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djsunyc
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8/16/2005  9:04 PM
apparently, a player retires and insurance pays 80% of it, we get to use 1/2 of the salary or MLE (whichever is smaller) to sign a player.
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8/16/2005  9:06 PM
true. that's why they wanted houston to retire...
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8/16/2005  9:10 PM
And they still do. They want the exception gained from his retirement with an active contract.
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8/16/2005  9:17 PM
Whether he retires and they get this exemption or if he plays decently off the bench, it is a win-win. Either way it makes sense not to waive him. Or at the very least you begin to understand the logic behind it.

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HARDCOREKNICKSFAN
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8/16/2005  9:19 PM
Yeah, that and we'll have a $20MM contract to trade next offseason.
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djsunyc
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8/16/2005  9:31 PM
if he retires, we can't trade the contract.
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8/16/2005  10:37 PM
Do we get an MLE (which can be used to sign the small pool of remaining FAs) or do we get a trade exception (which can be used to help make salaries match in trades but has no bearing on free agent signings)?
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8/17/2005  9:11 AM
Posted by djsunyc:

if he retires, we can't trade the contract.

Can't we? Terrell Brandon's contract was traded as part of the Spree/KVH trade after he retired due to injury, right? Wouldn't the same situation apply here?
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8/17/2005  9:17 AM
used to be able to.. cant in the new CBA
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8/17/2005  9:25 AM
Posted by CTKnicksfan:
Posted by djsunyc:

if he retires, we can't trade the contract.

Can't we? Terrell Brandon's contract was traded as part of the Spree/KVH trade after he retired due to injury, right? Wouldn't the same situation apply here?


Even if the CBA wasn't changed, Terrell hadn't yet retired as I seem to recall.
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8/17/2005  9:37 AM
Wasn't Jamal Mashburn's contract traded too?
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8/17/2005  3:10 PM
Jamal wasnt retired. Either way we have Penny and T Thomas on our roster. Large contracts are not easy to move. Id rather have the expiring 7 to 9 mil than a 20 mil player.

It would do us far better if he retired, but he wont. He thinks God will fix his knee but he's so wrong. I want to boo him.
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8/17/2005  3:27 PM
Why didn't they just let JYD retire instead of using the "Allan Houston Rule" to waive him?
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8/17/2005  3:33 PM
Posted by Rich:

Why didn't they just let JYD retire instead of using the "Allan Houston Rule" to waive him?

That's what I was wondering also. If he was in fact retiring, IT should have used it on Shandon's contract to save even more money.


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