When was the last lottery pick you got for 3M? Paul Allen couldn't buy a pick last year. He had to give up 2 2nd-rounders to move up 2 spots. It's a tool. Not an end-all, be-all. Creative, out-of-the-box thinkers can spin it into gold. (Sam Presti)
I was under the impression that we were using the 70M hard cap. Can we decide the final solution soon, because it could effect who people are capable/willing to take.
presti gets alot of love. he traded his 7 million in cap space for harprings contract and eric maynor. 7 million for a late 1st. gold? we will see. the players he has drafted with the KT picks are sege ibaka and byron mullins. gold? we will see. there IS also the suns pick this summer. maybe he will spin that 20 something pick into gold. basically he paid 16 million dollars for the right to pay these players salaries.
I've always wanted to know, what the hell does that + sign mean beside some of the usernames for people viewing the thread?
the hard cap for this inaugural draft has been set at 80 million dollars. we might lower this to the nba luxury tax threshhold( currently 69.92 million) either before we begin play or at some point after. there is also a minimum cap of 50 million. fuck it im gonna put it to a vote, poll coming soon.
I'm with Shape, hard cap should be somewhere around the luxury tax limit. That way the salaries and whatnot are somewhat realistic. I was under the impression the whole time that there was going to be some type of salary cap in this league, thus I drafted for cheap players until my last pick. If someone drafted 5 players making 20 mil a year that was their choice. They've probably got a damn good 5 players. Now they have to pick from min. contract guys.
So here's my question.... if a guy is a free agent this summer, and they sign a cheaper contract, does that contract carry over here? How about if they sign a more expensive contract? LeBron for example, or Wade, or Bosh, etc.
After we draft these players everything is in our hands, and the only we follow the NBA for is the game scheduling and injuries. Any contract negotiations will be between the respective GM and that player (player simmed by drexlersdad as the agent, I'm guessing)
I thought that's what I was suggesting. Like, let's propose an example: Suppose I'm the Lakers and I'm over the tax. If I make it to the conference championships or beyond, I still get my wiggle room. If I have Free Agents, I can re-sign them. I can use my MLE. I can use my draft picks. I can sign players for the minimum. That's wiggle room. Now, suppose the following year, I'm still over the luxury tax, but I get knocked out in the second round. It's time to rebuild. I can't re-sign my own free agents or use my MLE until I get back under the luxury tax. Likewise, any team that wants to can go into the luxury tax for a season. The pain comes if their bet doesn't pay off by getting them far enough in the playoffs. Then they're limited in what they can do the next year. So, I think everyone would still have some flexibility, even when over the luxury tax line. ------------------- As far as the draft, I figure the easiest thing is to let everyone draft how they want to. Then we'll put together the salaries and see where everyone stands. If someone wants to go into the season with a high salary team they don't think is going to get very far, then that's motivation for them to start trading. Otherwise, we just deal with it. If someone's got a $100M payroll, let them play out the season, and then be limited in what they can do at the end. If someone wants to go low salary and maintain the cap space for future trades or free agency, I don't see a reason to stop them. That was obviously my strategy.
I just saw that Sessions had a good game and then you snatched him up. I was considering it, but I really need to shore up my front court.
His contract is pretty reasonable for someone who can go for 20/10 on a given night... plus I needed only a PG to complete my starting five.
