all of the bobcats core players rookie contracts run out? will they have enough money to resign all of em. I know that a team can resign their own players and go over the cap, but would they have to go way, way over or not?
A team will generally try not to exceed the luxury tax threshold. Currently that theshold is about 60 million. The Bobcats, like other teams, will not sign players in such a way that will spend more than that threshold, else they will be paying dollar for dollar on every dollar over the threshold. I can't imagine the Bobcats having any difficulties keeping their draft choices intact. Only Okafor can concievably command a max contract.
well i bet morrison will demand close to max, and felton wont be cheap, plus may, if he plays well will ilikely demand around 7-10 a year. Thats is pretty freakin close to 60 mil if you throw in g-wallace.
This likely won't cause any problems. Bernie's a smart man and will make sure they're all satisfied. The only one that'll probably be difficult is Wallace.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Smitty:</div><div class="quote_post">This likely won't cause any problems. Bernie's a smart man and will make sure they're all satisfied. The only one that'll probably be difficult is Wallace.</div> i hope so, this core could do some damage in a few years!
That should be enough to resign everybody, and maybe sign another decent player to support this team into the run for the playoffs. You already have Adam Morrison and Emeka Okafor being the future for this team.
We'll see, it all depends, look at their current players, they have 3 guys that will likely demand big contracts, Emeka, Felton, and Morriso. If May becomes a good big man coming off the bench, he'll get no less than MLE, and probably about $6-7 million per. A guy like Brezec should make about $3 million per, Gerald Wallace about $7 million per because he's already making $5 million, and has an option for $6 mil in 07/08. So I'll try and compare to some current players extensions. Emeka we can compare to a Nene. Nene came off a season where he didn't play, but he's a PF/C with potential, and scored $10 million / year. So let's estimate Emeka making something similar to that, like 6 years, $60 million. Raymond Felton, his qualifying offer is going to be $5.5 million, so as long as he doesn't start sucking, which I think is far from what's going to happen, he will demand some money. He's a PG, he's young, by the time he's getting signed he should be putting up big numbers, I probably wouldn't expect anything less than 6 years $48 million for him. Sean May we can compare to Nazr Mohammed who got 5 years $31 million, so let's say the exact same amount for a guy like May. Gerald Wallace we can compare to Shane Battier, but his value wouldn't be considered on the same level, Battier recieved 6 years $37 million in 04. The market has gotten a little higher though, so for 6 years Gerald should get something like $42 million. So estimating what they will all get in the first years of their contracts, because I'm not going to do the math: Emeka: $10 million Felton: $7 million May: $5.2 million Wallace: $7 million (let's say he has a balanced contract exactly $7 every year) So those 4 guys are taking up $29.2 million, you add another $3 million for Brezec, and you're up to $32 million. That's really not that much, that's like half the current $60 million cap, so they have like $28 million for another 7-9 players, and if they're going 9 or 10 players, 2-3 will be minimum guys. Also the could possibly have gone up then, but the market would also have likely been a little inflated (let's say the main 4 all go up $1 million / year), so you could have those 5 making up to $35 million (max 40, not likely), but that's the max I see. It's better than GS with Baron/J-Rich/Murphy/ Foyle and Dunleavy making $48.8 million together.
^^You forgot morrison, but yeah, thats what i figured, but wasnt quite sure about their situation. They are doing a phenominal job being patient and not forcing stuff to happen like the hornets did. Also i think Felton will demand more, just a hunch
Yea so do I, I was trying to put the minimums though, but Felton will probably get double digits. Also I didn't even realize about Morrison, that would add a little more to it, actually more than a little more lol.
so that'd put them in the mid 40's at least without any one else on the roster. They arent in trouble, they just have to be careful not to overpay anyone else
Bernie Bickerstaff took in the talented players that will only take what they rightfully deserve. You are not going to have the problems of the 76ers I can assure you.
