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Posted on 8/20/14 at 12:14 pm to Epic Cajun
Posted on 8/20/14 at 12:14 pm to Epic Cajun
I found this explanation of how Philly is planning to manipulate the salary floor pretty interesting.
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The one that creates the most conversation is the 76ers because they are roughly $16.777 million under the “floor.”
In previous Collective Bargaining Agreements, teams had to really spend that amount of money. However, under the current agreement, team salary is calculated on what’s on the roster at the end of the year, meaning the 76ers can and likely will run on the lean side for as long as they can.
It is simple economics. Why pay out more cash than necessary to field the team? The plan is to keep the flexibility open for teams over the luxury tax that may want to dump a salary at the deadline, when Philadelphia can extract assets for having the space.
What happens if the 76ers don’t meet the minimum at the trade deadline? They would be required to pay their existing roster the shortfall on a schedule agreed to by the Players’ Association.
So if the 76ers don’t meet the minimum, their existing guys get bonuses and the team gets to defer paying it until the end of the season.
What’s far more likely is that the long rumored Amar’e Stoudemire to Philadelphia deal gets done at the deadline. The Sixers take on Stoudemire’s $23 million salary cap number, which pushes them way over the minimum. They would only owe him roughly 30 percent of his remaining contract, so they’d end up paying him $7 million in cash and likely extract a draft pick or a rookie scale player for their troubles.
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 4:23 pm to TigerinATL
Must be really nice to be Sam Hinkie. Go to a job everyday with zero expectations of the team to actually performing well. He'll get that call from ownership soon though, asking when they might actually start scoring more points than other teams.
And they have the balls to try to hold the rest of the league hostage so they can continue to lose on purpose. As if they're the only ones who's strategy would be disrupted by draft changes. Every franchise has a gameplan built around the draft, free agency, trades, etc. So it would affect all 32 teams. Theoretically EVERY team COULD be pissed about the draft changes, because it changes every team's thinking. Just so happens Philly's strategy has been to lose on purpose so it affects them differently.
And they have the balls to try to hold the rest of the league hostage so they can continue to lose on purpose. As if they're the only ones who's strategy would be disrupted by draft changes. Every franchise has a gameplan built around the draft, free agency, trades, etc. So it would affect all 32 teams. Theoretically EVERY team COULD be pissed about the draft changes, because it changes every team's thinking. Just so happens Philly's strategy has been to lose on purpose so it affects them differently.
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