Lakers: :lmao Steve Nash will not play this season :lmao

[Dex]

I do appreciate his honesty. Just not his TOSB status. I love how people want to act like players should take less to win... when this dude is flat out telling you is all that matter is the dough ...and he was the poster boy for unselfishness on the court.

I don't blame Nash at all for saying what he said. He's right; 99% in the same position would do the same thing.

Still.... Lakers

[ElNono]

Really, really bad call not to use the stretch provision on him...

[Mel_13]

Really, really bad call not to use the stretch provision on him...

Not really. Lack of cap space wasn't the reason that they didn't get any of their FA targets. Using the stretch provision on Nash would have created 6M in cap space they didn't need last summer and cost them 3M in cap space in each of the next two summers. They made the right call by eating the entire cap hit last summer.

[ElNono]

Not really. Lack of cap space wasn't the reason that they didn't get any of their FA targets. Using the stretch provision on Nash would have created 6M in cap space they didn't need last summer and cost them 3M in cap space in each of the next two summers. They made the right call by eating the entire cap hit last summer.

But now, even with a disabled player exception, they can't make as much room. There's trades to be made mid-season, or players to pick up off waivers.

On the other hand, I'm not sure how that would've affected Nash's cap hold for next season (which is sizeable at almost $15 million).

[Mel_13]

But now, even with a disabled player exception, they can't make as much room. There's trades to be made mid-season, or players to pick up off waivers.

On the other hand, I'm not sure how that would've affected Nash's cap hold for next season (which is sizeable at almost $15 million).

The DPE will be half his salary, IIRC. That's almost as much as they would have gotten with the stretch provision, with no impact on future years.

I don't think the cap hold for next year was ever an issue as Nash was never going to be in their plans beyond this season.

[Franklin]

At least when Scott gets sacked they wouldn't be looking for a coach, just give Nash the job and he'd do just as good as Kidd imho.

[djohn2oo8]

The injury exception is only 4.85 million for Nash

[LkrFan]

The injury exception is only 4.85 million for Nash

Time to update your sig son.

[whitemamba]

Spur fans going ape over anytihng lakers related, even when its beneficial