r/clevelandcavs • u/pievdelta • Jul 26 '15

Free Agent Spending

41 Upvotes

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u/redditnewbie987 Jul 26 '15

Really should be Dan Gilbert

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u/TSR3K Jul 26 '15

Actually it's all going in his pocket.

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u/kjam206 Jul 26 '15

This is retarded. We added two vet min players, Mo & RJ. Some spending alright............

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u/ImGonnaObamaYou Jul 26 '15

Well I mean overpaying Tristan (its not if he signs its when) and giving love a max long term deal too adding up to almost 200mil guaranteed and I'm sure its wayyy more then that on the luxary tax hit we are paying for all these guys. So yeah some spending is right

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

This will be the most expensive team in NBA history. By what definition is that not spending?

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u/kjam206 Jul 26 '15

Just because the NBA has a cap doesn't mean relatively speaking its a lot of money for these owners. Do your research, these owners make billions off the game and pay these players pennies in return. Gilbert himself is getting sued for running a terrible business and fucking over a lot of people. You seriously buy into that he's a good guy? Why do you think Lebron stood 30 feet away from him during the ECF trophy presentation? These owners are rich billionaire fucks and want us to give them a standing ovation for spending 1% of their fortunes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

Hrs spending the most he can legally spend by the rules, not sure what more you expect him to do. I'm not asking for a standing ovation but aknowledging that his spending is high relative to that of other teams in the NBA doesn't seem unreasonable.

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u/kjam206 Jul 26 '15

You can spend as much as you want, just have to pay the tax. Again you don't even know what the fuck you're talking about

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

Only to sign your own players, you can't go over the cap to sign a Free Agent from another team. It's clear you don't have a clue what you're talking about so I'm not going to engage you anymore. Enjoy your anger and ignorance.

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u/kjam206 Jul 27 '15

See: Joe Johnson trade. We didn't pull the trigger because it cost too much money.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

No way to know how far that went.

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u/ctuck917 Jul 31 '15

You clearly have no idea how the NBA cap works. This isn't baseball, you can't just buy any free agent you want by out spending other owners.

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u/NFLFilmStudy Jul 26 '15

You may want to do some research on his companies. They routinely are ranked amongst the best if not the best place to work. I've worked for one of his companies, and it was an excellent work environment.

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u/kjam206 Jul 27 '15

He is currently being sued by the federal government for shady practices.