Spurs Salary Situation 09-10

benrojas — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:23:38 -0000

Salary Overview

Source Cap Rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Salary_Cap#Trading_and_the_Salary_Cap

Salary Source: http://hoopshype.com/salaries/san_antonio.htm

PG1: T. Parker (12.6m)

SG1: R. Mason (3.8m)

SF1: R. Jefferson (14.2m)

PF1: M. Bonner (3.2m)

C1: T. Duncan (22.2m)

PG2: G. Hill (1.1m)

SG2: M. Ginobili (10.7m)

SF2: M. Finley (2.5m)

PF2: I. Mahinmi (1.1m)

C2: D. Blair (.8m?) *based on last year's 2ndrnd picks. M. Chalmers

11th:

12th:

13th:

Spurs Salary: 72.2 Million

Salary Cap: 56 Million

Luxury Tax: 71 Million

Exceptions

MLE: 5.6 Million

Bi-annual exception?: 1.6 Million

- If we use the MLE, it'll actually cost (5.6x2=11.2) 11.2 million because we are over the Lux Tax. And we will also lose the benefits of being a team under the Lux Tax. (Luxury Tax revenues are normally redistributed evenly among non-tax-paying teams, so there is often a several-million-dollar incentive to owners not to pay the luxury tax.)

- If Finley opts out, we will be under the luxury tax. It would be huge favor to the organization.

- We need 3 more players to fill out the team, assuming Blair is going to make the team and sign the minimum rookie salary.

- 2-3 minimum salary players will probably fill out the team.

- The MLE will only be used if we could get a player worth 10million, like R. Wallace, S. Marion and J. Childress.

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Spurs Salary Situation 09-10