    the only things CP would've needed to give up is 1. pride, 2. president of players association.

    yes, leaving 20+ mil / yr on the table is a huge sacrifice. but unless he gets a buyout, his window of contending for a chip is pretty much done.
     
  7. jerryclark

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    Yea thanks for exposing yourself, clown. We are 30 million over the 2018 salary cap and you think a 6 million/yr pay cut would have fixed that? You think we are going to sign another superstar just by being 6 million less over the cap?

    What kind of "literal magic" does your dumbass think Morey should have done instead? Blackmail Adam Silver?
     
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  8. jerryclark

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    Genius posted a kendrick perkins analysis video lmao
     
  9. s3ts

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    yeah, d******d, i know we're over the cap, and i know that wasn't going to fix the cap situation.

    it's about how much you're spending, and while Tilman wasn't going to spend the most, he definitely wasn't going to stay at the mid-point of 30 teams...
     
  10. s3ts

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    never seen a bigger ******* than you on CF. for the first time ever, i'm blocking your pompous ass
     
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  11. Mr. Space City

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    Mavericks need to get in on the cp3 sweepstakes
     
  12. jerryclark

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    Consider blocking yourself too. Nobody is trying to read all that mind numbing trash
     
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    On the other hand, JLin did cause the rocket’s fan base IQ to drop about 50 points, which directly affects me a lot more than CP3’s contract.
     
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    Apparently OKC is willing to buy him out at a discount of $24 million. That’s according to SAS.

    He’ll make that back up with an MLE deal on another team.


    He’s going to the Lakers and they’ll be better than the Rockets.
     
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    This would be a nightmare scenario
     
  17. banzai

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    He prolly gonna get hurt anyway... it's like buying a bmw with 90k miles for way more than it's worth.
     
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  18. Icehouse

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    Wouldn’t OKC still have to pay him nearly $100M for nothing, and wouldn’t that $$ sit on their cap for a while?
     
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    It would be on their cap - but they are in pick central mode right now. So freeing up millions per year by reducing Paul's salary from 38M to 24M would be nice for them.
    Plus, Paul has a player option - not sure how that would work re: buyout? My understanding is it doesn't count?

    Paul
    19/20 38M
    20/21 41M
    21/22 44M (PO)

    If they buy him out at $24M per season, then they're looking at some pretty big cap savings there while they rebuild (14M, 16M, 44M in each of the next 3 seasons right?)
    Essentially it affects their cap the next 2 years LESS than having a full salary Chris Paul, and sees them in a place to have huge cash to splash for 2021/22 (ie, they sit out next off-season only)
     
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  20. Icehouse

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    Based on how they have acted in the past, I can’t see that ownership group paying someone 50M or more to never play.
     
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