Free Agency Thread - 2018
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I think you can go over the cap to match a RFA offer sheet or resign your own player to a contract, you have to be under the cap to make an offer sheet to a RFA. Cavs say they will match and they are still 14 mil under the luxury tax, so no issue there
Also we have 16 contracts already, we signed Beli , why do we need Rodney?
Also we have 16 contracts already, we signed Beli , why do we need Rodney?
Cleveland really can't afford to lose any Talent at this point. Unless it's for ending contracts. A hefty offer for hood that they aren't likely to be able to match could facilitate a sign-and-trade in which we dump some ending contracts, but I'm not sure if it's worth risking next year's flexibility.
Yeah, the only correction I would make is on going over the cap to sign your own player. That would only apply if you hold his Bird rights, which you can inherit in a trade, or if you've had him under contract for three years or more. There's also the mini-Bird exception, but it's more limited. What you can't do is sign a player to a one year deal, allow him to become an unrestricted freeagent, and then go over the cap to resign him. He wouldn't fall under the Bird exception. However, you do have the 8 mil mid level exception once your over the cap, but only for the amount of the exception.
An example might be Cousins, who signed a one year contract with the Warriors for around 5 mil. That contract will be up next season and the Warriors won't be able to go over the cap to resign Cousins if he wants a max deal.
An example might be Cousins, who signed a one year contract with the Warriors for around 5 mil. That contract will be up next season and the Warriors won't be able to go over the cap to resign Cousins if he wants a max deal.
Shams Charania: Free agent David Nwaba has come to terms with the Cleveland Cavaliers, league sources tell Yahoo. Both sides are still working on final details of deal.
A million thumbs up X a million.
If anyone thinks a rookie or young player has a shot at winning a spot over veteran players like a Zbo, Crawford, or you name it then you need to look again. Last season proved that for this franchise it's an unwinnable match up apparently even when the veteran's on off stats dictate they shouldn't really even play.
And I'm concerned that the Kings haven't cut Ben yet regardless. I still think in the right scenario he has upside, but if this becomes a merry go round for 3 between he, Bogdan, and Buddy then you might as well just waive them all now. The Kings need to build value, not head into another year where the NBA believes that every other team has an average of 3 players better than the Kings very best. Vlade doesn't have enough decent picks to facilitate more trades, haha.
If anyone thinks a rookie or young player has a shot at winning a spot over veteran players like a Zbo, Crawford, or you name it then you need to look again. Last season proved that for this franchise it's an unwinnable match up apparently even when the veteran's on off stats dictate they shouldn't really even play.
And I'm concerned that the Kings haven't cut Ben yet regardless. I still think in the right scenario he has upside, but if this becomes a merry go round for 3 between he, Bogdan, and Buddy then you might as well just waive them all now. The Kings need to build value, not head into another year where the NBA believes that every other team has an average of 3 players better than the Kings very best. Vlade doesn't have enough decent picks to facilitate more trades, haha.
What's the rush? Training camp hasn't even started. This isn't to say that I think Ben is going to be a big contributor for us this year, but as long as we have a roster spot and we have to pay him, why not keep him around? We can cut him if and when it becomes necessary, and if we don't cut him he could potentially be useful expiring salary in a trade, even if he never sees the floor.
Obviously since we have 16 players under contract by the end of training camp somebody (Deyonta Davis, come on down!) is going to have to be cut, but there's literally no rush. We gain nothing by doing it now, and have at least marginal benefits for waiting until needed to cut him. If he were a locker room cancer and we just needed him to GO AWAY that would be one thing, but I've never seen a media report that suggested Ben was anything other than a really nice, sweet, quiet guy in the locker room.
Obviously since we have 16 players under contract by the end of training camp somebody (Deyonta Davis, come on down!) is going to have to be cut, but there's literally no rush. We gain nothing by doing it now, and have at least marginal benefits for waiting until needed to cut him. If he were a locker room cancer and we just needed him to GO AWAY that would be one thing, but I've never seen a media report that suggested Ben was anything other than a really nice, sweet, quiet guy in the locker room.
Id like Crawford as leader of the bench with Buddy moving into the starting line up. As former 6th man of the year he is still instant offense and a great mentor. We need a bit of experience and bench offense for our playoff run which whilst instigated fully through the hands of our youth will require certain vet leadership and production.
I would not mind letting Corey Brewer have a shot at our SF spot (If Williams doesn't get a full deal) the guy last season made a pretty decent impact on the Thunder (18 games) with 10ppg 2.1spg and 3rpg the guy fits our style perfectly and shoots equally poorly as Jackson/Shump I'm actually kind of shocked no one signed him.