EnySpree wrote:Knickoftime wrote:EnySpree wrote:Knickoftime wrote:EnySpree wrote:5 mill tops for this guy. He's a really good role player. He's not a guy you can give the ball to and tell him to make something happen. He might want a raise but how much are you willing to give him? He might start for you, but he shouldn't get more than 25 mins a game. You still need a solid back up to split time. Jamal crawford would be a nice back up. Jeremy Lin would also. Eric Gordon... Marcus Thornton...
Really good role players make more than $5m with a $94m cap and a $85m salary floor.
That isn't a judgment, that's just math.
I wish you guys would stop bringing up the cap.... if a dude is worth 5 mill then he should get 5 mil... not 8 mill just because there's more money to spend
You have to bring up the cap, because the NBA and the NBAPA designed the system so that salaries are proportional to the cap.
Teams HAVE to spend 90% of the cap.
You've made up a low number that sounds right in hour head without any empirical basis to it.
No they opened up more money for teams to operate with. Not to increase individual salary across the board.
You're 100% wrong on both counts.
The cap is increasing because of a formula, not a decision.
The PLAYERS get a fixed percentage of revenue, period.
Revenue went up, so the players share went up.
Since the NBA has not changed the rules regarding roster size, that means by design, individual players are supposed to get more money.
Payroll HAS to increase.
The percentages of max salaries are going up.
You simply do not understand what the system is designed to do.
I'm not even sure what what you're intent is... You want D-League players on 10 day contracts making $5m dollars?
Again, salaries HAVE to go up, by CBA rules.
Courtney Lee should get 5 mill like I said and the Knicks should spread that 90% cap across the rest of the roster.
Then you're going to be paying non-rotation guys a LOT more money than THEY deserve, because if you decide to play below market prices, you won't find any players YOU deem worthy of $5m dollars. They'll all be playing on the other 29 teams for $8-10m.
It's like come on. Just because you can keep repeating that the cap went up and whatever you think that means for salaries, doesn't mean that's the right way to run a team.
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It isn't the right or wrong way to run a team, it's the CBA-mandated way to run a team.
I can say this for certain, you have not once even looked at the implications of the arbitrary # you made up Lee.
I'd invite you to construct a hypothetical roster featuring players receiving salaries you think they deserve, but I know two things:
1.) You won't (anger is the point here, not reason)
2.) If you did, you'd fall well short of $94m.
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