Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

[Drewski]

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1. Are the Grizzlies still under the cap with the signing of Zach Randolph?

And I hope the Nuggets don't do something stupid and sign one of these idiots to their team just to round out their roster.

They will be under the cap by a few million, but still have to re-sign Marc Gasol.

[cmebfresh]

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Do anybody think Nene is coming back to Denver? cause i don't, his buddies are in china town
Nene could go to the rockets

[Jonesy]

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I actually wouldnt mind seeing him go to the Clips...him & Blake could be a sick combo.

Wouldn't Eric Gordon take that as an insult? I guess it could work with them both in the lineup and / or BRoy in a 6th man playing decent minutes role?

[Checmate101]

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I want to know what we're going to do with Rashard Lewis?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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As long as Donald Sterling is still the owner of the Clippers, I can never take them seriously as a team that could take that next leap like the Grizzlies did.

If anybody else was the Owner, I'd have all the faith in the world for them becoming a team on the rise but as long as Sterling is there, I just can't.

[Weeks]

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As long as Donald Sterling is still the owner of the Clippers, I can never take them seriously as a team that could take that next leap like the Grizzlies did.

If anybody else was the Owner, I'd have all the faith in the world for them becoming a team on the rise but as long as Sterling is there, I just can't.

And with Vinny Del Negro as coach

[a_maz_ing]

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Do anybody think Nene is coming back to Denver? cause i don't, his buddies are in china town
Nene could go to the rockets

Actually according to world hoops he is very interested in coming back to Denver unless they try to lowball him money wise.

As long as Donald Sterling is still the owner of the Clippers, I can never take them seriously as a team that could take that next leap like the Grizzlies did.

If anybody else was the Owner, I'd have all the faith in the world for them becoming a team on the rise but as long as Sterling is there, I just can't.

Which is why I can't believe the "Chris Paul to the Clippers" story. Why a good player would go or stay in for that terrible, racist, owner is beyond me.

Also, Chris Broussard says the CP3 allegedly isn't interested in OKC because the market is too small and he wants a big city with bright lights.
As a Laker's fan that would be great, but as a KD fan, that sucks. CP3 needs to get out of the NY state of mind and get into the "teaming up with a young All pro" state of mind.
I mean KD is from Texas, if he can adjust to Oklahoma, I'm sure CP3 of North Carolina can.

[rockchisler]

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For those of you curious, the salary cap looks to be staying at $58 Million. With that said, teams currently under the salary cap will get first crack at the players coming off of being amnestied. Which means the following teams, as it currently stands, are lined up.

Jazz
Cavs
76ers
Thunder
Bucks
Suns
Warriors
T-Wolves
Pistons
Bobcats
Rockets
Raptors
Clippers
Hornets
Wizards
Nets
Grizzlies
Pacers
Kings
Nuggets

As you can see, that list is pretty extensive, meaning clearing waivers will leave guys sweating bullets who want to be free agents, and the teams wanting to pick up amnestied players that are above the cap.

Crazy to think the Pistons are under the cap with all those bad contracts they have..Tayshaun is coming off tho..

[The 24th Letter]

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I think that "player wants to play in a big city" thing is so overblown....

It's like the default thing for an analyst to say with no actual indication...

[bigeastbumrush]

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Do anybody think Nene is coming back to Denver? cause i don't, his buddies are in china town
Nene could go to the rockets

If Denver doesn't max him out...that is beyond a slap in the face.

Wouldn't Eric Gordon take that as an insult? I guess it could work with them both in the lineup and / or BRoy in a 6th man playing decent minutes role?

Brandon Roy shouldn't be starting anywhere...especially this season with the amount of back to back games he'll have to endure.

[Dice]

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Chris Mannix from SI tweeting on the Celtics supposedly putting Rondo on the trading block and the potential of CP3 being traded.

@ChrisMannixSI
ESPN report that Boston would move Rondo in the right deal not surprising. Several GM's discussed Rondo w/C's as recently as 2011 deadline.

@ChrisMannixSI
I've been told any deal involving @CP3 is unlikely as long as the NBA is the de facto owner of the Hornets. They don't want that PR mess.

@ChrisMannixSI
The decision to trade Paul is a landscape changing one that the league would very much prefer be done by an independent owner.

@ChrisMannixSI
I've always thought a Rondo-Paul swap made some sense. Rondo a younger, cheaper but still very good player who is tied into long term deal

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Which is exactly why the whole "CP3 being traded to NY" doesn't make sense. Why would the next owner trade his money maker for or better yet, why would the league trade him since they still own the team? That would go against everything Stern and Silver were preaching about "competitive balance" and whatnot.

The only way he would even get to go there would be thru FA and he would be sacrificing alot of money just for that, thanks to the new CBA.

[Dice]

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Unless the Knicks is willing to trade Melo to the Hornets I don't see it either. Can the Knicks actually trade Melo since he signed the extension?

[Kashanova]

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Which is exactly why the whole "CP3 being traded to NY" doesn't make sense. Why would the next owner trade his money maker for or better yet, why would the league trade him since they still own the team? That would go against everything Stern and Silver were preaching about "competitive balance" and whatnot.

The only way he would even get to go there would be thru FA and he would be sacrificing alot of money just for that, thanks to the new CBA.

He'd sacrifice a year in contract length I believe.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Nah, he'd be sacrificing money as well. Up to $40 Mil according to Hollinger.

Would you sacrifice that amount just to play in the same place as your boys?