And Im just doubting the 38 and over players we signed would play out there 3year deals. And even if they do, they are still trade bait in year 3 when the Knicks can retool threw trades.

Nalod wrote:anyone off the top of their heads know how NBA treats buyout? Can it be amortized over time as not to hit a cap in one year?

Example Player wants to retire but has a year left on contract and wants a buy out?

Buyouts, Amnesties, Waiver Claims

Are always going to have some cap implications/liabilities, but say in the case of a buyout payments can outlive the life of the contract.....

Say a player has 2yrs left and $30mil still owed. The team and player can agree to a $25mil buyout $12.5mil cap hit per yrs remaining, agreement to pay the full $25mil over a 5yr period.

Im taking my win total down from 52 to 46 and seed to 6 or 7.

I never have thougth we'd be healthy all season long but I went long on faith that Amare is healthy and he works good with Melo.

Melo will ahve a great season statisticly but how that translates to wins over 48 will just have to work itself thru.

Its a long season and Miami, like any other team is fragile should injury occur. I originally factored Amare being on the floor 70 games.

Bonn1997 wrote:I said 49 wins earlier but I think I overestimated the team's health. It could be closer to 44 wins and 7th seed.

Ditto. I figured the team was deep enough to absorb some injuries but not this many before the season even started. If they can get healthy by the all star break and make a run they still might be able to get a higher seed, but thats a big if.