smackeddog wrote:

wargames wrote:

ccinflushing wrote:Thought this discussion between Keith Smith and Trevor Lane was really interesting .. salary cap at $100Mn or less for both 20/21 and 21/22 possible, cap smoothing, return of the amnesty clause?

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https://twitter.com/Trevor_Lane/status/1258913068584587266

that hire of Brock Aller might be useful in this brave new world and the Knicks could be in a great position to take advantage!

Not going to lie an amnesty clause would make a CP3 deal a lot more reasonable.

But an amnesty clause would drive up CP3's trade price (if OKC wanted to save money they'd just cut him- if they're trading him, they'd want something good in return, in addition to the saved money).

Next season is likely a disaster, followed by a huge drop in the cap. We should not, under any circumstances take on bad salary or do any 'win now trades'. I'd maybe try to take advantage if a team had to shed a good player with a big (but not CP3 big) salary.

This is bad for the near future of the nba, could take them many years to recover financially. Even once people can attend games, we'll likely be in the midst of a long, protracted recession so people will have a lot less money to spend. On top of that these lockdowns may have led to people permanently changing their viewing habits- no more cable or network tv, people might stick with streaming, which may make the next TV deal less financially lucrative.

Amnesty would be the only way I'd take CP3, imagine they use it to save money. Now he is a free agent and can get paid a reasonable amount to play for the Knicks or another team. I'm down for that.

smackeddog wrote:

wargames wrote:

ccinflushing wrote:Thought this discussion between Keith Smith and Trevor Lane was really interesting .. salary cap at $100Mn or less for both 20/21 and 21/22 possible, cap smoothing, return of the amnesty clause?

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/Trevor_Lane/status/1258913068584587266

that hire of Brock Aller might be useful in this brave new world and the Knicks could be in a great position to take advantage!

Not going to lie an amnesty clause would make a CP3 deal a lot more reasonable.

But an amnesty clause would drive up CP3's trade price (if OKC wanted to save money they'd just cut him- if they're trading him, they'd want something good in return, in addition to the saved money).

Next season is likely a disaster, followed by a huge drop in the cap. We should not, under any circumstances take on bad salary or do any 'win now trades'. I'd maybe try to take advantage if a team had to shed a good player with a big (but not CP3 big) salary.

This is bad for the near future of the nba, could take them many years to recover financially. Even once people can attend games, we'll likely be in the midst of a long, protracted recession so people will have a lot less money to spend. On top of that these lockdowns may have led to people permanently changing their viewing habits- no more cable or network tv, people might stick with streaming, which may make the next TV deal less financially lucrative.

Yeah you are right dark times are definitely ahead. During the call Silver said it would likely be a year before vaccines too. If we’re lucky that is the timeline cause that is lightning fast in the grand scheme of things.