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Post by Shaquille O'Neal on Mar 21, 2014 21:11:06 GMT
it says that Teams can sign players for the NBA's minimum salary even if they are over the cap, for up to two years in length. In the case of two-year contracts, the second-season salary is the minimum salary for that season.
players should not have bird rights if they have minimum contracts and also it should be for 2 years only.
also Agents should be aware of this and not give teams 3 year minimum contract.
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Post by Danny Longley on Mar 21, 2014 21:36:56 GMT
I don't know if you guys got what Troy was saying, but we were actually having a discussion pertaining to this particular excerpt on the NBA's cap rules: Thing is, there are a lot of contracts around here in D5 that have minimum starting salaries, but go on way past the 2 years that the NBA rules allow for.
I personally feel that this allows for way too much freedom, and that we should give a better definition to what constitutes a minimum contract, as the current rule lets teams that are over the cap to get more value than they should with an exception that is pretty much only limited by your roster spaces as we can get bird rights on players with minimum risk by throwing around these small contracts.
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Post by Ian Noble on Mar 21, 2014 23:03:08 GMT
You're right, minimum contracts shouldn't be longer than 2 years in length, I like that idea.
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Post by Ian Noble on Mar 21, 2014 23:07:02 GMT
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Mar 21, 2014 23:21:40 GMT
Whoa, hold up. Isn't that only if the team is ABOVE the cap? Like if I'm real life Philly I could in theory offer a minimum contract to someone for longer than 2 years if I'm not mistaken?
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Post by Danny Longley on Mar 22, 2014 0:01:10 GMT
Sorry, I realize I may not have been clear enough. I don't know if Ian and I are on the same wavelength, but this is what I was after - I was looking for there to be a Minimum Salary Exception for teams over the cap, meaning that you can only sign players for the defined "Minimum Contract" once you're over the cap - same way we treat the MLE. So a contract starting from the minimum salary would not necessarily be a minimum contract.
Say I wanted to sign Ronnie Brewer, the best I would be able to offer him is the defined "Minimum Contract"(Ideally 980k/2 years), but say Memphis wanted to pick him up, he would be able to offer a contract starting with the minimum but since he is under the cap, he would be able to offer increases up to the max (I.E. 3 years - 2.94m - 490k/980k/1.47m), objective being to reduce the buying power of the "Minimum Contract" to what it should be, the absolute minimum - at least on the money side of the negotiations.
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Post by Shaquille O'Neal on Mar 22, 2014 15:50:21 GMT
we should cut the contracts of players who has 3 years and make it into 2 years.
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Mar 23, 2014 2:32:08 GMT
I don't think we should do anything to help the Heat cut salary.
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Post by Ian Noble on Mar 23, 2014 18:39:01 GMT
Sorry, I realize I may not have been clear enough. I don't know if Ian and I are on the same wavelength, but this is what I was after - I was looking for there to be a Minimum Salary Exception for teams over the cap, meaning that you can only sign players for the defined "Minimum Contract" once you're over the cap - same way we treat the MLE. So a contract starting from the minimum salary would not necessarily be a minimum contract. Say I wanted to sign Ronnie Brewer, the best I would be able to offer him is the defined "Minimum Contract"(Ideally 980k/2 years), but say Memphis wanted to pick him up, he would be able to offer a contract starting with the minimum but since he is under the cap, he would be able to offer increases up to the max (I.E. 3 years - 2.94m - 490k/980k/1.47m), objective being to reduce the buying power of the "Minimum Contract" to what it should be, the absolute minimum - at least on the money side of the negotiations. Okay, that's a good amendment. Two years only for teams over the cap, and if you're over the cap the minimum contract cannot increase the subsequent year.
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