timschochet's thread - Ranking hemorrhoids (2 Viewers)

[thecatch]

Looks like $67.1 mil for the salary cap and $81.6 for the luxury tax.

Cap is $70m, $84.7 for tax.

 

[Abraham]

So the Spurs have to trade Mills.

We will take him.

 

[Frostillicus]

I misunderstood Woj's tweets. It's $70 and $84.7.

 

[Sammy3469]

Apparently a verbal is agreement is not worth the paper it's written on.

Good thing the NBA doesn't allow verbal agreements until midnight tonight

This is plainly incorrect. They only allow verbal agreements until tonight. Then you can sign for real.

Nope...technically they can't talk specifics until midnight tonight, so legally enter into binding verbal agreements.

 

[Frostillicus]

omg omg omg

 

[Slapdash]

Hope Dallas marked it in pencil

 

[Mister CIA]

omg omg omg

Those fans are insane.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

What was the point of creating this waiting period in the first place?

I read it somewhere today but I can't find it, but apparently it is so the league can calculate the salary cap and what not.

Yep. July 1 is the start/finish of NBA's fiscal year. They spend the first week of July counting all the money they made over the previous season, make estimates on the new season's revenues, then set the financial parameters for the new season, including the new salary cap and luxury tax threshold.

So why not just make the negotiating period.......today?

Because having a whole week of speculation without any signings is a great way to keep the NBA in the sports news cycle in the first week of July.

 

[Capella]

@gourmetspud: In a last ditch effort, Mavs are going to catapult JJ Barea through an upstairs window.

 

[SWC]

omg omg omg

Those fans are insane.

the one guy uncrossed his legs that is basically a riot in minny bromigo

 

[EYLive]

Clipper players and coaches have barricaded themselves in DJ's house until he signs at midnight.

I Love This Game! It's FAAAANTASTIC!!

 

[Capella]

@Ethan_Booker: CUBAN: then it's settled. we tunnel in through the basement

VILLANUEVA: i'm completely hairless. will that help?

CUBAN: i mean it won't hurt

 

[Capella]

@WojYahooNBA: So far, Clippers able to keep everyone else out of house, including Cuban, agents. Everyone. They're in four-corners until midnight Eastern.

 

[Jayrod]

 

[Jayrod]

What the heck? Is it like DJ is so inept he will sign with whoever is sitting in front of him at midnight?

 

[Sammy3469]

Must protect this house

 

[Ghost Rider]

What the heck? Is it like DJ is so inept he will sign with whoever is sitting in front of him at midnight?

That, and the Clippers are such a historically inept franchise, that they need to go to such lengths to keep a free agent who had a handshake deal with another team already. Jordan and the Clippers deserve each other.

 

[Capella]

Man NBA free agency is so much better than the actual season.

 

[Frostillicus]

It would be so awesome if the Mavs were like oh screw it and started a full court press on Aldridge and then he decommitted and so then the Spurs go after K-Love.

 

[SWC]

no i mean seroiusly brohans this is how a reputable franchise acts i mean nothing but class and respecability hell at this point i guess just go back jordan and then we can all laugh when you lose in the second round for the rest of ever as chris paul yells at you even though he said you were bffs take that to the bank bromiogs

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Here come the ripple effects....

@JakeLFischer: Speculation rising amongst NBA executives that Pacers will approach Mavs about a Roy Hibbert trade if DeAndre Jordan opts to re-sign w/ LAC.

 

[Frostillicus]

Here come the ripple effects....

@JakeLFischer: Speculation rising amongst NBA executives that Pacers will approach Mavs about a Roy Hibbert trade if DeAndre Jordan opts to re-sign w/ LAC.

YES. This is gonna be great. Then the Lakers re-up going after Love.

 

[Tom Hagen]

Mark Cuban doing the SNL land shark routine would be awesome.

 

[sports_fan]

Here come the ripple effects....

@JakeLFischer: Speculation rising amongst NBA executives that Pacers will approach Mavs about a Roy Hibbert trade if DeAndre Jordan opts to re-sign w/ LAC.

hibbert

 

[Instinctive]

Apparently a verbal is agreement is not worth the paper it's written on.

Good thing the NBA doesn't allow verbal agreements until midnight tonight

This is plainly incorrect. They only allow verbal agreements until tonight. Then you can sign for real.

Nope...technically they can't talk specifics until midnight tonight, so legally enter into binding verbal agreements.

