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Nets Question - Brook Lopez
« on: March 30, 2015, 08:33:48 AM »

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If Brook Lopez opts out this summer and doesn't re-sign with the Nets, then will they have his 16 million to use on another player, or will they not be able to do so because they are over the cap? Does anyone know?

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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2015, 08:45:16 AM »

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Even if Lopez and Thad Young opt out, I don't think that they'll have significant cap space.  They might be slightly under the cap, but not $16 million under.


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Re: Nets Question - Brook Lopez
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2015, 06:10:47 PM »

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Thanks Roy! Here's to hoping they both opt out and we have a gift-wrapped top 5 pick next year  ;D

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2015, 06:15:47 PM »

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Thanks Roy! Here's to hoping they both opt out and we have a gift-wrapped top 5 pick next year  ;D

and the year after that and the year after that!

 ;D

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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2015, 06:29:54 PM »

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By the way, Thaddeus Young is a guy I would look into next year.

Could give us some athleticism, scoring and rebounding at the 3 and 4.

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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2015, 07:30:14 PM »

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Even if Lopez and Thad Young opt out, I don't think that they'll have significant cap space.  They might be slightly under the cap, but not $16 million under.

Don't quote me on this, but I believe Joe Johnson has a salary cap hit of 57 million next year

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Thanks Roy! Here's to hoping they both opt out and we have a gift-wrapped top 5 pick next year  ;D

and the year after that and the year after that!

 ;D

i know its simply amazing. kg and pierce arent even on the team, and yet they keep helping the celtics year after year. i love them.  ;D
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Re: Nets Question - Brook Lopez
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2015, 12:20:49 AM »

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Thanks Roy! Here's to hoping they both opt out and we have a gift-wrapped top 5 pick next year  ;D

and the year after that and the year after that!

 ;D

i know its simply amazing. kg and pierce arent even on the team, and yet they keep helping the celtics year after year. i love them.  ;D
You know the saying about not counting your chickens before they hatch.  The rumors I've seen are that they want to keep Young.  Not sure about Lopez.  I wouldn't be surprised if they free up cap space by trading Joe Johnson. 

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2015, 12:48:06 AM »

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
Considering his frequent health issues, he might want to opt out to get the security of a multi-year deal. 

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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2015, 02:27:48 AM »

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
Thanks Roy! Here's to hoping they both opt out and we have a gift-wrapped top 5 pick next year  ;D

and the year after that and the year after that!

 ;D

i know its simply amazing. kg and pierce arent even on the team, and yet they keep helping the celtics year after year. i love them.  ;D
You know the saying about not counting your chickens before they hatch.  The rumors I've seen are that they want to keep Young.  Not sure about Lopez.  I wouldn't be surprised if they free up cap space by trading Joe Johnson.

Real question that should be asked here is... Are the Nets gonna keep Joe Johnson, and honestly, who would want him?
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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2015, 02:43:28 AM »

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
Thanks Roy! Here's to hoping they both opt out and we have a gift-wrapped top 5 pick next year  ;D

and the year after that and the year after that!

 ;D

i know its simply amazing. kg and pierce arent even on the team, and yet they keep helping the celtics year after year. i love them.  ;D
You know the saying about not counting your chickens before they hatch.  The rumors I've seen are that they want to keep Young.  Not sure about Lopez.  I wouldn't be surprised if they free up cap space by trading Joe Johnson.

Real question that should be asked here is... Are the Nets gonna keep Joe Johnson, and honestly, who would want him?
Now that Johnson is down to the last year of his contract he may tradable.  There was a rumor  during the trade season that the Hornets might want him.  I could see a trade built around Johnson and Stephenson.  Maybe with a 3rd team like Philly taking on some salary for a pick. 

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« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2015, 03:04:55 AM »

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
Considering his frequent health issues, he might want to opt out to get the security of a multi-year deal.

That's exactly why he wouldn't opt out -- he's going to get another contract after this one, failing a career-ending injury, and as an offensively gifted center operating after a massive increase to the salary cap, he's not going to be left starving.

What he won't get is a fully guaranteed $16 million next year if he does leave the Nets.

Even if Lopez and Thad Young opt out, I don't think that they'll have significant cap space.  They might be slightly under the cap, but not $16 million under.

Don't quote me on this, but I believe Joe Johnson has a salary cap hit of 57 million next year
This is not correct, by the way Johnson's cap hit is going to be $24 million next season.
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Re: Nets Question - Brook Lopez
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2015, 03:30:24 AM »

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
Considering his frequent health issues, he might want to opt out to get the security of a multi-year deal.

That's exactly why he wouldn't opt out -- he's going to get another contract after this one, failing a career-ending injury, and as an offensively gifted center operating after a massive increase to the salary cap, he's not going to be left starving.

What he won't get is a fully guaranteed $16 million next year if he does leave the Nets.
I didn't say Lopez was necessarily going to leave the Nets.  Just that he might opt out for a multi-year deal.  If a team isn't going to give him $16 mil guaranteed next year, why would they do it the following year?   

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Why would Lopez opt out, though?
Considering his frequent health issues, he might want to opt out to get the security of a multi-year deal.

That's exactly why he wouldn't opt out -- he's going to get another contract after this one, failing a career-ending injury, and as an offensively gifted center operating after a massive increase to the salary cap, he's not going to be left starving.

What he won't get is a fully guaranteed $16 million next year if he does leave the Nets.
I didn't say Lopez was necessarily going to leave the Nets.  Just that he might opt out for a multi-year deal.  If a team isn't going to give him $16 mil guaranteed next year, why would they do it the following year?   
they wouldn't, which was his point.  He takes the 16 million next year and just enters free agency the year after, where he will sign a 4 year deal in the same general neighborhood of a 4 year deal he would sign this summer, except that he wouldn't have 16 million.
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