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Originally Posted by MLKG
In no ways are expirings better than actual cap space.
Cleveland made a pretty large financial investment with this trade for an owner who has been hesitant to spend money. They're footing a very large luxary tax bill this year. Dan Gilbert has said he was willing to put up the big money short term to try to win a championship, not long term. He's looking at the $29 million in expiring deals as financial relief, not trade chips. I haven't heard anything that would suggest the $80 million plus team salary is going to become a regular thing.
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False. He was on for like most of the first half of the Grizz game talking about the trade, and one of the things he pointed out was that the deal allowed them to go after a bigger player down the line if need be. In fact he criticized the ESPN announcers who are reporting that the deal hurts the financial flexibility of the team.