I thought this was pretty informative to read especially now that Kobe has a chance of heading there. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The schedule isn't the friendliest on this hard-luck Friday. Broadcasting arrangements made way back in the summer have served up Raptors at Celtics, followed by Suns at Sonics. Seems like a fine time, then, to go in a completely different direction and delve into a completely hypothetical situation. Completely. Let's say a marquee free agent signs a big contract with an NBA team this summer. It could be the team he currently plays for, or a team in the same city. A team that plays in the same building, even. Then that player is incarcerated. It's one of the most-asked questions we get here at Stein Line HQ: What are the salary-cap implications for the team in question if it ever signed a superstar free agent who is subsequently jailed? So we've consulted with salary-cap experts to address these implications. Answers to some good questions follow.....</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...marc&id=1746036