The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Hasheem Thabeet to the Philadelphia 76ers:
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"ESPN has learned that Oklahoma City is trading Hasheem Thabeet to Philadelphia"....reports Marc Stein from ESPN..
...However, the Sixers won't be keeping Thabeet and his $1.25 million non-guaranteed contract around:
...moreover....Marc Stein from ESPN reports that "Thunder, I'm told, will send cash considerations to Sixers so Philly will absorb Thabeet's contract. OKC thus creates $1.25 million TPE"
By trading Thabeet into the Sixers' cap space, a $1.25 million trade exception will be created for Oklahoma City. The Thunder will send cash considerations to the Sixers along with Thabeet:
Prior to the deal, Oklahoma City was about $1.4 million below the luxury tax line. That number now stands at nearly $2.7 million and gives the Thunder a bit more breathing room.
The Sixers have until Sept. 1 to waive Thabeet before his deal becomes guaranteed, which is why he'll be waived immediately. Philadelphia is way under the salary floor and could have used Thabeet's contract to get closer to it, but that's not the plan. Instead, it appears the trade was simply for cash.
Thabeet's NBA career has been a huge disappointment. The No. 2 overall pick in 2009, Thabeet has career averages of 2.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in 224 games.
...The above info is from this link:
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/8/26/6071709/hasheem-thabeet-trade-76ers-thunder-nba
..Moreover: According to ESPN's Marc Stein, the Sixers have traded for Hasheem Thabeet and cash considerations from the Oklahoma City Thunder. I love it. Sure, Thabeet is one of the most underachieving players in NBA history but if anyone can squeeze out an iota of talent it might be....
Thabeet signed a two-year deal with an option for a third back in 2012, with an annual salary of $1.25 million. Spotrac says the deal becomes fully guaranteed for 2014-15 if not waived before September 1st, so Philadelphia will not be on the hook for any of this. The motivation for Oklahoma City in this deal is for the traded player exception, which is why they chose not to just cut him.
Essentially, the Sixers traded away nothing to receive cash considerations, as Thabeet won't take up any of their salary cap. Farewell, former Sixer Hasheem Thabeet. You'll have a place in our heart next to Anthony Bennett.(Sixers Trade For And Instantaneously Waive Hasheem Thabeet - Liberty Ballers)
My take:
..From reading the above news...me felt sorry for the lad and TZ in general....as this was the guy who was being used by TZ to lobby/promote basketball in TZ.....and now i sadly see his sharp decline....after such a short time!!
...Ebu tuone....mbona kuna jamaa wengi wa rika na enzi yake bado wako kwenye kiwango kikubwa kimchezo????....je haya ni matokeo ya bata za kibongo???