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Posts tagged "salary cap"

How the latest salary cap structure affects the Bulls

Per Ken Berger: The essence of the system described by Stern was an NHL-style cap system with a targeted salary of $62 million per team and a to-be-negotiated range from a minimum to an amount above $62 million that teams could spend up to through various exceptions currently in place – such as the Larry... Read more »
By DougThonus,
June 21, 2011 at 6:15 pm
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NBA seeking rollback of existing salaries

Per Realgm: An NBA spokesman confirmed to RealGM that the league is in fact seeking to roll back existing player salaries, rather than simply changing the rules dictating the terms of future contracts. In attempting to reduce player costs by approximately one-third, the league is not making a distinction between signed contracts currently in force... Read more »
By DougThonus,
October 23, 2010 at 3:50 pm
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Union decertification, the players' hammer

Until reading this article from Larry Coon, I hadn’t realized the players hold a real hammer in negotiations: The real trump card in the players’ hands might be union decertification. Many of the league’s practices, such as the salary cap and draft, may violate antitrust laws, had they not been agreed to via collective bargaining... Read more »
By DougThonus,
October 14, 2010 at 6:38 am
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The player vs the contract, stop trying to dump Luol Deng

Remember the good old days, when a player was simply either good or bad?    The contract never really mattered, but the salary cap era has changed all that.   Now, we turn around and say “_____ is overpaid” to describe 90% of the league.   We often dismiss what a player is good at simply because his... Read more »
By DougThonus,
September 1, 2010 at 6:33 am
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Is Carmelo worth 20 million per season?

With the new collective bargaining agreement around the corner, an agreement most experts feel will have the players absolutely crushed at the end, there comes a fairly big risk in trading for Carmelo Anthony even if the details are worked out and he signs an extension. Anthony will be paid roughly 5 years 100 million... Read more »
By DougThonus,
August 27, 2010 at 6:39 am
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Bulls Beat #151 - That Boy's Good!

Bulls Beat #151 – That boy’s good! A discussion of the Chicago Bulls own C.J. Waaatson! I talk about the new signings, who’s left including fan favorites Shannon Brown and Tracy McGrady as well as the financial decisions the Bulls have made for the future... Read more »
By DougThonus,
July 24, 2010 at 9:21 am
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Updated Bulls salary cap [post Brewer / Watson]

With the Bulls cap number remaining sourced to me at 11.8 million after the Redick signing, I’ve calculated the Korver/Boozer contracts as flat as it makes the numbers work out nearly exactly. That may not be the case as either could be off by some amount, but for our cap space this year, it works... Read more »
By DougThonus,
July 20, 2010 at 6:09 am
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Updated Bulls salary cap

I’ve been told by someone I trust that the Bulls have 11.8 million left in cap room if J.J. Redick is matched which is widely expected. This was told to me as fact and not a guess. Trying to fill in the pieces of how we got there, the most logical solution is that Boozer... Read more »
By DougThonus,
July 16, 2010 at 6:09 am
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Bulls present salary cap situation

I’m sure someone has a better list compiled, but I haven’t seen it yet, so until I do, here’s some rough cap numbers on the flexibility the Bulls have left and what they might do with it. If the Bulls want to use the rest of their cap space this off-season, their present salary information... Read more »
By DougThonus,
July 10, 2010 at 8:59 am
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Homer conspiracy theory: Players waiting for cap number to sign with Bulls

I’m going to throw this out there as a quick conspiracy theory.   While no one is leaking this information, it’s possible that Wade/Bosh or LeBron/Bosh are waiting for Wednesday to see where the salary cap number falls. Why is that important? A number around 57 million gives the Bulls two maxes without moving Loul... Read more »
By DougThonus,
July 6, 2010 at 2:58 pm
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