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Re: Oden eyes Cavs, Heat
No chance. Dude is Courtney Brown in a tank top.
No chance. Dude is Courtney Brown in a tank top.
Jason Lloyd @JasonLloydABJ
Source: #Cavs prepared to offer Oden a 2 year deal with a team option for a third year after trade deadline
Cavs still aiming to retain 2014-2015 flexibility with that team option if this goes through.
Cavs still aiming to retain 2014-2015 flexibility with that team option if this goes through.
So the two years would be the rest of this year and next year and the option year would be the 2014-2015 season?
If they are talking about offering a contract after the trade deadline, then that's the only way to read it. This year (25 games or so), next year, and then an option year. I'm sure Oden's folks would want a player option or more years/money, and who knows where the Cavs will be salary-wise after the deadline, so there's a long way to go.
If the Cavs ended up using up the last of their cap space in a trade at the deadline, could the cavs use an exception such as the MLE to sign Oden?
Source: #Cavs prepared to offer Oden a 2 year deal with a team option for a third year after trade deadline The Cavs are expected to offer free agent center Greg Oden a two-year contract with a team option for a third year after the Feb. 21 trade deadline passes, a league source said. The Cavs have about $4 million in cap space, which they are preserving now for potential trades. Teams around the league don't want to sign Oden until after the trade deadline
If we do take on more after the deadline, probably only a little more, then we will just use the MLE.
The MLE counts against the cap. I believe the Cavs had to renounce the regular MLE to get enough cap space to float the Speights deal.
It would be pretty bizarre if it was Harangody's guaranteed money that prevent the Cavs from getting Oden.