An Oft-Ignored Reality of Cap-Space

[GVC]

Franklin, I seem to remember you having some real details on this issue.

Doesn't the new CBA mandate that annual decreases can't exceed a certain percentage of the previous year?

Yeah, I'm lazy when it comes to legal jargon... I don't want to surf through that.

For own team free agents, max annual raises and decreases (in terms of cap hit) can't exceed 7.5% of the first year salary (cap hit, really...signing bonuses, and other odd payment schedules, muck this up). For other teams' free agents, this number is 4.5% (this is an oversimplification, as there are different types of free agents, but it will suffice for this conversation).

If you wanted to sign your own free agent (with Bird rights) to a 4-year contract, averaging $10mm/year (like Hack's in a previous post), the best front-loading you could do (again, in terms of cap hit) is:

Year 1: $11 267 605.64
Year 2: $10 422 535.22
Year 3: $9 577 464.20
Year 4: $8 732 394.38

 

[AshleyArmchair]

I'd be interested in hearing the rules, because that is a good idea: frontload Al's or Millsap's contract and that opens up cap to re-sign Favors and Hayward and Alec and Kanter. Just restating and agreeing, in fact this is the only way I can forsee keeping either of those two without hampering the future. If the rules allow.

This. Lets resign him for like 30 milli one year or whatever dirki and macho man Marion make. This trade will like make us tha dirki dope boys

 

[NUMBERICA]

I don't know how the extension thing slipped my mind. Farts.

Still, could give Millsap a lot of money and... uhh... hope that he can take a hint about re-upping?

 

[Brown Notes]

What if instead of extending you are just signing the guy as a FA? Can't we have a handshake deal on an Asik-type contract and then sign whenever FA opens up? This type of thing, of course, would make either player extraordinarily tradeable in the cheap years.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

^
Nice sig. Bro.

How long do you have to keep it? I forget.

 

[NAOS]

Hahahahahaha.

 

[Brown Notes]

I'm a man of my word.

 

[Brown Notes]

Hahahahahaha.

You're impressed with that? I was underwhelmed to say the least.

 

[franklin]

Vouch on GVC. 7.5/4.5%.

I don't know how the extension thing slipped my mind. Farts.

Still, could give Millsap a lot of money and... uhh... hope that he can take a hint about re-upping?

You mean something like giving him an *** ton of money for, say, 2 years with a backroom guarantee of stretching it out to 5 for a much lower price the next season? Didn't see anything on Coon's #58 against it but we could ask him if he's still doing the weekly live Q&A.

It's risky, but if the FO can trust Millsap then they could sweeten the hell out of it with the understanding that he plays for nothing in "The Championship Years".

What if instead of extending you are just signing the guy as a FA? Can't we have a handshake deal on an Asik-type contract and then sign whenever FA opens up? This type of thing, of course, would make either player extraordinarily tradeable in the cheap years.

What exactly are you asking?

 

[infection]

I think there are certain things in the universe that are just givens: Casey Anthony will get off on murder, LeBron will get his rings, Dwight Howard (unfortunately) will get a ring, people will still defend Steve and Josh Powell and teams like the Warriors will be rewarded for tanking.

This all culminates in the likely scenario that, despite its insanity like the above scenarios, we will re-up Al and continue the same **** for the next three years while we poopoo the experience of our young front court.

 

[Brown Notes]

What exactly are you asking?

Well GVC was providing information on the rules for extending contracts with Bird rights. I was asking if you can avoid these regulations by allowing the player to enter FA.

Asik was a RSA iirc. So the Rockets inserted the poison pill in the first year knowing the Knicks are SOL. But I don't know if there are rules on what you can do once a player is a true FA. If there are any. I am currently under the impression that UFA signings aren't subject to much of anything structure wise.

 

[franklin]

Well GVC was providing information on the rules for extending contracts with Bird rights. I was asking if you can avoid these regulations by allowing the player to enter FA.

Asik was a RSA iirc. So the Rockets inserted the poison pill in the first year knowing the Knicks are SOL. But I don't know if there are rules on what you can do once a player is a true FA. If there are any. I am currently under the impression that UFA signings aren't subject to much of anything structure wise.

A) No.

B) JJAS entered with top notch info on the poison pill rules. IIRC, they include tight day limitations on matching and on the amount counted against cap differing between the offering and bird rights team.

FWIW to the Jazz, they can offer a CBA max with 4.5% annual pay cuts, not compound, to UFAs.

 

[Brown Notes]

Dang. One more dream dashed.