That would be terrible. A $9.7MM salary cap would put Portland (and everyone else) way, way....way over. No cap space!
lol for some reason I pictured you yelling like the soup nazi. "You want Free Agent... 5 Million!!!" "but you signed him for the 9 Mill" "NO Contract for you! FOR YOU! COME BACK ONE YEAR!!!"
9.7 Million. Ok were signing Brandon Roy for 9 million a year, and a bunch of scrubs. Lets see who wins the NBA championship now!