OK if you want to play semantic games, yes, if you define it that way. Bradley getting market wages is much worse than paying a rookie below market, but this "X dollars must be spent on salary" is just nonsense. Like the CBA is forcing owner's hands to spend, rather than their desire to acquire valuable assets? The percentage of BRI component of the CBA is an enormous drag on player salary.

What? Solution to what problem? I'm not solving any problem, I'm just saying that the idea that Bradley makes more money because "money has to go somewhere" is gibberish because money doesn't have to go anywhere. Owners WANT the services of basketball players, basketball player labor is extremely valuable.

Bradley is still a bad deal, imo

If it's a choice between overpaying a guy like Avery Bradley, and paying extra $$ to the players you already have because you're under the salary floor, obviously you'd rather give the money to Bradley. I realize that hurts your cap space in future years, but cap space is getting less and less valuable. Some of these teams below the salary floor are going to make some lol signings, Ben Gordon for 2/9 is just the beginning.

Can we lolhawks for giving away Bebe so they could dump Lou Williams for cap space, and then using that cap space to sign a player worse than Lou Williams?

this this this

all the value is in big contracts. or minimum/rooks.

Yeah, we had a TZ talk about this, the new limits on contact length make expiring contracts way less valuable than they used to be. Like some Knicks slappies are consoling themselves about how after Melo leaves they'll have cap room in 2016 if they stop spending... but almost team will have cap room in 2016 if they stop spending. It's super easy to get cap room.

Oh wow I didn't even put those two things together, but yeah, wow, Danny Ferry. Get your **** together.

I know it's a pipedream, but on the radio this morning they mentioned the possibility of signing Luol or Ariza this year, which would make our defense pretty damn good even with Dirk. Then, when Chandler's contract comes off the books, sign him for much less or not at all and go after Aldridge.

I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but even if we sign a SF this year, we should have up to $15mm to spend again once Chandler comes off the books.

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Hearing Ariza returning to the #Wizards is almost a done deal. Two sides still talking terms.

Hawks are having a horrendous offseason.

So much for that ferry "learning from his spurs experience and bud's influences" theory

what have they done?

fake Woj account just tookover twitter for a few seconds, lol

2015 tho

and cmon ya gotta have something to look forward to. I mean the cavs win the lottery more often than the knicks get to whiff on some cap space

Traded first-round Bebe to dump Lou Williams. Signed Thabo who is old and finished. Drafted Payne early who is possibly older than Thabo.

Functionally they traded Lou and Bebe for Thabo and the right to pay John Salmons a million bucks.

Calderon was really a nice fit with Monta, he was able to work well off the ball and hit 3s. They are a great suitor for another stretch 4 (Frye, Hawes even) but they have Chandler/Dirk/Wright already so not sure if they would want to pay for that much of a bigs rotation.

What if Cuban takes a flyer on LANCE?! Lance at SF, Monta at SG, undersized but insane penetration on offense. Just need a PG that can shoot and move off the ball, DJ Augustin could be okay.



Collison must have like 3 inches on IT? We all know IT is really like 5'8"


Agree, but them getting Horford back is all they really needed. Bebe wouldn't play anytime soon. I fully expect them to re-sign Brand (is he still under contract? idk)

Hawks could definitely move Teague still as well

Lou Williams is done as an actual good player - if he can't draw fouls at a high rate he's just another chucker who can't play D, and he's getting older and has blown an ACL. Bebe already has chronic knee issues (he got shut down for 3 months last season). They also got a 2nd rounder out of it.

Pretty sure Orlando has done worse if you look at it like this.


Also, your offseason Mallory Edens update:



you're welcome

lou williams sucks, thats no loss. doesnt the noguiera guy have a messed up knee? (idk anything about it, saw it mentioned itt tho)

signing thabo is of little consequence. ive completely soured on him, so im not a fan of it, but i dont completely hate it either.

Also.. didn't Atlanta give the Bucks a future 2nd rounder for Lamar Patterson in the draft?

LeBatard is the best talking head in the media by far

If you listen to his radio show "That's fair criticism or I was wrong, I apologize" is said often

Pretty sure that the podcast is unedited outside of adding occasional prefaces from Mike Ryan or they've said they're going to include some content that didn't make the radio (listener songs mainly) - so nothing is omitted ever (outside of rare technical issues)

I listen to the pod daily so I'll post it if you forget to

Isn't the Thabo signing redundant w/ Demarre Carroll on the roster?

hes the backup 2/3 now. unless they've signed another wing im not aware of.

Ya I just can't remember a team w/ two similar 6'7+ wings who defend but don't score getting prominent minutes

Just need to sign a Korver lite and there's symmetry on the perimeter

Maybe get a hold of Marquis to back up Jeff too

this is true for every sport