NYCmagic 15 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 Several reports Nets are now signing Teletovic to the taxpayer MLE, which means they can exceed the cap to land Dwight or their own FA's ^ This is not a good sign..... Could also mean they are making a big offer on Ersan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanA_TBDP 12 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 The MLE thing means nothing. All it means is that the Nets are already overloaded on salaries of 3 players, still have to hand huge money to Lopez (LOLs), probably decent money to Hump, now 4 million to the MLE dude, oh, and then they have to sign 7 more players to fill out the roster. That wasn't happening on their current budget. DWILL - 20 Joe - 20 Gerald - 10 MLE - 4 That put them at 44 million between those 4 players. They need 13 on the roster. Assuming Lopez gets 8-10 that puts them at 52 between 5 players. 24 puts them over the tax-threshold. You can't sign 8 guys for 24 million dollars and expect to be competitive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E_Money18 88 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 The MLE thing means nothing. All it means is that the Nets are already overloaded on salaries of 3 players, still have to hand huge money to Lopez (LOLs), probably decent money to Hump, now 4 million to the MLE dude, oh, and then they have to sign 7 more players to fill out the roster. That wasn't happening on their current budget. DWILL - 20 Joe - 20 Gerald - 10 MLE - 4 That put them at 44 million between those 4 players. They need 13 on the roster. Assuming Lopez gets 8-10 that puts them at 52 between 5 players. 24 puts them over the tax-threshold. You can't sign 8 guys for 24 million dollars and expect to be competitive. It still means they could trade for Howard. It keeps them alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 02-04, finished jr/sr year in GA. Jeremiah was in our class. I didn't really know him but my friend did. Being in IB meant you really didn't hang out with non-IBers. Oh you're a young buck. I was there in the 90's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanA_TBDP 12 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 It still means they could trade for Howard. It keeps them alive. They've never been alive. The Magic don't want Lopez, never have, never will. Correction: Otis wanted him, because of this, Martins/RDV took his trade power away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E_Money18 88 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 They've never been alive. The Magic don't want Lopez, never have, never will. Correction: Otis wanted him, because of this, Martins/RDV took his trade power away. Man I want to agree with you and hope you are right, but I have a bad feeling that Billy King was able to find another team to make it all work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wharf Rat 94 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 My grandmother also called the DWill decision when I told her there were only 2 teams and 1 of them was offering $25M more than the other. Haha!! Touche sir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan the Magic Fan 253 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 If neither the Rockets or Lakers trade materializes then you know what screw it. Make him play (or sit) the whole year and then he never goes to his dream destination. The nets trade is bad for this organization period and should never even be considered. Letting Howard walk would be prefferable to taking on average players for horrible long term big deals. And then the funny thing would be, where does Howard go from there? Precious few teams will have the cap space to sign him, and none of which would be teams he said he'd ever consider going to. I would find it completely hillarious. The bridges have burned so thoroughly here I can't see him ever coming back here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
30Assists 342 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 Who says no? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=dy9lrsr Annnnnd I'm bored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
30Assists 342 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 If neither the Rockets or Lakers trade materializes then you know what screw it. Make him play (or sit) the whole year and then he never goes to his dream destination. The nets trade is bad for this organization period and should never even be considered. Letting Howard walk would be prefferable to taking on average players for horrible long term big deals. And then the funny thing would be, where does Howard go from there? Precious few teams will have the cap space to sign him, and none of which would be teams he said he'd ever consider going to. I would find it completely hillarious. The bridges have burned so thoroughly here I can't see him ever coming back here. Bingo. I mean, SOMEONE would sign him. There's no question he'd land somewhere, but I could see him being an Alan Iverson pariah at the end of his career. Man, his agent (or himself) *****ed his reputation up GOOD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ibn Battuta 127 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 Oh you're a young buck. aite uncle drew. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hokupguy 0 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 I'm at UCF during the school year, west side of Orlando on breaks. Graduated from Olympia. am in orlando (lake mary / Heathrow) 10 mins from dwights house.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
