The pistons cut Osh Smith (HOUSTON ROCKETS JUST GOT A NEW BIG 3)

[jdubnyce]

Isn't NBA money guaranteed though?

thats what it makes it so

The money remaining on Smith’s contract seems like a hefty guarantee for the Pistons to swallow. Yet, the full amount may not be fully due and owed to Smith within the span of two years. In fact, the Pistons may be able to stretch out payments to Smith based on a clause commonly referred to as the NBA’s stretch provision.

The current NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement allows any team that waives a player to elect, in writing, that it wishes to have the player’s salary stretched (also referred to in the CBA as “re-attributed”) over a span lasting longer than the term under which the player would have otherwise been paid. This not only diminishes the short-term burden of paying the terminated player as well as his replacement(s), it also helps alleviate the hit that the player’s salary would have on a team’s salary cap.

Because the Pistons put in a request for waivers on Smith between September 1 and June 30, Smith’s post-termination salary for the next two years may be paid evenly over five years (the CBA allows for double the term, plus one season, when a team elects to invoke the stretch provision). However, the Pistons will not be able to apply the stretch provision to Smith’s salary still owed for the current season, which shall remain unchanged.

The stretch provision must be applied within one business day following the termination of a player’s contract. Smith will not officially be terminated from his contractual arrangement with the Pistons until forty-eight hours passes between the time and date that Smith was waived. If no other NBA team claims Smith and assumes his contract over that forty-eight hour span (which includes weekends and holidays), then Smith’s contract is officially terminated and he becomes a free agent.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

May Allah guide Josh to Islam.

 

[who_better_than_me]

They saying the Clippers, Rockets, Mavs and Kings are interested in him

And Im like how the hell is he gonna get along in LA, Dallas or Houston with those teams

CP3 wont pass him the hall in fear he'll take a bad shot, he'll fight for shots with Harden, same with Dirk/Monta etc

Tough call brehs

I dont want him on our team but we take over 30 threes a game and not too many players on our squad shoots above 40% percent. He can fit in with our three point bombers. Its the midrange shots that wouod be a problem. Morey dont give a fukk about how many threes you miss because they often lead to long offensive rebounds but if you start shooting midrange shots in high volume with low accuracy,morey will trade ur ass with the quickness

 

[kingofnyc]

 

[Guess Who]

If you've watched him play this year you would see that he has nothing left in the tank. His game was very heavily reliant on his athleticism and now that's completely gone. I haven't seen a player fall off so quickly athletically EVER! He looks like he's 40 years old out there. Dude has no lateral quicks anymore and cannot jump at all. Outside of his athleticism, what redeeming quality did he have as a player?

His career in the NBA is done, IMO.

 

[triplehate]

Houston will be tough to beat, but Memphis eager to sell itself to Josh Smith once he clears waivers. Grizzlies trying hard for him.


Good lord

 

[Skooby]

Who's spot will he take? I have both Ariza and Smith on my fantasy squad.

And people keep overlooking the Blazers...they will learn come playoff time.

 

[Alexander The Great]

EDIT: forgot about the stickied Thread. Mod can just update that one

 

[GreatestLaker]

 

[Primetime21]

 

[$$$HotBoyRonald$$$]

Good more cancer to make that team implode

 

[froggle]

first page, ad space for rent

 

[CantStop]

terrence jones is a better fit

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

I love twitter. The up to the second news is a great thing. Remember how you got sports news before twitter and the internet? With that being said Houston just got worse unless McHale can reel him in.

 

[TheNig]

I just made the thread becuz I already seen two of 'em.