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Originally Posted by Tortimer
You guys are probably right about Jones opt out next year. Even if he does I could see the Blazers maybe going 2-3 years on Jones. Especially if they think Outlaw and Jones are their SF's and they end up trading Webster. I'm not sure they will trade Webster but if it would take Webster plus picks and other players to get someone KP really wants they would trade him.
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It's tough if we really want cap space. We talk about it a lot, but I'm not a big fan, because it does force us to make choices like this. Can we pay to keep a guy like Jones who is playing and fitting in well? If we really want cap space, then it's probably no. Alternately we could let Webster go somehow, but only in a trade that doesn't get us any longer salary obligations in return, which makes it seem kind of pointless. To get that cap space, we have to ditch some of the talent we have now, and not get anything in return that has to be paid in 09 (which basically means we can't get anything good back), all in the hopes of finding a valuable free agent on the market in 2009 who will take our money. We'll see if that's the strategy we actaully use, and if it works out for us...