RE: 7.3 Million in Cap Room

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

If this trade does not help us with the cap in any way it seems we could 
have forced Toronto to give us more.  They were under the gun to trade 
Anderson why couldn't we have held out for a draft pick, or Wallace or 
Camby  ?  Agreed Anderson is a uptempo point but he has not been durable 
the last 2 season and that is why Portland moved him.   Hopefully Pitino 
can rejuvenate Anderson to play with the potential he came out of college 
with.  Either way we still have not did anything to answer our big man need 
or the dire need for an outside scorer.  I have seen way too many bricks 
this year already.





On Wednesday, February 18, 1998 4:36 PM, Shailendra K. Mishra 
[SMTP:skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com] wrote:
> No it does not, Pitino himself confirmed it on WEEI. If the C's renounce 
Popeye
> &  Tabak it will free up 1.9+0.9 = 2.8 mill - (increase in Anderson 
salary which
> will be 20% of his basic salary). Guys any way you look at it, we are 
screwed. I
> have no faith in Pitino & Wallace getting us out of the woods both are 
clueless.
> I am not Chauncy Billups fan but I still hate this trade.
>                               - Mishra
>
>
> > From JThorneST@aol.com Wed Feb 18 15:55:57 1998
>
> >
> > This trade does free up 7.3 in cap room. Kenny Anderson's entire 
contract was
> > picked up by the Blazers. A lot of discussion has been that Paul Allen 
pays it
> > but it doesn't count against the cap. However, it does. I am almost 
sure of
> > this fact, because while it would save the Toronto Owners some money, 
the main
> > point is to free cap room, which they did. Think about this: why if 
Paul Allen
> > is paying it would it not count against Portland's cap? Portland is 
already
> > over the cap anyway, with the Rasheed Wallace and Brian Grant signing, 
and
> > will be further over the cap when they resign Damon this summer. The 
fact that
> > it counts against cap should mean nothing to the Blazers. Guys, we have 
Kenny
> > Anderson for free, both in terms of Paul Gaston and salary cap 
purposes. When
> > you add Tyus Edney's contract, we have 7.7 million in cap room. The cap 
may or
> > may not go up so I would at least estimate that we will have 8 million 
cap
> > space. I believe that the guy Pitino is targeting is Scottie Pippen. 
Although
> > personally I would wait a year and take a look at Vin Baker,Penny 
Hardaway,
> > and Antoine's rookie class. Speaking of Antoine, if we wait with the 
cap
> > space, we would have to agree to terms but not sign him so we could 
keep our
> > room. Isiah and Damon had a similar agreement so Toronto could purse 
some
> > UFA's this summer, but when Isiah left, that agreement obviously went 
by the
> > wayside. Other potential guys for us this summer could include Antonio
> > McDyess, Joe Smith, and Issac Austin. But Pippen makes the most sense 
in my
> > opinion.
> >
> > BTW- I am almost 100% on that cap deal.
> >
> > P.S. Wonder if Barros instead of Billups still could have landed us 
Kenny? My
> > bet is that it could have, if we made Toronto wait until the deadline. 
If that
> > had happened, we still could have kept Chauncey, and gained another 
million
> > more in cap room than Chauncey's contract provided.