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The Trail Blazers And The New Luxury Tax Rules
A few days ago, Howard Beck of the NY Times and Sam Amick of SI.com each reported that the details for a new luxury tax system have been agreed to by the NBA and the Players' Union. The new system has rightly been called more 'punitive' than the previous system, as the tax rate increases the...
More Musings on the Salary Cap in Light of the Marion Trade
NBA Salary cap esoterica two days in a row! How lucky can blog readers get? First of all, I have to point out the irony here. Over a week ago, multiple sources confirmed the trade of Zach Randolph from the Clippers to the Grizzlies for Quentin Richardson - viewed in these parts as an almost...
Practical Implications of the NBA Salary Cap
From time to time, we delve into the esoterica of the salary cap here at Clips Nation. The danger is that I'm not really an expert on it by any means - I can read Larry Coon's FAQ like anybody else, and I probably spend more time doing so than a sane person should, but this is complex stuff and...
NBA Trade Deadline Minutiae
In the comments following the Alex Acker trade, a few citizens requested a quick reminder of the various salary cap implications of these minor deals (Cheikh Samb, Hassan Adams, Acker). Your wish is my command. First of all, there's some question as to whether the Acker trade actually gets...
Salary Cap Teaching Moment
Disclaimer: If you're completely uninterested in how the NBA salary cap works, ignore this. First, big ups to Jerry Zgoda over at the Strib for being the only consistent source with Wolves salary figures. Frankly, I tend to think Wolves coverage from the two major newspapers and the local TV...
Salary Cap Stuff
I should have mentioned this earlier: The NBA recently set the salary cap for the the 2009 season at $58.68 million. The luxury tax threshold is $71.15 million. This is important when you consider the money Boston currently has earmarked for nine players. In fact that makes my recent Delonte West...
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