Correct - they don't allow contracts. They definitely allow verbal commitments to sign with a team. Read the CBA.

Section II, Article 14 defines the moratorium period. They cannot enter into agreements about the terms (an oral contract) but they can absolutely commit to one team or another. Page 56 is where the section begins, if you have access to the CBA.

They cannot reduce such agreement to any terms, but they can negotiate over the terms. Nothing is therefore binding, so Jordan can do whatever he wants, but executives around the league are not happy with LAC right now. There are unwritten rules about this ####, like not pursuing somebody who has given the verbal "yeah I think I'll sign these, pending blah blah."

 

[sporthenry]

I personally respect what the Clippers are doing. Going all out to get their guy. I feel like if a more reputable franchise did this, everyone would say how willing they are to do what is necessary.

 

[GOB]

Meanwhile Paul Pierce is yelling at teammates to stay off the landline so he can surf the Internet.

 

[Abraham]

I personally respect what the Clippers are doing. Going all out to get their guy. I feel like if a more reputable franchise did this, everyone would say how willing they are to do what is necessary.

A more reputable franchise wouldn't do this. That's kind of the point.

 

[sporthenry]

I personally respect what the Clippers are doing. Going all out to get their guy. I feel like if a more reputable franchise did this, everyone would say how willing they are to do what is necessary.

A more reputable franchise wouldn't do this. That's kind of the point.

You really think so? So a team would be content to be a borderline playoff team opposed to potential contender? Put me in the this category then. I don't see much of a difference between this or a poison pill offer sheet.

 

[Capella]

Magic going to go get LaMarcus now IMO

 

[GOB]

Magic going to go get LaMarcus now IMO

Don't think they'll have the cap space with LeBron and Gasol signing. Then again, they could lock Aldridge in a home and cut the A/C.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

https://twitter.com/blakegriffin32/status/618960135050825729

 

[Frostillicus]

https://twitter.com/blakegriffin32/status/618960135050825729

Was just coming to post that. This is insane.

 

[scoobus]

You've gotta think it was the Wes Johnson signing that made him start rethinking things.

 

[Frostillicus]

Looking forward to Cuban reaction if/when Jordan signs with the Clips.

 

[Sammy3469]

30 out of 30 NBA franchises would do this if they wanted/needed to.

GB Blake

 

[sports_fan]

This is some juvenile ####. Probably playing nintendo in there.

 

[Capella]

@bruce_arthur: I bet all the Clippers in the house are just reading Twitter and laughing and laughing and watching the door with a gun

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

Tower Defense: NBA Free Agency style.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

If Jordan goes the Clippers, the Mavericks should withdraw their offer to Matthews and then watch all the dominoes fall.

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

I don't care what anyone else says, this is awesome and fun.

And if I was an NBA owner I would do the same thing. I would owe it to my fans to do everything in my power to put the best team on the court. That is what is important at the end of the day.

 

[got_nugs]

Looking forward to Cuban reaction if/when Jordan signs with the Clips.

Over/Under $500,001 - amount of fines he'll be paying after said reaction?

 

[Capella]

Looking forward to Cuban reaction if/when Jordan signs with the Clips.

Over/Under $500,001 - amount of fines he'll be paying after said reaction?

What can he really say? The player wasn't under contract. The Clippers, however dooshy they are, didn't really do anything wrong.

Urban Meyer (grandmaster doosh) has the same principles on his recruiting circuit and it works pretty well for him too. Whatever it takes, none of these people are friends.

 

[Tom Hagen]

30 out of 30 NBA franchises would do this if they wanted/needed to.

GB Blake

The point is that a better run franchise wouldn't be in this position.

 

[Jayrod]

Meanwhile Paul Pierce is yelling at teammates to stay off the landline so he can surf the Internet.

 

[Sammy3469]

OMG

https://twitter.com/chris_broussard/status/618967224536158208

 

[sports_fan]

Mavs couldn't even get Lin. Signed with the Hornets

damn this is brutal

 

[Sammy3469]

30 out of 30 NBA franchises would do this if they wanted/needed to.

GB Blake

The point is that a better run franchise wouldn't be in this position.

What did they do incorrectly....DJ reached out to them.

 

[Capella]

OMG

https://twitter.com/chris_broussard/status/618967224536158208

No way this is true.

 

[Abraham]

OMG

https://twitter.com/chris_broussard/status/618967224536158208

Makes sense considering Jordan lives 200 miles away in Houston.