http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsider ... _over.html
Bird said he doesn't expect the Pacers to go over the $71.150 million luxury tax.
The Pacers are in the midst of trying to trade point guard Jamaal Tinsley and acquire a power forward while also watching their money.
"We're up around $69 million right now and we don't want to go over the tax," Bird said. "You always like to save some money, but the thing is, our owners are not going to save money and not have a productive team out there, especially when we did the deals we did this summer. I think it's being able to move some pieces to get the type of player we want at (power forward)."
Bird and general manager David Morway are actively working the phones trying to make a deal [Tinsley], but Bird said they aren't willing to give up any of their core players.
Interesting points here. The Pacers are still looking to pick up a PF, and are trying desperately to move Tinsley, but won't include any core players. I'm sure Foster counts as a core player, but does Shawne Williams?
Also, we won't go over the luxury tax. We have about $3 million or less to spend in that regards.
