Details of the NBA’s initial proposal for a new CBA threw the hoops blogosphere into full-on Chicken Little mode this week. That’s justifiable, to an extent… after all, no one really thinks the NBAPA is going to accept a hard salary cap at $45 million – which is less than LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and [...]
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The Knicks have until the end of this week to decide whether or not they’ll pick up the $14.2 million option on his contract for next season – and the team may use every minute of that time to make a decision. Their choice could have a major impact on the immediate future of the [...]
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The Atlanta Hawks are expected to offer a max contract to free agent Joe Johnson, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The NBA’s salary cap structure gives advantages to teams re-signing their own players, so the max Atlanta can offer — somewhere in the neighborhood of $119 million over six years — will be significantly more than [...]
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The Knicks’ biggest advantage in this summer’s free agent sweepstakes was cap room. The moves made by Donnie Walsh since his arrival two summers ago left New York as the only team with enough room under the salary cap to add two maximum-salary free agents this summer. But both the Bulls and Heat upped the [...]
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Even if the Knicks are unable to sign one of their top free agent targets this summer, Donnie Walsh will have some flexibility to improve the team; being under the salary cap means making trades will be a lot easier than in years past. But just because a trade is possible doesn’t mean it’s a [...]
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