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If I'm not mistaken, Battier is often nicknamed "President" in Chinese BBS? My first thought of the thread title was, "wow... so Battier...
Bima, I don't even think paying two lottery protected first should constitute "get under tax even if that hurts the team". I stands to be...
Assume everything stays as-is, then Les will save the 7M in lux tax plus about 3M in revenue sharing (currently, there are 6-7 team above the lux...
Teams don't need cap space to sign minimum contracts, but minimum contracts can only be maximum 2 years in length. Thus, if rox wants to offer...
Dada, are you saying that being financially smart and responsible equals to not willing to pay lux tax when it is required? high 2nd round...
Bima, I just want to point out that 1. the minimum salary for a 10+ year experienced player in 2010-11 is $1.352M, and 2. the minimum salary...
On the other hand, a dominating team will have a decicive advantage in coverage and media hypes that will significantly increases their voting in...
DD, can you explain the "Franchise tag" thing a bit for those who does not follow NFL? thanks :)
I wasn't refering to get under the lux tax all together as leebigz suggested. instead, if trading Jeffries's expiring contract (with is about...
-- on second thought, nah... ignore whatever I was saying. I didn't think straight :p -- The fact that teams with big TEs could be our trade...
Bima, I personally think it's probably more likely that rox find a partner from a team with a huge TE who does not intend to use it anyway. Since...
DD， assuming the Salary CAP goes down in any significant potion next year (>5%), I doubt there are many team that COULD bid for AB at all next...
thanks guys. I guess that ends the discussion. :)
As soon as the news of Cav's contract offer to Lowry came out, I was in a very confused mode: why offer 24M in 4 years? -- my confusion was not...
Valorita, 1. The CBA negotiation is a standard Management-Labor negotiation, so customer (fans) does not get to participate. - Pity, I know,...
Thanks OMR, I really appreciate your points -- and to bring out people knowledgeable about the situation like you is my primary intention in the...
*Most of the research and contents for this post was done before July 3rd, when most of the FA signings were not decided yet, so some of the info...
Isn't is Clutch's idea? I swear I saw Clutch either post or twitt what he suggested after Morey asked for ideas... Come on, someone tell me I'm...
if scola receives a contract so large that rox does not match, I'll be happy for scola. He deserves it. Yes I'll be extremely sad to see him...
I'm VERY surprised that no one has yet to mention that player does NOT need to lose those $30 mil by going to the under-the-cap teams. After...
