GeraldWallace#3
Bench
If Keith Van Horn can come out of retirement to be in a trade ......
can Corliss do it?
can Corliss do it?
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nbrans
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Corliss definitely can, and in fact Michael Curry just called Corliss and advised him not to sign anything in case the Kings need to make a trade:
"I told him, make sure he didn't sign any (retirement) papers," Curry said, laughing. "You never know if (Sacramento) might need to throw him into a deal for Ron Artest or something.
"Shoot, I had to go look at my papers, too."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220/SPORTS0102/802200338/1127
"I told him, make sure he didn't sign any (retirement) papers," Curry said, laughing. "You never know if (Sacramento) might need to throw him into a deal for Ron Artest or something.
"Shoot, I had to go look at my papers, too."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220/SPORTS0102/802200338/1127
He can, but not the way that Van Horn or McKie did.
Van Horn may have been "retired," but Dallas still owed him money, and they still owned his contract. Basically what happened there is that Cuban told him that he could stay home and sit out the remainder of his contract. Same deal with McKie.
Williamson is no longer under contract. He's apparently (if nbrans' cite can be believed) not officially retired, but we'd have to re-sign him to trade him, and he wouldn't be under any obligation to sign with us in the first place.
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Actually I think that is the way it was reported with Van Horn too -- something about him agreeing to sign a new deal for $4mil just for the season, so made it a sign and trade. I think ditto too for Aaron McKie.
My understanding was that their contracts expired but no retirement papers had been filed with the league so both teams still owned the players Bird rights. Had retirement papers been filed they would have only been allowed to be signed for the vet min or whatever cap exceptions each team had plus whatever other restrictions are placed on signing players just to move them (30 days?).
I am not sure if this had ever been done prior to this season and I do wonder if the league would close this apparent loop hole prior to the start of next season.
I am not sure if this had ever been done prior to this season and I do wonder if the league would close this apparent loop hole prior to the start of next season.
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Do we still have Brent Price's rights?? LOL come on VF!!
kings20993
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kings20993
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yea i know
