Why doesn't contract restructuring occur in the NBA?

juror1 · Post #1 » by **juror1** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 12:23 am

I was just thinking over the contract situation in New York with Carmelo and Stoudemire under massive deals yet there is still talk of the Knicks adding another star player. Just wondering if they would be able to restructure their contracts so that the Knicks cap situation would improve and they may be able to sign a player they otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford (for instance Chris Paul).

This makes me wonder why in the NFL there are so many contract holdouts from players that are already under contract wishing to improve their current contract, why doesn't this happen in the NBA? Is there a rule against it? And if it's perfectly legal under the NBA CBA why can't players do reverse of what is done in the NFL and holdout to be paid less money? I bet the owners would love it.

turtlesnjoi · Post #2 » by **turtlesnjoi** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 12:25 am

Guaranteed contracts.

Post #3 » by **Three34** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 12:28 am

You can only renegotiate upwards if

a) you renegotiate them upwards, and
b) you have cap room.

Before this year, it's almost never happened. Although this year, both Andray Blatche and Nick Collison have done it.

Ern III · Post #4 » by **Ern III** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 12:52 am

See above. The players' union and the NBA had agreed upon this way.

Dominator83 · Post #5 » by **Dominator83** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:09 am

Its perfect the way things are right now. You would have guys holding out all the time if this was the case. Im sure we would all love nothing more than guys signing a 4 or 5 year deal and then b**ching 1 year in that they want more money.

I love the current system

ShelB · Post #6 » by **ShelB** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:12 am

Sham wrote:You can only renegotiate upwards if

a) you renegotiate them upwards, and
b) you have cap room.

Before this year, it's almost never happened. Although this year, both Andray Blatche and Nick Collison have done it.

Weren't those (or atleast Collison) bonuses?

All signing bonuses have to count under the cap (or else you'd be Kobe signing $1.5 million/year deals with a $80 million signing bonus and the like), so didn't the Thunder just give Collison a bonus this year to keep his yearly cap hit low?

RoyalWun · Post #7 » by **RoyalWun** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:15 am

You gotta feel sorry for some teams that are stuck with certain contracts.
Even though some of them were the FO's decision (Orlando/Arenas).

ShelB · Post #8 » by **ShelB** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:16 am

RoyalWun wrote:You gotta feel sorry for some teams that are stuck with certain contracts.
Even though some of them were the FO's decision (Orlando/Arenas).

All of them are FO decisions.

LoyalKing · Post #9 » by **LoyalKing** » Fri Jun 3, 2011 3:02 am

All decisions are FO decisions. I do not feel sorry for them.

Nobody obligated Portland to give Roy a max contract knowing he had knee issues.

Nobody obligated Orlando to give Rashard Lewis a max contract and then trade him for Gilbert Arenas.

Nobody obligated the Hawks to give a 29 year old Joe Johnson a 123m/6y contract

The same goes on with Gooden, Outlaw, Ben Gordon, Villanueva, Childress, etc

You make dumb decions, you get the consequences.