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Millers will never go over the luxury tax...

Not only is the LT more of a hard cap for the league at large, but it has always been a line that teams without unlimited money have had to watch out for.

Why? Because the LT exists precisely to benefit those teams--to even the playing field so that the mega market teams can't just pay for all the talent. If Utah and Milwaukee and teams like that routinely went into the tax every year, I have a feeling it would go away in an upcoming CBA. Why would the deep pocket teams sign up to be limited by the LT if the teams it supposedly benefits aren't using it?
 
The new graduated LT brackets are brutal but to say a team would be crazy to go into it doesn't mean it won't happen. It just means a select few big market teams will become mega-market teams leaving the rest of the league far behind.
 
candrew said:
The new graduated LT brackets are brutal but to say a team would be crazy to go into it doesn't mean it won't happen. It just means a select few big market teams will become mega-market teams leaving the rest of the league far behind.
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A lot less likely under this plan than the old one.
 
candrew said:
The new graduated LT brackets are brutal but to say a team would be crazy to go into it doesn't mean it won't happen. It just means a select few big market teams will become mega-market teams leaving the rest of the league far behind.
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I might be wrong (a little help gvc?) but i dont think that money is the only penalty...... i think there are also penalties in the form or how a team in the LT can do trades and how they can go after free agents.
 
I may be mistaken, but didn't we go over the salary cap once 3-4 years ago? I got the impression then that Greg was less of a stickler than Larry.
 
CALJAZZFAN said:
I may be mistaken, but didn't we go over the salary cap once 3-4 years ago? I got the impression then that Greg was less of a stickler than Larry.
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Yes, but the contracts that put us there were largely in place when Larry was still in charge. LHM vetoed the trade of AK and that set the team up to be a tax payer if they decided to keep Millsap (which they smartly did). It was a one-year event and the Jazz did mitigate it some by trading the contract of Harpring along with what had been their first-round pick (Maynor) for Fehse.

Doubt the Jazz will do the same under the new CBA - unless the team is truly in contention for a title.
 
Core4 said:
unless the team is truly in contention for a title.
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This is what I believe. A small amount over the tax is not the end of the world. Still would be under very narrow circumstances, which is what I expect as a fan.
 
vegas said:
This is what I believe. A small amount over the tax is not the end of the world. Still would be under very narrow circumstances, which is what I expect as a fan.
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Agreed. Also, as a fan, i dont want them to go over the tax unless we are contending for a title.
 
If true, they should sell the team. This philosophy has done a lot of good for fans of the team that that miserly **** Clay Bennett owns.
 
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