Most Likely Amnesty Clauses: Mehmet Okur

[AlaskanAssassin]

https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7147880/nba-most-likely-amnesty-candidates

Interesting article on who should be cut with an amnesty clause expected to be part of the next CBA. Chad Ford suggests that the Jazz would consider either Okur or Bell.

My hope is for Bell.

 

[margodydek]

The article talks about how some GMs don't feel it's fair that they'd have to use the amnesty clause on a player who's currently under contract because some teams don't necessarily have a bad contract on their books. While Memo's on the books for a lot more than he deserves, I don't think its a bad contract as it only has one year left. As a Jazz fan I would hope that the only contingent on it is that it needs to be used within the next ten years (life of the CBA), which would basically give us a free pass on someone in the future. While the Jazz would have almost unlimited flexibilty with Memo off the books, having an amnesty clause in their back pocket would probably be more valuable.

 

[YB85]

If they use it, I hope it's for Bell. Memo for one year $10+M is much better than multiple years of Raja at $3+M per.

 

[JimLes]

Cutting Memo would not make much sense. We'd still have to pay him and who would we sign with the cap space on short notice? It's better to either let him expire or trade him at the deadline to some team desperate to shed salary.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

If they use it, I hope it's for Bell. Memo for one year $10+M is much better than multiple years of Raja at $3+M per.

One game w/ Memo @ 10M is better than two years of Raja @ 50 cents a game.
We need Memo, at least there's a chance he can still shoot.
No chance Raja can shoot.

 

[BaronDavisIsDonkeyOnShrek]

i assume raja's the one. go look at fanzz.com and nbastore.com and all raja bell apparel is on sale

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I also talked to Greg outside a SuperTarget, and he said it was Raja too.
It's a lock.

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

Cutting Memo would not make much sense. We'd still have to pay him and who would we sign with the cap space on short notice? It's better to either let him expire or trade him at the deadline to some team desperate to shed salary.

I think the idea would be to get under the cap to avoid luxury payments rather than use his space to sign someone else. Hopefully Kanter can take most of his bench minutes.

 

[freakazoid]

i assume raja's the one. go look at fanzz.com and nbastore.com and all raja bell apparel is on sale

Still a rip-off.

 

[YB85]

i assume raja's the one. go look at fanzz.com and nbastore.com and all raja bell apparel is on sale

Just the fact that there is Raja Bell apparel is a surprise to me.

 

[freakazoid]

Just the fact that there is Raja Bell apparel is a surprise to me.

I heard they almost sold one jersey, but after having second thoughts, Mrs. Bell went with a Hayward instead.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

How does amnesty work exactly? I've seen people saying that even if we use the clause on Okur, we'd still be on the hook for his salary. So how the heck does it work?