Pelicans to meet with Tyreke Evans (offer has been made)

[MichaelMcNamara]

I'm no expert but I'd rather lose GV / Smith n those guys than Lopez. At under 6 mil a year, he is a bargain. After get rid of EG you have plenty of money to fill out roster with low cost guys. Just my opinion, I'm excited to possibly see jrue n tyreke starting on team.

It's logical, but I disagree. I think I can find a guy to give me 12-15 minutes at center with room exception this year, then use MLE to get a guy to fill that role next year and beyond. Lopez is replaceable IMO. Guys like Smith are more rare and he is on an even better deal

[Purple Haze]

This won't break me if we miss out on Reke but this is crazy

[Snarly]

Ok, but it is still big money in Evans pocket if he were to get traded. Why would he allow it to be removed from his potential future income. He is not trying to make it more difficult for the Kings to match. He is just trying to get the most $$$, regardless of who pays it.

Ok, I got to the bottom of it.

Teams are permitted to write a bonus called a "trade bonus" (sometimes referred to as a "trade kicker") into contracts. This bonus is paid to the player when he is traded, but only upon his first trade and not upon any subsequent trades (in the case of a sign-and-trade, they don't count the initial trade when the contract is signed).

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q96

[PELICANSFAN]

Ok, I got to the bottom of it.


http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q96

Oh, so if I read this correctly, there is a special rule for S&Ts? If so, that makes me feel better.

[bustah]

Sign Tyreke Evans
Sign Chris Copeland
Sign Samuel Dalembert

Trade:
Pels receive Klay Thompson, T'Wolves '14 1st, Warriors '14 2nd
Warriors receive Eric Gordon, Alexey Shved
T'Wolves receive David Lee

Trade:
Pels receive Danny Granger
Pacers receive Greivis Vasquez


Holiday/Rivers/Jackson
Thompson/Evans/Harris
Granger/Miller/Thomas
Davis/Anderson/Smith
Lopez/Dalembert

Possible anyone?

[Snarly]

Sign Tyreke Evans
Sign Chris Copeland
Sign Samuel Dalembert

Trade:
Pels receive Klay Thompson, T'Wolves '14 1st, Warriors '14 2nd
Warriors receive Eric Gordon, Alexey Shved
T'Wolves receive David Lee

Trade:
Pels receive Danny Granger
Pacers receive Greivis Vasquez


Holiday/Rivers/Jackson
Thompson/Evans/Harris
Granger/Miller/Thomas
Davis/Anderson/Smith
Lopez/Dalembert

Possible anyone?

Wolves just landed Kevin Martin on a big deal. The Warriors are trying to get into the Dwight sweepstakes.

[rebelman]

if Pels land Evans are they likely to trade Gordon?

[bojangles837]

if Pels land Evans are they likely to trade Gordon?

From the looks of it, no

[AUSSIE_PELICAN]

It's logical, but I disagree. I think I can find a guy to give me 12-15 minutes at center with room exception this year, then use MLE to get a guy to fill that role next year and beyond. Lopez is replaceable IMO. Guys like Smith are more rare and he is on an even better deal

After this year who know's what Smith will command.

[THRILLHOUSE]

After this year who know's what Smith will command.

Not as big of a deal next year when we're setting ourselves up to be over the cap and using the MLE.

[UNO Gracias]

Like the Saints with 3 string rb's, Dell takes journeymen and castoffs and turns them into jewels that he can trade off. If we lose Lopez or Smith we can replace them like we did with Ayon and Juju.

[SWAMPVIPER]

JuJu you are kidding? Smith is the key to this move for Tyreke!!!!!!!!

[Purple Haze]

Like the Saints with 3 string rb's, Dell takes journeymen and castoffs and turns them into jewels that he can trade off. If we lose Lopez or Smith we can replace them like we did with Ayon and Juju.

Apples and Oranges. A guy like Smith is very hard to find, especially character wise.

[Pelican Tech]

Apples and Oranges. A guy like Smith is very hard to find, especially character wise.

I agree with this

[Sleeper]

Monty loves Smith. He is about the only player he consistently praises in interviews.

[Andres_San_Fran]

I wonder how Suns fans feel about this!

[UNO Gracias]

Kings wanted answer that Iguodala wasn't ready to give, so they pulled out and moved on. They'll regroup & decide on Tyreke Evans etc.

— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) July 3, 2013

Looks like we'll have to move to plan B, C, etc.

Iggy was using the Kings to get more money. Not their fault they pulled the offer. Nice to see a team sticking it to a player

[Snarly]

Iggy was using the Kings to get more money. Not their fault they pulled the offer. Nice to see a team sticking it to a player

All rumors and speculations. None of which were ever confirmed.

[UNO Gracias]

Yes, JuJu, Ayon, Etc. guys who nobody wanted before that Dell moved for something. The same will happen should we lose Smith or Lopez. It's not like people were knocking down these guys doors before, but now after these guys have shown that they can play they will net you more than you could have commanded prior.

[Nola3]

I want this to end. I just want to watch basketball again and forget that I have almost memorized 100s of pages of legal crap for this horrific time of year. Why can't they just play a huge pickup tournament every year?

[UNO Gracias]

All rumors and speculations. None of which were ever confirmed.

It's all speculation that AI went to Denver after Sacramento made him an offer? What was the point in going back to Denver. It was to see if they would counter. That's the reason he never signed that offer with the Kings, he was using them, and he got burnt.

[Pelican Tech]

I thought we were supposed to be posting in the "part two" thread now? But anyways, this will the the longest 6 days of my life, possibly 9 if the Kings refuse to match or wait till the last minute to screw us.

[Snarly]

It's all speculation that AI went to Denver after Sacramento made him an offer? What was the point in going back to Denver. It was to see if they would counter. That's the reason he never signed that offer with the Kings, he was using them, and he got burnt.

The Kings pulled the offer after 3 hours. The same evening they made the offer. You have ZERO proof that he was using Sacramento to leverage another deal. All you have is a bunch of speculations and rumors that came out of the Kings beat writers and bloggers mouth. Guess what? They said the same crap about Evans. And they were once again wrong.

[hornetstime247]

Do you think either us or sac are interested in a lopez+vasquez for evans deal?

[Snarly]

Do you think either us or sac are interested in a lopez+vasquez for evans deal?

Always a possibility. We have to first find out if the Kings are interested in a S&T for Evans. Once we have the confirmation we're looking for, it'll be easier to figure out. I think If Lopez is not waived or moved by the 5th, I think there's a good chance he's part of a S&T.