digg211 wrote:I remember when that NBA nixed that signing. I still don't get what the Heat did illegally because I haven't researched into it. Did we go over the cap with the Howard signing, was that against league rules back then?
off topic to the thread but what happened was at that time under that CBA, you could exceed the salary cap to resign your own players but you had to use all of your cap space first. You could not agree to any deals with your own free agents (at least publicly)....We had the space to sign Howard, but had to sign him first and then give the $100 million dollar extension to Zo. Zo's extension could not be technically agreed upon....
Zo went on ESPN and did a 1 on 1 interview about being the first $100 million dollar NBA player....turns out he did that interview before the league got the Howard contract finalized. So Zo acknowledging his contract on national TV in an interview before every T was crossed and I was dotted on the Howard contract voided Juwan's deal....
turned out to be a blessing in disguise but at the time I remember how devastated the fanbase was....
