Or he won't and get paid $14 million.
If NY amnestied Billups - do we want him??
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Or he won't and get paid $14 million.
utahjazz107
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Billups came into the league as a shooting guard and bounced around teams until he found the Pistons. I respect Billups a lot and he just wants to play the game with a team that wants to keep him. He never wanted to get traded to the Knicks but since Melo wanted out of the Nuggets, the trade only worked if the Knicks got Billups too. I'm pretty sure Billups said he didn't want to leave Denver and then the Knicks picked up his option after the reason so It looked like they wanted him and now they are using the amnesty clause on him. I don't blame him at all. I would do the exact same thing especially when money isn't an issue anymore
I think by declaring to the world that he can be "disruptive" he just gave whatever team that got him grounds for nulling the contract if there is evidence that he "acts up" and/or refuse to play.
It's a guaranteed contract. If he retires, he still gets his money. Period.
billyshelby
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I'm not a lawyer, but this can't be correct. If he retires, he's not fulfilling his contract. The salary gets voided. He has to show up, but he doesn't have to try or care which is what I think he's saying.
How about Gilbert Arenas: when his team/NBA were considering legal action/voiding his contract in that incident involving him carrying guns in the locker room, etc?
Holy **** you're right. I'm almost positive this has changed but I wouldn't be able to confirm.
https://webfiles.uci.edu/lcoon/cbafaq/salarycap.htm#Q55
Some things allow you to void owed salary, some things don't. I'm pretty sure there's been a rule change because I seem to remember reading that players are paid their salary and their cap number remains through retirement if a player is still under contract.
At any rate, the current rule is a good one.
billyshelby
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I think this is missing the point. Billups is well aware of how his statements will be characterized. He just doesn't care. He realizes he's on the fast track to somebody who isn't in the top 5 teams in the league and is playing the only angle he's got. He'll make his official statement about everything being fine later. But for now, he's doing what little he can to control the process. It's not like his legacy is threatened. It would only be threatened if he really carried out his threat which he everyone knows he won't actually do.
Yeah I get all that.
It's just gets annoying for fans to have to go through this complaining all the time. First DWill, then Paul, then Howard, then Billups, then, then, then.. never ending whining about the situation they've been put in. It's part of the business! They're only getting paid millions - why don't they just take it on the chin for once. Yeah you might get to play in teams that you don't like - but so what? That's why you've signed a "guaranteed" contract, not a "I'll only get paid if I'm put in the team of my choosing" contract.
When I pay for a painter to pain my house I don't:
1) "guarantee" their fee (i.e., whether or not they paint it or not)
2) have them complained to me about the colours I've asked them to use half way through the job; and
3) refuse to do the job properly.
Why should these guys be any different?