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Interesting comments to me from Ex-NBA player/Celtics forward Shavlik Randolph, who had similar injury to Gordon Hayward. "It's about a 4-6 month recovery. The ligaments take 6-8 weeks and the tibia was about three months to heal in all the places it broke. Ironically, I had the same injury and as bad as it looks it does heal back to 100 percent and does so surprisingly fast. I think there's a chance he could be back this season if he really pushed it.
David Pick: Liaoning, Shavlik Randolph deal worth $4.5 million total. Year III is team option, no NBA out.
Jessica Camerato: Shavlik Randolph signed w Liaoning in China. 3yr deal worth $7-8M (depending on bonuses) w NBA out after each season, according to source.
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Liaoning Flying Leopards brought back to China power-forward/center Shavlik Randolph. He will replace Deon Thompson.
They made a waiver claim Tuesday on veteran forward Shavlik Randolph, and have been awarded his rights by the NBA. Randolph, however, is not expected to play for the Nuggets. Picking up a player with his salary ($1.227 million) gets the Nuggets much closer to the NBA's salary-cap floor, which is the minimum salary teams are required to have on their books at season's end. The salary-cap floor is $56.759 million. The Nuggets, with Randolph's salary included, come within roughly $600,000 of the salary-cap floor. Randolph, 31, is expected to be released by the Nuggets. If he clears waivers, then the Nuggets have the benefit of keeping the cap hit — and thus their current proximity to the salary floor — while still having a roster spot with which to sign a prospective player, if they choose to do that. In that scenario, the Nuggets could take the prorated salary they would have paid to Randolph for the final week of the season and apply that to whomever they acquire for the remainder of the regular season, which is down to four games. Then, they would have that player on their roster for the summer and into training camp in order to get a good look at him.
If that all of this comes to pass, in real dollars the Nuggets would save approximately $1.2 million because the majority of Randolph's salary is being taken care of by Phoenix and Boston, two teams he played for this season. As for the remaining money under the salary-cap floor, the NBA does not penalize a team. But any difference must be divided up and dispersed among the players on the roster. Right now, that's looking to be payments in the $40,000 range for each Nugget.
The Denver Nuggets have claimed Shavlik Randolph off waivers, a league source tells RealGM.
Marc Stein: NBA teams just notified that Denver, as expected, has been awarded Shavlik Randolph off waivers. Randolph cleared at 5 PM after BOS release
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Marc Stein: Nuggets add S. Randolph's $1,227,985 contract to payroll but only owe him pro-rated $52,091. Denver now within $635,357 of NBA salary floor
Marc Stein: Keep an eye on tomorrow's waiver wire. Makes too much sense for Nuggets to put in claim Shavlik Randolph after his release Monday by Celtics
On Monday, the Celtics waived Randolph and subsequently signed Chris Babb to a multi-year contract. That afternoon the team discussed the situation with Randolph, who had an expiring contract, and he expressed he would not want to sign a non-guaranteed deal for the upcoming season. Randolph would like to keep his options open, including the possibility of returning overseas to China with the intention of returning to the NBA in February, as he has done in the past. “As much as I would have loved to finish the season and playoff run with this team, I just wasn’t willing to commit to a non-guaranteed deal for next season,” Randolph told Basketball Insiders. “So they had to do what was best for them, which I completely understand.”
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