Gallo off the bench

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:Why would Butler or Kawhi Leonard sign anything other than a one year deal??..Spurs isn't getting younger and Bulls isn't getting any healthier...Goes for all RFA's...Any rules against that??

HMM more like a 5 year deal with a two year opt out. LBJ can afford to take a 1 year deal-- agents would never leave XX mm on the table--think about it.

Under the current cap, the max for Bultler and Leonard is 16.5 per...Under the TV new deal, the max will be 22.5 per...So you are talking about leaving 30 mil on the table by taking a 5 year deal this offseason..Not sure I have ever seems a two year opt out...But anything beyond a one year deal is risky because of injury or player's development..

Courtesy of Yellowboy90:

phus March 11, 2015 at 3:40 pm

There will be no salary cap smoothing.

For the Knicks, this means:

1. With a $66 million salary cap next season, and $32 million in committed salary, the Knicks will have $34 million to use this summer. The max bid for a 10+ veteran will be $23.1 million (unless the player is already making more than that) plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 7-9 veteran will be $19.8 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for 1-6 year player will be $16.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year. Even if the Knicks wanted to, they could not bring in two max players (except for RFAs with less than 6 years experience).

2. With a $90 million salary cap in 2016, the max bid for a 10+ veteran will be $31.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 7-9 veteran (Kevin Durant, etc.) will be $27 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 1-6 player will be $22.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year.

3. Just about every team will have enough cap room to offer Kevin Durant a max package during the summer of 2016.

gunsnewing wrote:A Shved/Butler backcourt would be so ridiculously good it would be ridiculous.

Gallo off the bench

Your post about something being so ridiculously good that it would be ridiculous is so ridiculously redundant that it is ridiculous. Ridiculously speaking that is.

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:Why would Butler or Kawhi Leonard sign anything other than a one year deal??..Spurs isn't getting younger and Bulls isn't getting any healthier...Goes for all RFA's...Any rules against that??

HMM more like a 5 year deal with a two year opt out. LBJ can afford to take a 1 year deal-- agents would never leave XX mm on the table--think about it.

Under the current cap, the max for Bultler and Leonard is 16.5 per...Under the TV new deal, the max will be 22.5 per...So you are talking about leaving 30 mil on the table by taking a 5 year deal this offseason..Not sure I have ever seems a two year opt out...But anything beyond a one year deal is risky because of injury or player's development..

Courtesy of Yellowboy90:

phus March 11, 2015 at 3:40 pm

There will be no salary cap smoothing.

For the Knicks, this means:

1. With a $66 million salary cap next season, and $32 million in committed salary, the Knicks will have $34 million to use this summer. The max bid for a 10+ veteran will be $23.1 million (unless the player is already making more than that) plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 7-9 veteran will be $19.8 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for 1-6 year player will be $16.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year. Even if the Knicks wanted to, they could not bring in two max players (except for RFAs with less than 6 years experience).

2. With a $90 million salary cap in 2016, the max bid for a 10+ veteran will be $31.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 7-9 veteran (Kevin Durant, etc.) will be $27 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 1-6 player will be $22.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year.

3. Just about every team will have enough cap room to offer Kevin Durant a max package during the summer of 2016.

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:Why would Butler or Kawhi Leonard sign anything other than a one year deal??..Spurs isn't getting younger and Bulls isn't getting any healthier...Goes for all RFA's...Any rules against that??

HMM more like a 5 year deal with a two year opt out. LBJ can afford to take a 1 year deal-- agents would never leave XX mm on the table--think about it.

Under the current cap, the max for Bultler and Leonard is 16.5 per...Under the TV new deal, the max will be 22.5 per...So you are talking about leaving 30 mil on the table by taking a 5 year deal this offseason..Not sure I have ever seems a two year opt out...But anything beyond a one year deal is risky because of injury or player's development..

Courtesy of Yellowboy90:

phus March 11, 2015 at 3:40 pm

There will be no salary cap smoothing.

For the Knicks, this means:

1. With a $66 million salary cap next season, and $32 million in committed salary, the Knicks will have $34 million to use this summer. The max bid for a 10+ veteran will be $23.1 million (unless the player is already making more than that) plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 7-9 veteran will be $19.8 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for 1-6 year player will be $16.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year. Even if the Knicks wanted to, they could not bring in two max players (except for RFAs with less than 6 years experience).

2. With a $90 million salary cap in 2016, the max bid for a 10+ veteran will be $31.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 7-9 veteran (Kevin Durant, etc.) will be $27 million plus 4.5% raise/year. The max bid for a 1-6 player will be $22.5 million plus 4.5% raise/year.

3. Just about every team will have enough cap room to offer Kevin Durant a max package during the summer of 2016.

If someone offered you a 5 year 86mm contract with an opt option--who in funkytown would turn that down? Would you risk taking a on a year deal where anything can happen--sounds like financial linsanity. Even Lebron with his 2 year deal is taking a risk--but he can afford to do it.

I won't sign that 5 year deal now leaving potentially 30 mil on the table, that's crazy..I'll fire my agent...Brian Windhorst agrees...3:30 sec into the video:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12461874/players-union-rejects-salary-cap-smoothing-historic-cap-increase-nba-set