^
@ Mavericks #1, atta boy.
So wait, yall gotta help me out with this real quick..
So, Rashard Lewis is amnestied. Of those under the cap, they bid and see whoever pays the most, and that's where Rashard Lewis goes? Said player can ONLY join if there are no bids for him?
I like the idea of someone paying for part of his contract, and relieving the amnestying team of some of that heavy contract.
No different than being traded, so that's all it is really. Makes a ton of sense.
It's interesting because it really makes the small-market teams try and fill up the rest of their cap will some legit players (unless they're like Luke Walton). It'll be interesting to see how many teams blow their load early and spend a lot only to see if later on someone releases their player further on down the line.
Also, is it true you can only amnesty when it's NOT the regular season? That's interesting too. I think this will stop a lot of teams from amnestying. There are obvious ones like Rashard Lewis, Gilbert Arenas, etc.
What's even more interesting is if a team amnesties a player and then signs a superstar or two who are under the cap (Washington Wizards?
).
I mean, think about how much cap space they will have if they amnesty Lewis right now. They'd be at 18 million.
AK47, Jason Richardson, David West, Kris Humphries, Michael Redd, Shane Battier, Prince, Caron, Barea, Glen Davis, Jeff Green, Jamal Crawford. All free-agents. They could easily sign four of those guys if they maintain their payroll properly.
Wall
Jason Richardson/Redd/Crawford
AK47/Caron/Prince/Green/Battier
West/Humphries/Big Baby
McGee
Or they can wait until next year, pull a New York Knicks, and go for Dwight,
All I know is that a lot of teams that DO amnesty will have a lot of room to work with.
Hell, the Magic would be under the cap when they amnesty Arenas.
JA, do you think Dallas will cut Haywood? If so, I hope the Grizz pick him up. Mike Miller back in Memphis would be smiley: pimp as well.
I kind of don't think so, especially since there's a two-year grace period. It allows the Mavericks to really try and budget towards the future if that's the position they want to take, which I kind of doubt anyways. If we end up re-signing Tyson Chandler, which I'm kind of thinking we will no matter the cost, we still need insurance in case he goes down for a month or so. It's expensive insurance, but still, Haywood can still be a DECENT starting center. Not great, but good enough for a month or two if Tyson gets hurt and needs time to heal. That's especially the case because outside of those two, we are dead thin at Center, unless we want to throw raw !%% Mahinmi out there.
I'm not sure on the "what if they want no business with that team" question. I guess they will have to deal with it like they do in the NFL.
I'm unsure of how that will work. It seems like more often in the NBA a player will just sit out and try to get traded more than anything.
Say Brandon Roy gets amnestied, and picked up by the Kings. He could just sit out or do whatever he wants until the Kings are forced to trade him to a contender for a decent deal, and have it be a team he would approve of playing for.
That's a sticky situation. If you pick up an amnestied player, what are the boundaries of trading him? Or are there any?
