Pistons waive Josh smith

[datamanwes]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 6m6 minutes ago
The Pistons announce that they have waived Josh Smith. Wow.

 

[Albatros]

Bet he ends up on a contender.

 

[John Galt]

Guess it was lucky Malone was still here to resist giving up assets for him then?

 

[Merdiesel]

Wow. I know it wasn't working in Detroit but to flat out cut him? Thats nuts.

 

[206Fan]

Holy wow.. wtf?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Makes me wonder if this will give PDA a reason to go after him. Please, God. Please don't let it happen.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Bet he ends up on a contender.

If he was bad enough to be released by the Pistons, I am not sure any contender will be so excited to bring him into the locker and possibly ruin the team's chemistry.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

LMAO. nobody wanted to give up any assets to get him.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

kings can get him now w/ their trade exception

 

[LPKingsFan]

According to Woj, our best offer was JT AND Landry. No expirings.

 

[kingjatt]

If he was bad enough to be released by the Pistons, I am not sure any contender will be so excited to bring him into the locker and possibly ruin the team's chemistry.

I think a stable winning organization like dallas or SA could bring out the best in him, for all his faults he is still an incredible athlete, playmaker and defender.

 

[LPKingsFan]

kings can get him now w/ their trade exception

By trading with whom?

 

[kingjatt]

Now that no assets would be given up to get him, I wouldn't mind him being on the kings.

 

[Merdiesel]

kings can get him now w/ their trade exception

Remind me again how this works...

 

[Albatros]

Mavs already being mooted.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

lol oops just looked it up. thought we could use the trade exception to claim him off waivers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I think a stable winning organization like dallas or SA could bring out the best in him, for all his faults he is still an incredible athlete, playmaker and defender.

A team like Dallas or San Antonio might be what's best for Josh Smith; I can't imagine that either Rick Carlisle or Gregg Popovich believe that Josh Smith is what's best for them.

 

[upinsmoke]

According to Woj, our best offer was JT AND Landry. No expirings.

I completely believe it too. Why help out Detroit to get out of his terrible contract?

 

[Sac.Kings]

Well... This is kind of surprising. So I believe that there is a period now (a day or 2) where teams can claim him off waivers, and the highest offer gets to keep him. If he clears waivers, he can sign with whoever he likes. I think he is worth the gamble. We wouldn't have to give anyone up.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Eh? I thought that waiver priority was based on the salary cap? Team lowest under the cap gets first dibs, and so on. I didn't think that how much was offered had anything to do with it?

 

[funkykingston]

Well... This is kind of surprising. So I believe that there is a period now (a day or 2) where teams can claim him off waivers, and the highest offer gets to keep him. If he clears waivers, he can sign with whoever he likes. I think he is worth the gamble. We wouldn't have to give anyone up.

Not exactly. Any team may try to claim him off waivers and they would then pay the entirety of his contract. If more than one team makes a waiver claim then the team with the worse record gets him. If no team makes a waiver claim (very likely IMO) then he becomes a free agent.

 

[kingjatt]

Bill Simmons@BillSimmons1 minute ago
My top-5 predictions for a Josh Smith destination: (1) Kings, (2) Kings, (3) Kings, (4) Rockets, (5) Kings. ("Josh Smith? Josh Smith?")

 

[Merdiesel]

Bill Simmons@BillSimmons1 minute ago
My top-5 predictions for a Josh Smith destination: (1) Kings, (2) Kings, (3) Kings, (4) Rockets, (5) Kings. ("Josh Smith? Josh Smith?")

I believe there is still a chance we can get ATL Smith. The same guy who broke the record for youngest NBA player to 1000 blocks! Lets go PDA!

 

[andjel]

Williams, Ben, Guy, Smith, Cousins..... my thoughts are divided regarding this possibility.

 

[lwc]

Kings and Macs have interest according to Bleacher Report.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Not exactly. Any team may try to claim him off waivers and they would then pay the entirety of his contract. If more than one team makes a waiver claim then the team with the worse record gets him. If no team makes a waiver claim (very likely IMO) then he becomes a free agent.

The thing is that in order to claim him off of waivers a team has to have enough room under the salary cap to pick up the entire current year of the contract (i.e. Smith is a $13.5M salary cap hit this, year, so you have to have $13.5M in space). There is only one team with the cap space to claim Smith off of waivers: Philadelphia. Fat chance the Salary-floor Sixers are going to try to pick up nearly $40M over the next three years. So Smith will clear waivers and then sign for the minimum wherever he wants.

Is he worth a flyer at the minimum? YES YES YES YES YES YES YES. Will he sign with us? We're not really a contender, so I kind of doubt it.

 

[kingjatt]

Sam Amick@sam_amickabout 12 minutes ago
Early indications are that Dallas won't have interest in Josh Smith. Have to wonder if Rondo or his folks push for it, but I'm told no.


Bill Simmons@BillSimmonsabout 9 minutes ago
No way Dallas signs Josh Smith. They know you can have one head case but not 2 - then, they hang out. It's Steve Kerr's 2 Knucklehead Rule.

 

[chasen4r1]

Wow, this is shocking

 

[SCKingsfan]

Williams, Ben, Guy, Smith, Cousins..... my thoughts are divided regarding this possibility.

We're getting Buddy Guy? He can rock the jazz

 

[chasen4r1]

If we can sign him for the minimum, then absolutely take a chance. Minimal hit to our cap without giving up anything, might as well go for it