Comments on: $45 Million Hard Salary Cap Means Serious Trouble For The Knicks http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2011/05/16/45-million-hard-salary-cap-means-serious-trouble-for-the-knicks/ A New York Knicks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michael Pina http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2011/05/16/45-million-hard-salary-cap-means-serious-trouble-for-the-knicks/comment-page-1/#comment-2679 Michael Pina Wed, 18 May 2011 05:13:25 +0000 http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/?p=3343#comment-2679 Great insight Ed. Much appreciated. Great insight Ed. Much appreciated.

]]> By: Ed http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2011/05/16/45-million-hard-salary-cap-means-serious-trouble-for-the-knicks/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Ed Tue, 17 May 2011 19:45:51 +0000 http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/?p=3343#comment-2677 If their is a change in the salary cap one of 2 things will take place A player with a MAX salary under the current rules would have their salary rolled back to the new MAX salary or If a player has a MAX salary under the old rules they will have their salary's grandfathered in and the salary dollars will only be counted as the new max salary number on the cap Example: Say the current MAX Salary is $20 Million a year and the new rules state the NEW MAX Salary is $15 Million a year, The Player would be Paid his $20 Million and only $15 will be counted against the cap It is not going to be OK Melo and Stat make $43 Million and the new cap is $45 Million, fill out the rest of your roster with $3 Million, Either their old Salary would be rolled back or grandfathered in to work under the new cap To go along with my previous example Stat and Melo Salary's would add up to $30 Million under a $45 Million Cap leaving $15 Million for other Players ( I am rounding off the numbers in the examples to make it easier to explain ) In Conclusion: Expect their to be games missed in the 2011-2012 NBA Season, the NBA is trying for an overhaul similar to what the NHL did If their is a change in the salary cap one of 2 things will take place

A player with a MAX salary under the current rules would have their salary rolled back to the new MAX salary

or

If a player has a MAX salary under the old rules they will have their salary’s grandfathered in and the salary dollars will only be counted as the new max salary number on the cap

Example: Say the current MAX Salary is $20 Million a year and the new rules state the NEW MAX Salary is $15 Million a year, The Player would be Paid his $20 Million and only $15 will be counted against the cap

It is not going to be OK Melo and Stat make $43 Million and the new cap is $45 Million, fill out the rest of your roster with $3 Million,

Either their old Salary would be rolled back or grandfathered in to work under the new cap

To go along with my previous example Stat and Melo Salary’s would add up to $30 Million under a $45 Million Cap leaving $15 Million for other Players

( I am rounding off the numbers in the examples to make it easier to explain )

In Conclusion: Expect their to be games missed in the 2011-2012 NBA Season, the NBA is trying for an overhaul similar to what the NHL did

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