News, rumors and buzz around the draft and free agency

[Lakers_Slapper]

Jazz would have the better regular season record.

But assuming LA got into the playoffs healthy, it’d be over.

How often does the team with the three best players lose? Even if we have 4-10.

68-69 Lakers: Chamberlain, West, Baylor. 3 years and zero rings.

71-72 Knicks: Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Willis Reed, Jerry Lucas, Bill Bradley. 3 years and 1 ring.

76-77 76er's: Dr. J, World B. Free, George McGinnis. 2 years and zero rings.

96-97 Rockets: Olajuwon, Drexler, Barkley:

and of course the more recent and hopefully obvious scenarios. It happens all the time.

Anything is possible. This is the Jazz's year and there is nothing that will stop us!

 

[Jack Strop]

This is the Jazz's year and there is nothing that will stop us!

You mean like Dante clearing snow from his driveway, slipping on the ice and being run over by his snowblower?

 

[Jack Strop]

So when will GS be hard capped? They just signed Looney for 3/$15M.

 

[Ron Mexico]

So when will GS be hard capped? They just signed Looney for 3/$15M.

They had bird rights on him. There isn't a hard cap. It's a luxury tax cap. You can always keep your own players, it just might cost a lot in luxury tax.

 

[NAOS]

So when will GS be hard capped? They just signed Looney for 3/$15M.

Wtf are you taking about “hard cap”? Jesus Christo.

 

[TheStormofWar]

Wtf are you taking about “hard cap”? Jesus Christo.

Apron rules basically. The D'Lo S&T triggered it for GSW.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q20

 

[DasJazz]

Don't know if anyone caught it but Alec Burks just signed with OKC.

 

[Miggs]

Don't know if anyone caught it but Alec Burks just signed with OKC.

Good.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Apron rules basically. The D'Lo S&T triggered it for GSW.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q20

Correct they are hard capped... snick Looney I’m under the hard cap. I think all they can hand out are minimums and if someone gets hurt they can’t sign another minimum replacement. I’m not sure this Russell deal ends up being good for them.

 

[Miggs]

Calathes or Caruso and Green or Morris.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Calathes or Caruso and Green or Morris.

Minimum deals ain't getting that done unfortunately.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think Brantley can give us something at the 4. Wouldn't want to need to rely on him, but between Niang, Royce, Bojan, Brantley I think we are okay there. I wouldn't want to bring in someone that was in the Niang/Brantley tier just to have more bodies... it would have to be a clear upgrade... and that is difficult given that we only have minimums.