The claim is that they have a hand shake deal for a big extension next off season. It would be illegal to have something like that in place to manipulate the cap. That’s going to be something very difficult to prove unless Harden/Morey/Josh Harris were dumb enough to put that shit in a text or an email. There was a meeting in the Hamptons a few weeks ago. If they do have this hand shake agreement, that is probably where this rumored deal was ironed out.
I don’t disagree. I was just throwing out there why it’s being looked at. Playing Devil’s advocate, the plan could be to get him the 15 mil he gave up back to him in the long run.
Yep. Having to play for the Huckelfuck Sonics is like NBA Siberia.
Nope. Just pointing out the unreal punishment the wolves received.
The Smith situation blew up because his agency firm fell apart and the two major players in the firm parted ways in an ugly fashion. The loser in the shake out of agents decided to do some scorched earth and he presented the whole scenario with records and evidence that the Wolves weren’t just trying to finagle the cap in one year…the plan was to manipulate it for 3 years. And the key was someone who could provide evidence of all of it.
Yes it is unless you’re some simpleton that doesn’t understand the impact that evidence can have on an investigation.
Restructuring contracts to "finagle" cap space room is done all the time. The fact that they did it when they weren't allowed to do it yet, just like the others who only received 2nd round draft losses, doesn't change from the fact that the wolves were literally destroyed for the foreseeable future because of this while others are just getting slaps on the wrist.
