They have like 10 second round picks the next 5 years or something... they gonna be okay I think.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record over this issue (that still pisses me off), LHM had come out in an interview talking about this. The context was during that year when a retired Keith Van Horn was included in a sign-and-trade for a bunch of money for Dallas to land Jason Kidd, then the Lakers used Aaron McKie, who was on the Philadelphia coaching staff, to use his bird rights in a sign-and-trade (if I recall correctly, it was the Gasol deal), and I think there was even some shenanigans with Shaq going to PHX but I’d have to brush up on that one. Anyway, LHM said that we had a deal lined up where we’d use Ostertag in a S&T but the league nixed it, saying he was retired.
Who honestly cares about salary matching shenanigans... like just let it happen. The players get this weird pay increase... it makes a trade work.... owners have to pay for nothing but its fun. Lets go back to the shenanigan era.
The shenanigans are "hey, the Lakers and Mavericks can do this with their retired guys but Utah can't." So, we're still in the shenanigan era. Are you not having fun?
Nah they literally changed the rules to prevent that type of shenanigan... I want that particular shenanigan I guess.
Yes, that’s the thing. The only reason you close that loophole is when teams like Utah think they can do it.
