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Originally posted by <b>Dragnsmke1</b>!
So basically if your team is already over the tax you have to match that $ for $ and pay a 10% fee plus miss out on a possible 18 million dollar rebate? (did I get this right?)
From an owners point of view I can see why I would dump top notch players and potential top notch players if your under or near bieng under the limit.
If your over your already screwed any way so owners like Cuban(who actually likes owning a team not the prestige of saying he owns a pro team) might as well throw the money @ players because they are going to miss out on the rebate any way.
Help me out if I got this wrong. I might need it put in laymans terms.
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No, you seem to be getting it, Dragnsmke1. The Timberwolves, by dumping Wally World (and the $2.9 mil he is owed for next season) on the Clips in exchange for a future 2nd round pick, would go from being INSIDE of luxury tax territory (a $52+ payroll) to OUTSIDE of luxury tax territory (a sub-$52 mil payroll). Of course, Kevin McHale just made that offer to Ricky Davis, so maybe Minnesota is one of those teams that doesn't GET IT.
Unless Minnesota and Cleveland are doing something we don't KNOW about. A Wally-for-Davis swap that would include several other players, a swap that would get Minnesota OUT of luxury tax territory and Wally World INTO a Cavs uniform longterm? Who knows.
ANYWAY, you seem to be getting it, Dragnsmke1. Here's another scenario that might happen, just so you can get a feel for how this works.
Alonzo Mourning to the Mavs; Nick Van Exel, Shawn Bradley, and Evan Eschmeyer to the Heat
Van Exel, Bradley, and Eschmeyer make a COMBINED $17.8 mil next year. Mourning makes $20.6 mil. The trade works salary-wise. The Heat's payroll WITH Mourning = around $55 mil. The Heat's payroll AFTER this trade = around $52 mil. SO, more players would probably have to get involved: Anthony Carter, Laphonso Ellis, Tariq Abdul-Wahad. Maybe even Brian Grant and Michael Finley, I don't know.
THE POINT HERE is that the Heat would actually consider this trade, because it makes so much sense from an ECONOMIC standpoint. They would save themselves over $20 MILLION by agreeing to such a deal. What do YOU think the owner of the Heat is more interested in, holding onto Mourning for one more year and winning 40 ballgames or saving himself OVER $20 MILLION? You know?
Pretty crazy, huh?