re: Simmons continues ragging on Pelicans...

quote:

---

Cap space, which is what some seem to be concerned about with these signings. You can't say the contracts cap the team out and are unmoveable and then complain if they move them to open up cap space.

---

You have to eat alot of space for whoever you trade for. The Raptors got stuck with Novak's contract and the Hawks got stuck with pieces in the Johnson trade (Stevenson). You can't shed it in a season. Kind of like when we did the Oak/Ariza trade. You can move them, but you end up eating a bad contract for a bit before you get the freedom. If they do that sometime this season or before next season, you will end up taking on a bad contract and maybe get enough room for a exception type trade. I just don't think the team will get much if anything in return.

quote:

---

Well duh. But he can move them to reshape the roster if it doesn't work.

---

He is free to do whatever it takes. But those two contracts (Evans and Gordon) are the corner stone of his legacy, not Davis falling in his lap. If one or both don't work, it pretty much means his demise. I think it's interesting he doubled down like this, it's a huge risk and I kind of admire him for taking a chance. But it will be a killer if it don't work.