Should be more, I mean the Clips had to cough up a lottery pick to get rid of Baron Davis' contract. Also, giving Green the max means the Warriors will be in lux tax territory already, which means teams will receive more money if Lee stays on the squad. If you compare the pros and cons, it'll take more than a measly pick to get Lee because you actually lose money when you trade for him, you lose out on the lux tax $$$ on top of paying Lee his overpriced salary. The value of expirings tend to wax and wane however the offseason is one of the worst time to trade expiring contracts away, for example last offseason Houston had to pay a pick just to give away Lin and his expiring contract to the Lakers. We'll see what happens later in the hopefully the Warriors don't luck out and have to pay through the nose to get rid of Lee.
There was never any question they'd resign Green. But they absolutely must trade Lee or one of their other big contracts now. Especially since they also picked up the option on Speights. They can laugh about the Barnes demand today, but a few weeks from now it may not seem like such a joke.
Warriors. W's. "W" colloquially is often pronounced "Dubya" (not "double-yoo"), like George W. ("Dubya") Bush. Hence, the "Dubs."
I'm sure the Warriors would love to unload Dlee, but why do they have to "absolutely must" trade him or some other big contract this year? At it stands right now, the warriors would have to pay approximately 39 million in luxury taxes, assuming the cap is at 67 million, and less if the cap is at 69. Furthermore trading Lee and his 15 million now might be difficult, but the warriors don't need to actually trade him till the feb trade deadline to avoid his tax hit. At that point instead of trying to get someone to take on his 15 million dollar salarie, it will only be about 7 or 8 million. Nor do the warriors have to trade Lee for completely zero salary. For example if the warriors trade Lee 15.7m for Bostons Gerald Wallace 10M, that 5.7 million saving would equal approximately 18-20 million in tax payment. Lastly, it is a joke that you think the warriors should include Barnes to get rid of Lee, since Barnes is a player thier front office, especially Jerry West think still has great potential and talent.
more like 5%. Philly will demand serious assets to come back whereas there are many teams that WANT david lee the player. They also said they want to find a good team for him. Luckily for them the 30th pick was used on a player that had potential to be good and he fell so low because of health issues. Both Indiana and Orlando will be interested to absorb him and so should Portland.
I'd say very very low. Hinke demanded and got a kings ransom (staukas, 1st rounder and multiple picks swaps) from the Kings to take on 26 million dollar in contracts. And aside from what hinke would charge to take DLee, I doubt the warriors management or Dlee's agent would want to send him there. Despite trying to trade him for the past few seasons, DLee and the warriors front office/owner have a great relationship. Furthermore, while the Cavs are looking at a Luxury bill that might exceed 80 or 100 million, the Warriors tax bill is currently *only* about 39 million. I say only in the sense, that A. Next year, the warriors will be well below the cap. B. Lacob and company bout the team for 550 million in 2010 and with the recent success and soon relocation to SF, the teams value is well over 1 billion. C. The warriors set records for gate receipts and playoff earnings (according zach lowe) during the playoffs. I think the nba champs can afford to pay the tax bill, whether it ends up being 15 or 40 million.
Warriors have till Feb deadline to deal Lee (and avoid tax). Usually teams will hold onto expirings until then to maximize their value.
Considering the salary cap increases in 2016 & 2017, expiring contracts aren't worth much (if anything). Warriors want to dump Lee asap.
I think expirings will still have value (for instance, if a guy on a massive contract is vastly underperforming or causimg problems ) the problem being that GSW can't take back a lot of salary. Any deal will have to have a third team to split up salary.
Now it's up to Portland pretty much. I don't think they will take him in unless they really want Looney. Probably we are looking at him staying and them paying the tax.
You realize he is a neutral to slightly positive defender by RPM and BPM with above average rebounding metrics? Not sure how you come to that conclusion. I won't say he's a great defender but he's not the catastrophe people make him out to be.
no. The Pacers have limited choices. They can try to sign Josh Smith and Hill. They can't trade for MacBob or Nene or Lee because they don't have contracts to give back.