It's a moot point however as a max contract is based on the cap number. The lower the cap the lower a max contract - so in theory it doesn't mess up a team's desire to sign a max FA just because the number lowered.

If you can afford a max FA today you can afford one tomorrow regardless of how far the cap drops. Max contracts are a fixed percentage of the cap. So the cap drops, the max contract numbers drop, and you'll still be able to afford one.

martin wrote:Numbers don't come out until after the season ends. $54M is about right.

I am trying to confirm, but I think David's cap hold would be 1.5 times his salary. These are the number I have, obviously I made up some data:

		2009	2010	2010 capholds
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Hughes		13.7		
Mobley		9.5		
Darko		7.5		
Harrington	10		
Curry		10.5	11.3	11.3
Jefferies	6.5	6.8	6.8
Gallo		3	3.3	3.3
Chandler	1.3	2.1	2.1
Hill		2.5	2.7	2.7
Douglas		1	1	1
Duhon		6		
Nate		4	0	
Lee		7	8	10.5
LeBron			15	15
Bender		0.5	0.5
Landry		0.5	0.5
cap holds 7		3 	3 
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		82.5	54	56.5
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Cap: 54			0	-2.5
Cap: 55			1	-1.5
Cap: 56			2	-0.5

Looks good. So you think long-term deals for Lee and LeBron starting at 8 & 15 respectively will get 'er done?

Finestrg wrote:

martin wrote:Numbers don't come out until after the season ends. $54M is about right.

I am trying to confirm, but I think David's cap hold would be 1.5 times his salary. These are the number I have, obviously I made up some data:

		2009	2010	2010 capholds
------------------------------------------------
Hughes		13.7		
Mobley		9.5		
Darko		7.5		
Harrington	10		
Curry		10.5	11.3	11.3
Jefferies	6.5	6.8	6.8
Gallo		3	3.3	3.3
Chandler	1.3	2.1	2.1
Hill		2.5	2.7	2.7
Douglas		1	1	1
Duhon		6		
Nate		4	0	
Lee		7	8	10.5
LeBron			15	15
Bender		0.5	0.5
Landry		0.5	0.5
cap holds 7		3 	3 
-------------------------------------------------
		82.5	54	56.5
-------------------------------------------------
Cap: 54			0	-2.5
Cap: 55			1	-1.5
Cap: 56			2	-0.5

Looks good. So you think long-term deals for Lee and LeBron starting at 8 & 15 respectively will get 'er done?

no. I made up david's number before the season. He is now prob in the $10-12 range.

Finestrg wrote:Man what a shame -- we need that max player AND Lee....It disgusting - Curry and Jeffries are just cap killers for us....Hopefully we can find a team out there that'll have interest in Jeffries by the deadline - at least he's playing better and contributing on most nights (truth be told, I don't think I've ever seen this guy play better, even in his days with Washington. I don't think his value has ever been higher). We unload Jeffries, we then have the wiggle room to do what we need to do...Curry ain't going anywhere...

I think Jordan Hill is really the big cap killer. We should try to move him for a late first round pick. Obviously, Curry is unmovable. But we can create almost $3M in cap space by moving Hill. I'd buy out Curry for $9M on his last season of his deal. that saves another $2M. We can use that $5M to give Bron a max and DLee a starting deal at $10M.