Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by martin:

so, dump curry?

What were the exacts of the Houston rule again?

the rule was to remove a contract counted towards luxury tax. but it didn't come off your cap. that wouldn't help the knicks but they may alter the rule to also have the contract come off your cap.

is this what walsh meant when he said he knows something that he can't talk about?

[Edited by - djsunyc on 08-03-2009 2:40 PM]

Posted by fishmike:

crzy.. maybe they just dont like Sessions that much. Nice player, but a marginal upgrade over Duhon.

With the caveat that a wish list at the beginning of negotiations is just that, and that both sides will certainly have some give in them before a new deal is done, the source with access to the owners says they have several other significant changes on their agenda going into the negotations, including:

• Implementing a hard cap. "A hard, hard cap," the source said. The NBA has operated with a "soft" cap since the implementation of the salary cap in 1984, with several kinds of exceptions allowed to either re-sign players already on a team's roster or to entice players from other teams to sign. These include the famous "Larry Bird" exception that allows a team to exceed the cap in order to re-sign its own player; the "mid-level" exception, starting with the average salary paid in a given season, and going out up to five years with annual eight percent raises; and the "bi-annual" exception, which teams can use every other year, and is generally used to help sign veteran players.

A hard cap, such as is used in the National Football League, would eliminate all exceptions. Teams would have a specific amount they could spend on salaries, and could not exceed it for any reason;

• Higher luxury taxes. A "supertax" that would basically double the luxury tax to $2 for every dollar a team exceeds the tax threshhold, from its current $1. The league tried to implement a supertax in the last negotiation with the players, but the union held firm against it, feeling it would have a devastating impact on free agency;

• Shrinking the gap between salary cap and tax threshhold. A smaller spread between the salary cap figure and the tax threshhold. Next year's cap is set at $57.7 million; the tax threshhold is $69.9 million.

Posted by GodSaveTheKnicks:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by fishmike:

crzy.. maybe they just dont like Sessions that much. Nice player, but a marginal upgrade over Duhon.

as i said in a post i made, i believe d'antoni loves him and walsh is hesitant, mostly because of the 2010 number. also, you have to remember d'antoni loved marcus banks, too. he may not be the best talent evaluator for his own system. i think the best option for all things considered may be iverson as i've also said. but it seems like they're going to let this sessions thing play out first.

ouch on Marcus Banks. Phoenix actually made some horrible moves starting with letting Joe Johnson walk.

starting with signing Quentin Richardson to that crazy contract.


[Edited by - kam77 on 08-04-2009 6:44 PM]