Brian Fowler Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Get him the fuck out of the East. Seriously, dude plays Detroit like the second coming of Wilt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Teams under cap that can bid on Boozer... Kevin Pelton @kpelton 2m My first cut at a list of teams with cap space for Boozer amnesty bid: Hawks Hornets Lakers Bucks Magic Sixers Suns Jazz I can't imagine the Sixers bidding at all. Magic probably not either. So 6 teams. I wish they'd show the bidding numbers. I could see the Hornets being the team that would go with $2,999,999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 No surprise... Mike Miller to Cleveland for two years. Second year, player option. Heard it on summer league TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I'm sure Miller will get enough swag from LeBron's sponsors to make up for some of the money he turned down elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Will the Rockets be under the cap? Hard to tell with all their moves and I'm not inclined to do the math. That's a team I could see grabbing Boozer for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I think they are in that "over the cap, under the tax" sweet spot, but I couldn't swear to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I'm reminded today why I fucking love Nowitzki. Far and away my favorite player ever, and to see that number, when he still deserves close to max is amazing. Makes me feel even better knowing that he turned down the Lakers and Rockets. I'm glad that Dirk is happy in Dallas and all, but after the complete boning the players got in the last CBA I get kind of squicky about stars being encouraged to take even less money because of loyalty. It's Boozer's destiny to end up in Cleveland with Lebron. Just 11 years later than planned. I agree with you, but in the case of guys like Duncan and Dirk, I don't think anyone twisted their arms. Dirk went into last season that he planned to take less. I didn't think he meant less than 10mil per year, but that's a choice he made. If he wanted max, I have no doubts that Cuban would have paid him. I don't think a guy like Lebron or Melo should be undercutting themselves, but for a superstar 35 or older, taking the max is extremely selfish if you're on a team that needs to add pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 How many teams have their amnesty left? Seems like the Bulls have been saving their's for Boozer since every team got one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I think the Pistons never ended up using theirs, and now Charlie V's contract is up, so it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 OKC still has theirs, but say they won't use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 As a UConn dude, I can tell you that the amnesty idea probably came about when someone realized how much Charlie V was making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Wasn't it supposedly inspired by Amare? Then the Knicks fucked it up like the "Allan Houston" rule, when they didn't cut the right guy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Pretty much. Cut Billups instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Well, Golden State probably beat out New York for worst use of the amnesty this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Who did Golden State use it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Charlie Bell. He had 1 year and $4 million left on his deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/video/id-dpZG94bjrwz-TMMblZBkoo4Pd-OcD28L/NBA%20superstars%20gate-crash%20de%20Stoop%20party#ooid=dpZG94bjrwz-TMMblZBkoo4Pd-OcD28L Aron Baynes and Patty Mills invade a live news cross in Australia carrying the Larry O'Brien. Reporter has no idea who they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Charlie Bell. He had 1 year and $4 million left on his deal. LOL. Can't remember who brought it up, here or Simmons, but they REALLY should have let teams trade amnesty rights. Just imagine the short sighted franchise killing stupidity that could have happened. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Simmons has brought up that topic several times. The hilarity that would have ensued with amnesities being thrown around like candy would have been priceless to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 But was there someone The Dubs should have used it on instead, like Amare in New York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 They had Biedrins making more money and not doing much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The Warriors used their amnesty on Charlie Bell and waived Jeremy Lin rather than use it on Andris Biedrins. (They also rescinded a qualifying offer to Reggie Williams.) They did so in order to sign DeAndre Jordan to an offer sheet that the consensus seemed to be that the Clippers would not hesitate to match (which they did). Plan B ended up being signing Kwame Brown for almost $7 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The Warriors used their amnesty on Charlie Bell and waived Jeremy Lin rather than use it on Andris Biedrins. (They also rescinded a qualifying offer to Reggie Williams.) They did so in order to sign DeAndre Jordan to an offer sheet that the consensus seemed to be that the Clippers would not hesitate to match (which they did). Plan B ended up being signing Kwame Brown for almost $7 million All it cost the Warriors to dump Beidrins ended up being the draft pick that became Rodney Hood, and one in two years, but yeah you saved 4 million by dumping Bell. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I don't like to look at the draft pick as who the other team picked but instead... who else was on the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The Warriors used their amnesty on Charlie Bell and waived Jeremy Lin rather than use it on Andris Biedrins. (They also rescinded a qualifying offer to Reggie Williams.) They did so in order to sign DeAndre Jordan to an offer sheet that the consensus seemed to be that the Clippers would not hesitate to match (which they did). Plan B ended up being signing Kwame Brown for almost $7 millionAll it cost the Warriors to dump Beidrins ended up being the draft pick that became Rodney Hood, and one in two years, but yeah you saved 4 million by dumping Bell. . . . Given it was part of the Iguodala three-team trade, I'm not sure you can slice Biedrins cost being only that pick. The Warriors gave up five picks in that deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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