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Seems they could have got something for him. Van gundy all but admitted they are in for ten tank now and will develop young players.
 
Did he seriously have zero trade value?

How does this work? If he clears waivers will he get both his Detroit salary and a salary from his new team?
 
Wow, wow.

Lakers? Nets? Cleveland? Te Bucks? Minnysotta? Sacramento?

Him and Kobe and Nick Young would be must watch TV.
 
I think he ends up in Sacramento. Poor Ty Corbin.



So a stat stuffer, who needs the ball in his hands and shoots poor % couldn't get traded. The Trade Trey crowd had better hope the rookie contract offsets that.
 
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mellow said:
Can Philly claim him then trade him?
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I don't think they'd be allowed to trade him before the deadline this year. But his contract terms would be the same as with Detroit so it wouldn't be any easier to trade him, even if they were allowed to.
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
Did he seriously have zero trade value?

How does this work? If he clears waivers will he get both his Detroit salary and a salary from his new team?
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A couple things:

1. If he clears waivers (he will), his current season salary will be paid by Detroit in full, and the two remaining years on his contract (for ~$27mil) will be stretched over 5 years at $5.4mil per year.

2. Some, but not all, of his salary from the contract he signs with another team will be discounted from his deal with Detroit. I'm not entirely sure how this works, but Larry Coon's FAQ explains it (I don't care to figure it out right now). So yeah, Josh Smith will make more money (in nominal dollars at the very least...having some of that $27mil paid out in the future will decrease the value of his Detroit contract in real dollars). LINK
 
mellow said:
Can Philly claim him then trade him?
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No one will claim him. He'll be signed as a free agent after clearing waivers in 48 hours. I think his best bet for minutes is to go to Sacramento, but he'll probably end up in Houston or Dallas.
 
I always liked josh smith........ when he played against the jazz. Let him shoot 3 all day long lol I predict LA, Sac or Nets
 
Crazy that he sucked so bad this year that he actually ended up benefiting. Going to get paid to do nothing, and possibly get paid more now to go to another team. WTF
 
GVC said:
No one will claim him. He'll be signed as a free agent after clearing waivers in 48 hours. I think his best bet for minutes is to go to Sacramento, but he'll probably end up in Houston or Dallas.
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I think he'd be a nice fit off the bench in Dallas so long as he knows his singular role is to be a lockdown defender.
 
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If I'm one of the favorite contenders, like Dallas, I'm not touching Smith. I'd take him if I was someone like OKC.
 
Cy said:
If I'm one of the favorite contenders, like Dallas, I'm not touching Smith. I'd take him if I was someone like OKC.
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I disagree. With a championship coach and championship players and leaders like Rondo, Dirk and Chandler, they can manage him. OKC does not have the vets to do that as much imo.
 
Cy said:
They won't take him.
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Woj has already tweeted that they're interested. Dallas just traded a lot of their depth. Trying out Josh Smith for peanuts is a no-brainer.

He'd be a good fit in Houston, especially if they can trade one of their surplus forwards for extra guard depth. They already have Ariza, Jones, Brewer, Motiejunas, Papnikolaou and Black at the 3/4, while relying on Beverly, Canaan and Terry at the 1/2 (and Harden...). Their current depth chart when healthy:

5: Dwight, Motiejunas
4: Jones (injured), Black, Motiejunas, Papanikolaou
3: Ariza, Brewer, Papanikolaou
2: Harden, Terry, Shved
1: Beverly, Canaan, Terry
 
GVC said:
So yeah, Josh Smith will make more money (in nominal dollars at the very least...having some of that $27mil paid out in the future will decrease the value of his Detroit contract in real dollars).
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Got this a bit wrong. He'll still be paid his full ~$27mil by Detroit in the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons. Only the cap hit will be stretched over 5 years.
 
GVC said:
Got this a bit wrong. He'll still be paid his full ~$27mil by Detroit in the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons. Only the cap hit will be stretched over 5 years.
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Glad you clarified, I was wondering if that only affected the cap or when the team is obligated to pay.
 
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