04 May 2015 22:18:01
Thunder-76ers
Thunder get a 76ers 2nd rd pick 31-55 protected
Save money
76ers get Novak and PJ3
Novak is waived and PJ3 is kept and finally gets his chance
05 May 2015 13:32:01
I think you have it backwards. The Thunder have real luxory tax problems. The trade would be:
Sixers get 2nd round pick, Novak and Perry Jones
Sixers waive Novak
OKC gets mystery foreign player and/or bag of used balls.
As for Jones getting a chance, the Sixers front court will probably be: Noel, Embiid, T. Robinson, Sims maybe. Jones might not get more minutes in Philly than the 14/night he got in OKC.
Personally, I don't think the Sixers play this game with OKC again unless they get a real player or a 1st rounder. Mix in Dione Waters or Jeremy Lamb, and then give me a call.
05 May 2015 14:28:45
I agree with philly rich. Sixers might waive both those players in that trade. What value is there for them.
05 May 2015 20:56:42
Pj3 can play SF
05 May 2015 22:53:33
PJ3 is actually decent and showed some flashes at the end of the season. I immediately ignore all of phillyrich posts now. TreGib, yours at least make sense. But yeah. PJ3 could be worthwhile.
06 May 2015 21:02:06
Gosh, I hope Pizza ignores all of my posts so that he doesn't learn something about OKC and their Luxury Tax problem and how it impacts signings.
But, if Pizza should grace me with his vision for just two minutes, he might learn something and understand the reasoning for some of my posts. The issue is not whether OKC is a winning team or whether they can afford to pay the tax dollars. If they want to make a trade or make a signing, they have to get rid of some contracts.
There are other restrictions on taxpaying teams. In addition to the tax payments, taxpaying teams have the following restrictions. Note that most of these restrictions aren't triggered unless the team would be over the "apron" -- the point $4 million above the tax level -- following a signing or trade.
• Teams above the apron cannot use the Bi-Annual exception
• Teams above the apron have a smaller Mid-Level exception. Teams above the apron can offer contracts no longer than three years, while other teams can offer four. The starting salary is also lower (for example, in 2011-12 it is $3 million for teams above the apron, versus $5 million for other teams).
• Taxpaying teams can acquire less salary in a simultaneous trade.
• Starting in 2013-14, teams cannot receive a player in a sign-and-trade transaction if their team salary is above the apron at the conclusion of the trade.
• Teams above the apron do not have the same protections under the Gilbert Arenas provision. Under the Arenas provision other teams can offer restricted free agents salaries starting at the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception. If a team with the right of first refusal does not have Early Bird rights to the player and is over the apron, it will have only the smaller Taxpayer Mid-Level exception at its disposal, and cannot match an offer for the full Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception.
In addition, taxpaying teams do not receive a distribution from the league wide tax fund. However, they do receive a distribution from the escrow fund.