Trade exception swirling ’round the drain
By Geoff Lepper
Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm in Roster moves.
It’s not dead yet, but as of 4 p.m., the Warriors have not made a move that utilizes their expiring-in-8-hours trade exception. And as a Warriors official pointed out, both executive vice president Chris Mullin and his No. 2, salary-cap guru Pete D’Alessandro, were in attendance at the team’s press conference, which most assuredly would not be the case if the team was in the throes of finalizing a deal.
– Geoff
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June 30th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
The Warriors blew it at the trade deadline, they could have gotten a player with an expiring contract from a team already in the tax(like Miami-Ricky Davis). We were down to a 6.5 man rotation and missed the playoffs by 2 games, basically that Nuggets game. Any help at all and we make the playoffs.
On the bright side atleast we got a top 8 player in this draft at the 14th spot so missing the playoffs wasn’t the worst thing to happen to us. But still. How many other teams let a valuable thing like the $10M trade exception just expire like this? I think our front office lacks creativity.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
They should offer the trade exception to Charlotte for Jason Richardson
June 30th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Geoff,
So what DID happen at the team’s press conference? Any word on Summer League signees? Baron opting in or out? Ongoing talks with Monta, Andris, or Kelenna?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Baron opted out!