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Would you do this?
« on: December 31, 2013, 11:54:47 AM »

Offline Robert24

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Bass and Lee for Emeka Okafor and his huge $14 million expiring. The Suns have been great lately and could be looking to contend.
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Of course any celtics fan would love to offload those two contracts for major salary relief but why would the suns? The price for that kind of relief is generally a 1st rounder
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2013, 01:29:39 PM »

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Okafor would be a solid starting center if he could stay healthy but I think those days are behind him.

Salary relief is rather pointless for this offseason.  we don't have the talent to make it worth signing a big FA.  Bass becomes an expiring deal next year and Lee/Wallace the following year.  the cap money will clear in the next couple of years naturally and we'll be all set to go after a FA when are young players have developed into good players or good trade assets.
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2013, 01:42:07 PM »

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Quote from: slamtheking on December 31, 2013, 01:29:39 PM
Salary relief is rather pointless for this offseason.  we don't have the talent to make it worth signing a big FA.  Bass becomes an expiring deal next year and Lee/Wallace the following year.  the cap money will clear in the next couple of years naturally and we'll be all set to go after a FA when are young players have developed into good players or good trade assets.

One benefit of clearing some salaries immediately would be that it gives us more flexibility to use the trade exception, which can be used to accumulate other assets.
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Re: Would you do this?
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2013, 04:13:31 PM »

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Quote from: Roy H. on December 31, 2013, 01:42:07 PM
Quote from: slamtheking on December 31, 2013, 01:29:39 PM
Salary relief is rather pointless for this offseason.  we don't have the talent to make it worth signing a big FA.  Bass becomes an expiring deal next year and Lee/Wallace the following year.  the cap money will clear in the next couple of years naturally and we'll be all set to go after a FA when are young players have developed into good players or good trade assets.

One benefit of clearing some salaries immediately would be that it gives us more flexibility to use the trade exception, which can be used to accumulate other assets.

It would also clear out the type of salaries that are killer to rebuilders: sizable, multi-year deals, and also clear up positional overloads at SG and PF to make room for the younger, better studs.

And I'd love first dibs at Okafor in the offseason, but having Okafor and Hump both expire (along with Brooks) creates options for keeping Crawford and Bradley on fair deals without running up the cap hit.

Those are two good players, but they really are expendable, and moving on could speed things up.  The players they're supposed to be around aren't here any more either, after all.
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