Okafor to the Nets

[3rdside]

With stauskas - Booker going the other way. I thought trading for the guy was risky?


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[Ronin]

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Philadelphia will inherit the early bird rights for Booker. Great get for the 76ers.

 

[SirStefan32]

Ah crap!

 

[Phrazbit]

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[Phrazbit]

Great get for the Sixers. A 30 year old, mediocre big, due an extension for the #3 pick 2 years ago... taken right before Porzingis.

Savvy.

 

[JCSunsfan]

HE will be a FA this summer. If we want him, we can sign him. And we can wait until after the draft. That might change our perspective.

 

[Hoop Head]

The Nets got a 2nd round pick, Stauskas, and Okafor for a veteran PF who has seen better days and will be lost on their bench. Brooklyn made out well. Now they need to hope that no one will overpay Okafor in the offseason. It'll be interesting to see if Okafor will give Brooklyn any sort of hometown discount since they rescued him from Philly. I think he'll take that into consideration during the offseason but if money is better elsewhere he's gone. Brooklyn is a good place for him to showcase his talents for his next contract.


Deal according to Zach Lowe...

Philly will send Okafor, Nik Stauskas, and a second-round pick to Brooklyn for Trevor Booker, sources say.

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[AsUpRoDiGy]

Soo...basically the Suns could've gotten Okafor for a stick of a gum. Nice!

 

[Mainstreet]

I think it's a good trade for the Nets. They are constantly looking for players with upside having given up their first round picks in trade.

Trevor Booker is an expiring contract which probably made the trade attractive for the 76ers.

 

[Phrazbit]

Soo...basically the Suns could've gotten Okafor for a stick of a gum. Nice!

If we want him we can try and sign him in the summer, I'm sure he'll follow the biggest buck.

 

[Hoop Head]

Soo...basically the Suns could've gotten Okafor for a stick of a gum. Nice!

It's been explained over and over why trading for him would have been a bad move. The team that traded for him will have a hard time resigning him since they can only offer what the 4th year in his rookie scaled contract would have been. If the Suns did trade for him and he played well a number of people would bash McD for not resigning him even though his hands would be tied in regards to resigning him.

 

[Cheesebeef]

It's been explained over and over why trading for him would have been a bad move. The team that traded for him will have a hard time resigning him since they can only offer what the 4th year in his rookie scaled contract would have been. If the Suns did trade for him and he played well a number of people would bash McD for not resigning him even though his hands would be tied in regards to resigning him.

That rule makes no sense to me.

 

[hcsilla]

I think it's a good trade for the Nets. They are constantly looking for players with upside having given up their first round picks in trade.

Trevor Booker is an expiring contract which probably made the trade attractive for the 76ers.

Both Okafor and Stauskas were expirings as well.

This trade is a 2nd rounder plus the very small chance that Stauskas will become more than a borderline NBA player for a solid PF. Booker might even start for the Sixers.

 

[Mainstreet]

Both Okafor and Stauskas were expirings as well.

This trade is a 2nd rounder plus the very small chance that Stauskas will become more than a borderline NBA player for a solid PF. Booker might even start for the Sixers.

Anything to make the 76ers better. I'm tired of them getting early draft picks.

 

[elindholm]

It's been explained over and over why trading for him would have been a bad move. The team that traded for him will have a hard time resigning him since they can only offer what the 4th year in his rookie scaled contract would have been.

I've looked for a source for that claim and can't find it. I know it was originally attributed to some radio guy or beat writer. Do we have confirmation? I can't find it in Larry Coon's FAQ.

 

[JCSunsfan]

I've looked for a source for that claim and can't find it. I know it was originally attributed to some radio guy or beat writer. Do we have confirmation? I can't find it in Larry Coon's FAQ.

You said that once before and I researched it and even quoted the passage directly from the CBA. I don’t know what better source you need.

 

[elindholm]

You said that once before and I researched it and even quoted the passage directly from the CBA. I don’t know what better source you need.

Oops, I must have missed that, sorry. I'll try to find your post.

 

[elindholm]

Found it, thanks:

OK. Here it is again. When a team declines a players 4th year option the following things happen.

1. He becomes an UFA at the end of his third year.
2. The team that declined the option is only allowed to sign that player for the 4th year to whatever the 4th year of his rookie deal would have been, no more. Other teams can offer more. In Jah's case, its roughly $6 million.
3. This restriction follows him if he is traded.

Here is a link explaining it.

I see my confusion. I thought that Okafor was in his fifth year now and had taken the one-year escape contract, same as Len. In that case he would be a UFA this summer, period.

Thanks again for the links, and I'm sorry that I didn't see them before.

 

[SirStefan32]

If anyone else is interested, let me save you some time searching for it:
http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/forum/posts/3613042/

 

[JCSunsfan]

Found it, thanks:



I see my confusion. I thought that Okafor was in his fifth year now and had taken the one-year escape contract, same as Len. In that case he would be a UFA this summer, period.

Thanks again for the links, and I'm sorry that I didn't see them before.

Yes. There is a big difference between taking the Qualifying Offer, like Len did, and the team declining the 4th year option.

Cheese. The purpose of the rule is to keep teams from circumventing rookie scale rules. They would do this by declining the fourth year option, letting the player become a free agent (wink, wink) and then signing him to a big free agent deal. That would be a risky thing to do anyway (remembering the Cleveland Carlos Boozer fiasco).

Moral of the story. If you want to keep a player, or want to trade a player, don't decline is fourth year option.