pspot wrote:is that possible? my understanding was basically if we resign marion and aren't under the cap we can use the MLE. if we let Marion walk we have cap space but no MLE.
So basically we would have to resign Marion and then Gordon comes for the full MLE which ain't happening
I think our cap space is going to be about 8 to 10 million, is that correct?
And there's the rub with this deal. If the raps release everyone they can (Marion, Parker, Joey, Jawai, Solomon, & Voskhul) that leaves the raps with:
Bosh, Bargs, Jose, Kapono, Banks, Hump, Ukic and this years 1st round pick (8 players) which their salaries end up at 46mil give or take 1/2 a mil depending on where the 1st rounder lands.
High side of the 09-10 projected cap is 61-62 million, low side 59-60 depending on revenues, the economy, and player salaries (remember there are quite a few very big contracts expiring this year and those players won't get 1/2 what they make now).
So, all that said the Raps could have anywhere from 13 - 16 million.
But wait, if you execise Joey's qualifying offer that adds 3.4million to the 46 which brings down the cap amount to between 9.5 & 12.5
IF Marion resigns for say 8 and Joey is still here that will leave 1.5 to 4.5 mill to sign 2 more players to make the minimum 12 man roster.
Here's the kicker now, IF you re-sign Marion to say 12 a year and keep Joey, the MLE and LLE kick in. So if BC overpays Marion, they have more money to actually sign those last 2 players.
Why do you think Marion is open to re-signing here all of a sudden?
