Can anyone explain to me how we got so cash strapped? It seemed just a couple seasons ago we were all talking about how good of a monitary situation we were in.
Blew all our cap space for a few years this past offseason. We had a window to reset with not much on our cap then.
Signed Green, Bass, KG, Terry, Lee all to multi-year contracts.
We're not cash strapped, and our situation is fine -- flexibility doesn't imply that we're sitting under the cap with money to spare (this is not the NFL).
For an example of someone who's really cash-strapped, check out the Nets, who have $70+ million tied up in 4 players... up to 2016. Also in the same boat: Miami and Oklahoma.
Yeah, it's important to note that high salaries do not imply inflexibility.
I would rate our flexibility as middle-of-the-road. We have three young-ish guys we could move pretty easily (Rondo, Green and Bradley). Terry and Lee are probably our worst deals on the books - those guys have negative value.
In a pinch, we could move Pierce if the only goal was shedding salary - but of course we could waive him too and only be on the hook for $5 million more.
KG has trade value but a no-trade contract. If he wants to play out his deal, we are "stuck" with that.
Bass is probably moveable, but wouldn't fetch much in return. But he has shown consistent value, it's not like he's Michael Beasley.
I think this situation is pretty good actually. If we get a good season out of Lee next year, it'll look a lot better. He's our big "albatross" right now and it's still just an MLE deal, it's not like we're paying him Gerald Wallace money.
