<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Chris Andersen will sign a one-year deal to return to the Heat, league sources tell Y! Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/354756684368977920">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I figured someone would've offered him a multi-year deal.
I wonder how much... Denver is still paying him for anything up to $4.1 mil, if I'm not mistaken. If he took the min since it wouldn't make a difference, the Heat would still have the mini-mle.
So I guess it was the 1yr/1.7mil vet min. Heat still have the mini-mle for Oden or Dalembert if they are interested.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Today Heat will sign Chris Andersen to a one-year $1.7 million deal with a player option for $1.8 million for 2014-15</p>— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/statuses/354988000284901378">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Too risky for a mult year deal. Could start picking up meth again in his second year. You never know with these thugs...
I think this shows that the new CBA might be working. No overpaying role players on championship teams. Remember James Posey?
Ehhh, this is a different case. He's still getting paid over $4mil next season from the Nuggets due to the amnesty. It really didn't matter how much the Heat paid him, which is part of the reason why he signed so cheap.
So? Someone could have offered $4 million on top and then he would have made $8 million, but they didn't, which is my point.
In your scenario, I think he could've only made up to whatever his old contract was (let's just say 6 mil). Denver only pays the difference between what was owed and his new contract, which is why it didn't matter how much the Heat gave him, as long as nobody was going OVER the original contract. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm certainly not a cap expert.
