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NAOS said:
but the language here doesn't necessarily mean they couldn't amnesty someone next year (or the year after) who was on contract at the time of the CBA. I wouldn't surprise me if you are right, but the language here doesn't prove it.
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I think it clearly states that if a player was under contract before the creation of the CBA, they are eligible to be amnestied. If they were after, they are not.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I think it clearly states that if a player was under contract before the creation of the CBA, they are eligible to be amnestied. If they were after, they are not.
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I agree, it clearly states that. It doesn't clearly state when they have to be amnestied if they are amnestied.
 
NAOS said:
I agree, it clearly states that. It doesn't clearly state when they have to be amnestied if they are amnestied.
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It does clearly state that the player can be amnestied prior to ANY season. Each team can only use the provision one time, but it certainly isn't a "one year thing".
 
GVC said:
It does clearly state that the player can be amnestied prior to ANY season. Each team can only use the provision one time, but it certainly isn't a "one year thing".
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thank you. That's what I thought.
 
Amnesty isn't a one year thing but it is a two year thing. Like use it either last offseason or this one. Not 100% but I swear I remember this from offseason discussiojs
 
NAOS said:
I don't think so. I think every team has the ability to amnesty one player under contract at the time of the CBA. Am I wrong?
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You are correct.

• 2005 CBA: One player can be waived prior to the start of the 2005-06 season. The salary of the waived player will not count toward the luxury tax.

• 2011 CBA: One player can be waived prior to the start of any season (only one player can be amnestied during the agreement, and contracts signed under the new CBA are not eligible). The salary of the waived player will not count toward the salary cap or luxury tax. Teams with cap room can submit competing offers to acquire an amnestied player (at a reduced rate) before he hits free agency and can sign with any team.

• Who benefits? As with the amnesty provision in the 2005 agreement, this provision allows teams to kick one bad contract to the curb. The benefits to amnesty are greater now than they were in 2005 -- 100 percent of the player's salary is removed for both cap and tax purposes. The other big change is that teams are allowed to pocket their amnesty card to use later -- so teams that managed their cap well to this point benefit because they don't have to use it or lose it.
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https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/CBA-111128/how-new-nba-deal-compares-last-one
 
Back to the topic on hand. Minnesota is getting killed tonight by the Kings. That would be a HUGE blow to their playoff hopes to get beat by a bottom feeder.
 
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