http://www.sbnation.com/users/miggyk2 Posts made by miggyk2 on SB Nation http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/11/7/656394/fanshots-athletics-nation miggyk2 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:14:16 -0000 <h3><a href="http://www.athleticsnation.com/fanshots">FanShots - Athletics Nation - An SB Nation blog for Oakland Athletics&nbsp;fans</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>When a players BABIP is higher than league average what can one deduct from this information? If their BABIP is consistently above average does this mean they are simply luckier than other hitters? Or is BABIP used more as a tool to determine if a player is going to regress to their mean? Or in Nick Swishers case have a rebound season. Thanks for all input on the subject!</p></div> http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2008/7/22/576861/salary-cap-is-our-best-fri miggyk2 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:59:07 -0000 <p>I just finished crunching some numbers and it appears that the Warriors have 41 million dollars committed to their players this coming basketball season. The salary cap is set at 56.68 million dollars giving us 17.68 million to sign our own high profile restricted free agents. Monta and Beidrins will likely take up the bulk of that money with their lucrative contracts they are sure to sign any day now. Does this mean that Josh Smith is out of the picture and was simply a fabrication of many warriors fans dreams? Not necessarily. There is a beautiful clause that the NBA has set aside for teams who have superstars hitting free agency, but have no salary flexibility to resign their studs. The clause is known as the Larry Bird Exception. A team at the summit of the salary cap is able to exceed the caps limit and offer their star a max contract with no salary cap penalty as long as that player has been on their team for 3+ years. This is something the Warrior's front office must utilize. Beidrins and Josh Smith can be offered salaries that total 17.68 million and Monta can be signed using the Larry Bird Exception with no luxury tax applied. Do you really want some cap flexibility? Trade Al Harrington in a Marcus Camby type deal. Find a team with cap room and deal Al and a future second round pick for their second round pick. This would give the warriors a 26.48 million dollar window for free agent signings and the ability to sign Beidrins or Monta with the Larry Bird Exception. Hopefully the front office is crunching numbers as well.</p>