Kings granted cap relief for Abdur-Rahim

greenbeans · Post #1 » by **greenbeans** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:45 pm

Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie says that the NBA has granted the team salary cap relief for 2008-09 and 2009-10 on the contract of Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

Abdur-Rahim will still be paid his salary, $12.8 million over the two years, but by an insurance company because of career-ending knee problems.

Really? They give relief for a bad knee but not when someone dies?? Someone please tell me I'm completely wrong on this

chakdaddy · Post #2 » by **chakdaddy** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:55 pm

I think it was under a different set of rules back then - back then there was no established protocol, so everyone was free to say you've won 16 titles, we're not going to treat you fairly. I think today it would come off the cap a year after the death.

Hopefully he doesn't decide to come back and cause another Darius Miles situation. Even when it was all said and done there were people trying to argue that the doctor's recommendation that he retire because of the injury somehow trumped Miles' decision to continue playing and not end his career. Jackasses.

Dave_From_NB · Post #3 » by **Dave_From_NB** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:58 pm

Incorrect decisions 15 years ago shouldn't necessarily drive decisions for the rest of time. Water under the bridge.

BakersDozen · Post #4 » by **BakersDozen** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:00 am

greenbeans wrote:
Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie says that the NBA has granted the team salary cap relief for 2008-09 and 2009-10 on the contract of Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

Abdur-Rahim will still be paid his salary, $12.8 million over the two years, but by an insurance company because of career-ending knee problems.

Really? They give relief for a bad knee but not when someone dies?? Someone please tell me I'm completely wrong on this

that was my first reaction as well. but i do think things would be different if a player were to die today.

greenbeans · Post #5 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:04 am

Oh, so Stern values a life lost now more than he did in the early 90's, whattaguy!

Barry Lird · Post #6 » by **Barry Lird** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:54 am

greenbeans wrote:Really? They give relief for a bad knee but not when someone dies?? Someone please tell me I'm completely wrong on this

Still sticks in my craw after all these years too, that SOB.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #7 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:59 pm

greenbeans wrote:Oh, so Stern values a life lost now more than he did in the early 90's, whattaguy!

Exactly my thought...

Barry Lird wrote:
greenbeans wrote:Really? They give relief for a bad knee but not when someone dies?? Someone please tell me I'm completely wrong on this

Still sticks in my craw after all these years too, that SOB.

Agreed, me too. Remember, when Drazen Petrovic died the Nets got relief...same with the Wolves and Malik Sealy...

Just not the Celtics...typical, though...