$27 million luxury tax bill and climbing for '17/'18

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Pinwheel1 said:
If he plays really well next year, they could make room by trading 1 or 2 players. Whoever deserves to stay, probably will....as long as
we control their rights.
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It he plays really well then we better capitilize on it at the trade deadline instead of signing him to the $16M+ he'll get offered in free agency.

Basically the better he plays, the more we'd have to pay (which would be insane amounts of tax). So if he plays better it's better for us to trade him instead of resign him.
 
BonesJones said:
It he plays really well then we better capitalize on it at the trade deadline instead of signing him to the $16M+ he'll get offered in free agency.

Basically the better he plays, the more we'd have to pay (which would be insane amounts of tax). So if he plays better it's better for us to trade him instead of resign him.
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True.....unless he plays so well that it would make more sense to trade a couple other players in order to keep him. Which bigs are available to trade at the deadline...or draft night?
 
We have to many players and not enough minutes to go around so there will be moves to be made next year.
 
$27M is a lot of money, even for a $billionaire, to burn.

$27M is not too much for a $billionare to invest.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
I keep thinking about how much bigger than my house his yacht is.
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Your 30-year mortgage is a gas bill for that sucker.

Denny Crane said:
$27M is a lot of money, even for a $billionaire, to burn.

$27M is not too much for a $billionare to invest.
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It's not a lot if your team gets valued at $2Billion after a Chip.
 
Geez...didn't take long to get back into cap hell. This is why I didn't want to massively overpay Crabbe. Allan has to start playing like a borderline all-star.
 
Sinobas said:
Geez...didn't take long to get back into cap hell. This is why I didn't want to massively overpay Crabbe. Allan has to start playing like a borderline all-star.
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It's Paul Allens toy..he can spend like a rock star....I never understood why fans worry about billionaire's money when it benefits them not to
 
riverman said:
It's Paul Allens toy..he can spend like a rock star....I never understood why fans worry about billionaire's money when it benefits them not to
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Not to mention Allen realizes he's not getting any younger. Can't really take that money to the grave--might as well spend what you got and see if you can win it. If it doesn't happen in 4-5 years rebuild like we have in the past.
 
The Russian billionaire isn't pouring money into the Nets anymore. The LT starts eating up big chunks of a billionaire's net worth.
 
Paul will make this money back easily when he moves the team to Seattle.
 
Denny Crane said:
The Russian billionaire isn't pouring money into the Nets anymore. The LT starts eating up big chunks of a billionaire's net worth.
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Being related to Nets ownership in any way is the last thing Paul Allen wants, I'm sure.
 
Denny Crane said:
The Russian billionaire isn't pouring money into the Nets anymore. The LT starts eating up big chunks of a billionaire's net worth.
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yeah but the Russian probably pays zero tax and Paul probably needs a loss for a tax break every once in awhile anyway
 
Paul Allen donated over $111 million to fight Ebola... I don't think he's against paying the luxury tax if the team is good.

I also remember NO saying that Allen is open to paying the luxury tax. I think it was during an exit interview last year.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
True.....unless he plays so well that it would make more sense to trade a couple other players in order to keep him. Which bigs are available to trade at the deadline...or draft night?
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Yeah but he'd have to play well enough that it'd be worth keeping him at $17M over Davis for $7M and Leonard for $10M. But if he plays THAT WELL, then he might make over $20M.

I think Crabbe, Plumlee, and future picks will be the base of a deadline trade package.
 
You guys realize that the BRI is split at 50%, right?

That means whatever the players are splitting 450 ways (and you're seeing the contracts being handed out now), is being split only 30 ways among the owners. This is stupid money that the owners are printing.

Stop trying to save Paul Allen money.

Just the TV contract alone is like 1.3 billion a year (after split). Split that 30 ways and that's 40+ mil per year on just national TV revenue straight into Paul's pockets. Our flexibility for roster improvement being hindered? Fine I accept that as an issue. But raw $ figures? I don't give a single thought about that one.
 
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