The Core Four
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Hartsock
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I think you are forgetting this isn't NBA 2k13. You don't just make a terrible trade to see what might happen. Especially when you can let him walk at the end of the season and keep your $$ to sign someone you actually want.
Basketball_Romantic23
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I think Kanter is the perfect example. He's a bang in inside type player, but he can also step out and hit the 12/15 footer when required. The last thing you want is a PF/C who's supposed to be rebounding the ball living it up large near the 3pt line.
Unless he's DEADLY like Nowitzki who gets like what, 40% of this 3's? You live with that.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Understatement of the year.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Just remember, we haven't seen what this team can do when healthy.
green
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What FA is out there this summer that KOC is holding out for? Who is worth 10 million that the Jazz can sign?
Please, enlighten me.
NAOS
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I think the jazz will come into next year well below payroll minimums. They have until next year's deadline to meet those minimums, so they'll just take picks and players in February. They could have has many as 8 players on their rookie deals + Evans + Carroll. Tons of space and ability to bail out teams about to get hammered by the new tax. We could nab some good players + picks for the loaded 2014 class.
I'm still waiting for confirmation about whether a Millsap signing bonus would count toward those minimum numbers. If so, a lot of that space can be invested with a big splash for Paul with maximum declines in pay going forward.
In other words, I don't think we are gearing up for a spending bonanza. We're playing for space through next year's deadline.
NAOS
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You guys probably already discussed this **** after the deadline passed. But, I wasn't around those days, so...
Who should I PM to get the skinny about what's really going on? I mean, Hack's multiple threads per day are awesome and everything, but I'm craving some substance.
green
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That actually makes a little sense...
GVC has talked a lot about it recently. Search his posts.
NAOS
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It's the ONLY thing that makes sense. I'll be bitching like crazy if something else unfolds.
The only GOOD thing to come out of our recent inaction is the fact that we now know the strategy of our FO:
The longest con evar + the hope/risk that their IS a bounty of players and picks AND they pan out.
If we over-stock on vets and make no moves next year, I'll burn my fan card.
GVC
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There are no true payroll minimums. If teams are below the minimum payroll at the end of the year, they pay their players the balance.
And I'm pretty sure signing bonuses count toward the minimum payroll, which makes signing bonuses valuable for teams that won't reach the minimum. Teams have to pay the minimum regardless, and the salary savings relative to cap hit probably makes players with signing bonuses more valuable for trade purposes.
GVC
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A ****ing nightmare.
If all you want is a long SF to shoot 3s you could pick up Dorrell Wright cheap. Something tells me we want a bit more than that though.
More shooters---Mike Dunleavy, Anthony Morrow, ...
GVC
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Unfortunately, Larry Coon doesn't give too many details on what's included (other than "monies paid") in team payroll. I'd guess signing bonuses are included based on what Coon writes. The NBAPA hasn't made the new CBA available yet, but the language is probably the same in the 2005 CBA (when minimum team payroll was 75% of the cap).
https://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q15
Darkwing Duck
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I thought I read that "signing bonuses" are for salary purposes ignored and the salary that would actually have been paid without the signing bonus is what the cap hit is.
GVC
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We're talking about team payroll, not team salary.
Signing bonuses count equally over each year of the contract for cap purposes (team salary).