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Thanks for the info! I'm totally cool with adding some vets and running this thing back.

 

Ariza? Luc? Green?

 

Can someone tell me who JB/KT are?

 

Jimmy Butler, Karl-Anthony Towns

 

Jimmy Butler and Karl Towns

 

Keep everyone, package whatever picks you have to for an Anderson trade. Get something for his corpse

 

? normal procedure to retain restricted FA status

 

Sergio Llull?!

 

Cousins to the Wizards with John Wall?

 

I never heard they did it. I heard they were expected to.

 

Lebron is in a pickle, & I think his opting out could be a blessing in disguise. Lebron hopes to join Lakers w/ Kawhi & PG, but for reasons already discussed ($$ for PG, Spurs demands for Kawhi), it's in limbo.

What does Lebron do? Does he go to LA alone? Not ideal. Does he stay in Cleveland? No way. Enter Houston/CP3/Morey with a pitch to save the day. Here's the step-by-step proposal:

Step 1. Renounce rights to CP3, Ariza, T. Black & Joe Johnson.

Step 2. Trade Anderson plus multiple 1st/2nd picks to a rebuilding team for non-guaranteed salary.

Step 3. Trade Nene, Onuaku, Qi for non-guaranteed salaries.

Step 4. Waive Aaron Jackson & all incoming non-guaranteeds.

Step 5. We are now under the $129 hard cap @ $62 (Harden $30.4 + Gordon $13.5 + PJ $8 + Clint $7 cap hold + Green $1.5 hold + Luc $1.5 hold).

Step 6. Sign LBJ & CP3 to 4yr deals starting @ $30 each. We're now @ $122 cap.

Step 7. Match whatever offer Clint gets (assume $20 per). Now @ $142 over hard cap, but that's ok since he's RFA.

Step 8. Sign Green & Luc for vet mins. Sign other quality players for vet mins, including backup center (e.g., Brandan Wright).

Step 9. Use MLE on Ariza or comparable player.

Harden/CP3
Gordon/Green
Lebron/Ariza
Tucker/Luc
Capela/Wright

We get to keep both Capela & Gordon. Lebron & CP3 don't have to take that big of a salary haircut. Getting rid of Anderson (step 2) is the only really difficult step, but I believe it's doable if we include enough picks. And I think this team would win multiple championships. Thoughts?

 

11:00. Official no opt in.

Time to panic

 

Would make sense with the Gortat trade earlier this week. They’d have to move on from Beal or Porter.

 

Someone posted this earlier today (tweet evidence) but Morey always waits until June 30th (last day) to extend QOs so you'll see Clint's come across tomorrow

 

Gotcha. Thanks

 

Dude they are going to. You dont need to wait for the announcement. Its like a 3.9 million dollars qualifying offer. If morey didnt do it, he should be fired.

 

K dude

 

With Washington trading Gortat, it makes a lot of sense. Either that, or he stays in New Orleans.

 

New Orleans doesn't have the cap space to pay him what he wants. Lakers can though and if they get LeBron after signing him, well...

 

New Orleans has Cousins’ Bird Rights. They can go over the cap to keep him, and pay him more than any other team.