payitforward wrote:gambitx777 wrote:Ruzious wrote:...And I may have this screwed up, but my understanding on the lux tax calculation is that it's based only on the roster you have on the last day of the season. Maybe it actually helps to cut a player like McCullough making 1.5 mil and picking up a min salary guy like Zimmerman? And min salaries don't count against the regular cap, so there's no restriction there other than roster spots. Again, I could be completely wrong on the lux tax.
You're not wrong, but ultimately you are still paying the money. Either in tax or to the player then another player and that contracts cap hit to the tax. its really a minimal impact though. It all boils down to ok, how much do we want a tittle. because any little tiny improvement could be something that makes or breaks us in the end.
Who can be cut, paid and not be too much of a bother to replace. right now we stand at 16 contracts and 2 D league deals.
Tim, Sloan, Scott, Mac, and felix are all on cheap 1 year deals.
So cut mac, memphis did this with chalmers a year or two ago when he blew his leg out when eh was on a one year deal, they jsut paid him and he went home.
that puts you at 15 contracts with felix, who has played well. and our two d league players, so Cut tim. bring in zimmerman and you have 15 dudes and a 21 year old center prospect.
You can cut scott, sloan or felix, bu felix is playing well and he can play the 2 or the 3 and after Kelley we don't have much there, sloan is a pretty solid back up point guard and who would you replace scott with? Terrance jones? Sullinger? christian wood, derrick williams?
So i would cut Tim, (silly considering we paid a second for him but thats water under the bridge at this point.) and Mac (pay the kid, let him heal and give him a chance when hes better.) Sign a guy like zimmerman and keep felix. Keep sloan and scott unless a better player comes around cheap.
Sigh.... Gamby, do yourself a favor & don't opine on this stuff, b/c you clearly haven't taken the time to understand it. & you're not doing the simple arithmetic to understand the costs of these maneuvers.
Yes, Ruz is wrong. A guaranteed contract is... well, guaranteed. If you waive the guy, you don't get to stop paying him, & you don't get to remove his salary from your total. In fact, another team can pick him up for free -- at least at the $$ level you guaranteed.
We can cut Sloan or Felix w/o any cost, b/c their contracts are not guaranteed. OTOH, we seem to have picked up Mac's option. So, no, we can't cut him or Scott or Frazier or McCullough w/o paying every penny in their salaries & the tax penalties as well. & paying the new guys' salaries too of course. & tax payments on their salaries. & the extra tax payments (on all dollars over the limit) that you likely incurred for the team w/ these maneuvers that raised your total salary level.
Please -- stop talking about this. It's ridiculous.
Pif, I get the feeling you didn't understand I was talking strictly about the lux tax rules. Correct me if I'm wrong there.
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