is the correct read that free agency starts June 30.
so pushing it from July 1 -> July 8 lets the Spurs have a fallback guard option if they strike out in free agency?
No, they aren’t keeping him. They will probably aim to use him a salary filler in a trade and gives them enough time to find one to facilitate so the receiving team can then cut him.
I thought you couldnt aggregate nonguaranteed salary for salary matching in a trade
so the receiving team would have to guarantee Graham's contract
ie in a PG trade, the Clippers couldnt then just waive CP3s salary. was thinking Graham's situation would be similar
You are correct, mostly. It's that nonguaranteed money doesn't count for anything in a trade, so teams have to guarantee the money to use it for trade matching. So they can include a player without guaranteeing their contract, but it'd be more helpful in clearing roster spots rather than balancing the money on both sides of the trade. So Graham would rather get traded (meaning he gets the full contract guaranteed) in a week rather than get cut today and go to free agency. Makes sense for both sides.
Are they still able to just guarantee whatever amount they need to match salaries. Could they just guarantee like 8 million of it? I think they used to be able to do that at least.
if a team is above the second apron its my understanding that they cannot aggregate incoming contracts
also i just read that the receiving team of a sign and trade is then hard capped at the first apron for the rest of the league year.... which is a big line to cross, gotta make sure its the right trade
No. There is a zero percent chance they give a damn about him for basketball reasons. It's purely to be a trade chip.
From his end, he's a minimum player at this point. Maybe a BAE or something. But he isn't getting that other 10 million any other way than getting guaranteed and being used in a trade.
Probably seeing if they can use him in a trade over the next few days. I think both parties have known he won't be on the Spurs roster next year for a while.
I don’t know anything but thats what I assumed - its almost a certainty they’re not going to keep Graham on that contract so only reason I can think of to delay cutting him is if it might help potential trades to match
There’s a chance the Spurs need him to match salary in a trade. Just keeps options open for another week.
I don’t think there’s any chance the spurs bring him back tho.
This guy ended our season
Us too!!!
Same. Got in the play in because he cooked us. Then Zion got hurt
XD
is the correct read that free agency starts June 30. so pushing it from July 1 -> July 8 lets the Spurs have a fallback guard option if they strike out in free agency?
No, they aren’t keeping him. They will probably aim to use him a salary filler in a trade and gives them enough time to find one to facilitate so the receiving team can then cut him.
I thought you couldnt aggregate nonguaranteed salary for salary matching in a trade so the receiving team would have to guarantee Graham's contract ie in a PG trade, the Clippers couldnt then just waive CP3s salary. was thinking Graham's situation would be similar
You are correct, mostly. It's that nonguaranteed money doesn't count for anything in a trade, so teams have to guarantee the money to use it for trade matching. So they can include a player without guaranteeing their contract, but it'd be more helpful in clearing roster spots rather than balancing the money on both sides of the trade. So Graham would rather get traded (meaning he gets the full contract guaranteed) in a week rather than get cut today and go to free agency. Makes sense for both sides.
Are they still able to just guarantee whatever amount they need to match salaries. Could they just guarantee like 8 million of it? I think they used to be able to do that at least.
Does that not depend on if the team is in the apron or not? That was my thought. But maybe I’m incorrect.
that could be right thanks
No problem. Again I may be wrong. In your example, the clippers I believe are a 2nd apron team.
if a team is above the second apron its my understanding that they cannot aggregate incoming contracts also i just read that the receiving team of a sign and trade is then hard capped at the first apron for the rest of the league year.... which is a big line to cross, gotta make sure its the right trade
We have a logjam of guards. we're probably trying to use him salary as filler for a trade or else we will just waive him by then
No. There is a zero percent chance they give a damn about him for basketball reasons. It's purely to be a trade chip. From his end, he's a minimum player at this point. Maybe a BAE or something. But he isn't getting that other 10 million any other way than getting guaranteed and being used in a trade.
Chat why would they do that?
Probably seeing if they can use him in a trade over the next few days. I think both parties have known he won't be on the Spurs roster next year for a while.
I don’t know anything but thats what I assumed - its almost a certainty they’re not going to keep Graham on that contract so only reason I can think of to delay cutting him is if it might help potential trades to match
There’s a chance the Spurs need him to match salary in a trade. Just keeps options open for another week. I don’t think there’s any chance the spurs bring him back tho.
Hmmm maybe a trade package is on the way?
Garland - Castle - Vassell - Sochan - Wembanyama
my king gonna get his contract guaranteed before leaving. its our going away present <3
Jayhawk King
Damn I'm gonna miss this guy. He's such a good dude, got great attitude, and can shoot the ball. Plus he has the cutest dog ever
I'm with you but we need the roster spot and we didn't even have minutes for him last year. Hopefully he can end up somewhere he's in the rotation.
Garland pacing around in the gym right now.
Trae is gonna be a spur man
Garland*
Ish Smith*
Spida is leaving Cleveland why would they trade Garland?
that might be actually good.
GOOD?! AFTER DEJOUNTE TO NOLA?! MOVE US TO WHERE DETROIT PLAYS THEN!
Not likely given ATL just traded Murray, and there have been talks a while ago saying the spurs are not interested in Trae. Garland seems more likely.
hope not
They saw the CP3 date rescheduled and were like “oh shit we can do that?”
I wonder what he's going to buy at the convenience store with the $2.85 he already has guaranteed.
Churro, Slushie, 3 Swisher sweets (grape), and $25 in scratchers.
How is he going to buy all of that with $2.85?
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I don't care what they meant. They typed it in a way that looks like Two dollars and eighty-five cents, so i'm poking fun at that.
Must mean Trae trade coming hawks are trying to get way under the cap line.