There isn't enough $$$ on the cap sheet to give him the prorated vet minimum. The team has to play 37 games before they can do that.
I always thought CP would make a good coach when he retires. However, it looks like he doesn't know how to talk to people without pissing them off. You can get away with that when you're a superstar, but not when you're a scrub. Fred Van Vleet will make a good coach.
Btw it seems like he wasn't waived. He was just told to go home. Still on the roster. So technically he could still get either traded or waived. Or they experience the backlash and change their minds lol the NBA community is kind of disgusted by this. It's such a bad look. I don't even like the guy but felt like this was a brutal way to handle an in-house dispute during a guy's retirement season that he just announced as a Clippers legend.
Clippers are in an almost identical position to the Rockets, they're hard capped at the 1st Apron because they split the non-taxpayer MLE between Brook Lopez and Bradley Beal, and only have around $1.2M in space remaining for the rest of the year. NBA rules say they can't drop below 14 players on the roster (not including two-ways) for more than two weeks. Like the Rockets, they don't have the space to sign even a minimum contract until mid-January. So they need to keep him on the roster until either they're able to salary dump him with some cash considerations (much like how the Rockets dumped Carmelo onto the Bulls) after December 15th, or waive him in January when a rest-of-season contract for a replacement player is prorated down enough. The salary dump trade seems like the most likely scenario, as sad as it will be. Don't even think it will cost very much, certainly a lot less than buying shares in Aspiration cost Ballmer/Wong.
He is right though, you have to be gentle with soft people lest they get offended and start calling you disruptive... It's a sign of the times..... Everyone gets a trophy! ....... ....... .......
I never blamed Harden. Paul has always been known as an *******. Westbrook was approved by Harden but he just didn't fit
We blame Tilman Fertitta, same as always. He's the one that really wanted shake it up and get rid of the CP3 contract instead of being patient and letting CP3 adjust to his age. He cost us at least title by not running it back with CP3 once the Warriors were finally out of the picture. Maybe 2 or 3 because he also cheaped out on the 2019 team. All of the NBA titles from 20-22 were extremely winnable without a truly great team to beat.
I like Harden, but his happy-go / er “goober personality” hasn’t boded well for winning. I’m wonder if Paul got in Hardens face and started speaking fact about accountability and winning plays; stuff not related to the PER/WS/stats. Perhaps pissing off Harden, leading him to give the clippers an ultimatum, “either he goes or I go”. Harden is a heck of a player, but the dude is such a hard head / stubborn. Chris Paul is an intense and intelligent individual, and that in my opinion ruffled Hardens feathers.
A bigger sign of the times is hard men showing their hardness by posting on the internet about the softies and the participation trophies
Wow, that's some old man talk right there. These washed up legends should be grateful that they are getting paid millions to play 10 minutes a game. If they're worried about their 'legacy' they should retire when they're on top.
