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re: Where Are They Now? (Former Hornet Edition)
Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:15 am to 42
Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:15 am to 42
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I can't see how it's anything but great, but it has its detractors. Some wants the amnesty used on one and a salary dump trade on the other. I'm skeptical that the latter could have been done, but that's the main criticism I've heard.
I think the detractors had an inflated idea of what we could get for Ariza's expiring deal.
Frankly, this deal was about as good as we could get.
Doing things this way likely saved Benson around $14m in cash, given that Oak's value in an amnesty auction would have been low.
It also created roughly $8m in cap room to get Anderson as well as the minutes to put him, Aminu, and others on the court.
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Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:24 am to teke184
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I think the detractors had an inflated idea of what we could get for Ariza's expiring deal.
No. The opposite, sort of. I think they thought a team would absorb him for a couple of second rounders and cash if we got an expiring back.
I think this deal was the best that could be done, especially when you take out the variability of having to rely on someone to take Ariza. This deal was completely in the hands of the team and had a good cap space / salary paid ratio (over $2 in cap space per dead dollar). It just hurts some this year . . . as in 20+% of our salary. No deal is without cost, and I'm a fan.
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