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

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  1. Duckhook

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    Goodbye Plumlee
     
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    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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    How much profit did we get this past season though? Guessing Paul Allen could care less.
     
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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.
     
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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?
     
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    We have to many players and not enough minutes to go around so there will be moves to be made next year.
     
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    $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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    Investing in future player evaluation because of "The Jones!" i.e. GS.
     
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    Your 30-year mortgage is a gas bill for that sucker.

    It's not a lot if your team gets valued at $2Billion after a Chip.
     
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    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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    Paul Allen has always been better at burning money than at investing it.
     
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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
     
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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.
     
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    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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    Paul will make this money back easily when he moves the team to Seattle.
     
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