MarkPrice25
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Hey guys, I understand the CBA to a pretty good extent, but I have a major question that I hope you guys can help me with.
It's common knowledge that we have about $20+ million in salary cap room if we don't do anything with Z. That puts us at the "hard cap." What I don't understand is how teams like NY have a $100 million dollar payroll for Marbury and their 11 power forwards. I know that there is a luxury tax out there and there is the MLE and LLE, but how can the Knicks have such a large cap number? It can't ALL be Bird Rights, can it????
Help me out please. Hell, if we can have a salary cap like the Knicks, we have $80 million to spend this summer without Z. I know that could never happen, just saying.
Say we re-sign Z at $10 million this summer (just for comparison), we will only have $10-12 million to spend. Are we able to go over the cap at all at this point?
What about this......I know it is a gamble. Renounce Z, sign (insert PG and SG here), sign another big off the bench, and hope that Z doesn't sign with anyone. Then, we can go over the cap and give Z whatever he wants after we've signed some big-name FAs. I know that can work because we have his Bird Rights.
I hate to post without knowing all the facts, but I would really appreciate some help on this.
It's common knowledge that we have about $20+ million in salary cap room if we don't do anything with Z. That puts us at the "hard cap." What I don't understand is how teams like NY have a $100 million dollar payroll for Marbury and their 11 power forwards. I know that there is a luxury tax out there and there is the MLE and LLE, but how can the Knicks have such a large cap number? It can't ALL be Bird Rights, can it????
Help me out please. Hell, if we can have a salary cap like the Knicks, we have $80 million to spend this summer without Z. I know that could never happen, just saying.
Say we re-sign Z at $10 million this summer (just for comparison), we will only have $10-12 million to spend. Are we able to go over the cap at all at this point?
What about this......I know it is a gamble. Renounce Z, sign (insert PG and SG here), sign another big off the bench, and hope that Z doesn't sign with anyone. Then, we can go over the cap and give Z whatever he wants after we've signed some big-name FAs. I know that can work because we have his Bird Rights.
I hate to post without knowing all the facts, but I would really appreciate some help on this.