We’re still paying Carroll and Gasol I think, might as well add more to the checkbooks.
No doubt....he's gonna really have to up his game by the draft to remain relevant..
We’re still paying Carroll and Gasol I think, might as well add more to the checkbooks.
So much for that. This is the same piece of that demanded a trade from two different teams because he wasn't satisfied with being the second option to both Lillard and Nephew. Spurs show him loyalty by guaranteeing him 25 mil when he's only owed 7 mil and he proceeds to piss on their faces on the way out.
Call it informed speculation, but I think what happened is Aldridge had agreed to the large buyout, but once his agent realized the Spurs had committed to get Chriss deal and no other deals to lessen the tax burden, he knew he could squeeze the Spurs into paying a lot more.
Threatening to take zero pay cut and forcing the Spurs into the tax made the Spurs fold like cheap sheets.
Spurs got wrecked AGAIN
Not any worse than Spurs fans, tbh.
haha not gasol but caroll 6 M this year and 1.2 M next year.
Ok, is it down to $7.25 yet?
It's been a rough day for the Sniff Crew tbh.
So it's true that Chriss can't be waived. Pop just released a statement saying how much of a high character guy Chriss is. He's covering for ownership. Disastrous trade deadline when you combine this with LMA giving back practically nothing.
Keep expecting to come in this thread an hour later and see the Spurs guaranteed Aldridge 2021-22 money too.
For all we know they did to get ownership even more money.
Rofl it gets worse in Spurs FO is a joke now
Yeah, that's what it sounds like to me.
I was 99% sure the source was BSing about the insurance angle ... but it looks legit. I can't even remember a time a team traded for a player and kept him around for insurance purposes. I hold out some hope that it's not true because that's unprecedented, AFAIK.
Can someone explain the insurance angle and how it helps ownership save money?
Ownership has signaled that they have no faith in this team and they will look to make money wherever they can(I partially don't blame them after three consecutive years of buyouts). Only hope at this point would be to tank the rest of the season and nab someone in the lottery that can make a difference to change the ownership's mind. We desperately need a franchise player.
The insurance covers his contract as long as he remains on the roster, since he was ruled out for the season way back in the start of the season. The Spurs front office took money from the Warriors to take him, so it clears a roster spot for the Warriors as well as less cap space hit.
Thanks. So if they waive him spurs are on hook for his money and not insurance, correct?
Basically, we sold a roster spot that's now unusable...
Correct. Waiving him nulls the insurance.
That's what I'm hearing ... although I don't know if that's accurate, tbh. NBA contracts and insurance is a murky world. Insurance companies have limits of how many players they cover and can omit certain players from coverage, etc. But it's safe to say if the Spurs don't release a player who they got paid to take who is out for the season, the reason he's not waived is 100% insurance related.
it's like having a second trey lyles.
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