SameOldDrew wrote:monsterpile wrote:slimcalhoun27 wrote:monsterpile wrote:slimcalhoun27 wrote:So since we are below the cap limit, we can't go above it? And since other teams are above they can continue to spend and stay above that level?
I'm confused on the max, cap ceiling, luxury tax levels and how the NBA doesn't punish more teams that spend like crazy (stupidly) and still add like Golden state has this summer. It's my real frustration with this league....players contracts are crazy out of control. Even the Taj at 14, Teague 18 and even Dieng at 15. Insane.
Appreciate the banter!
I'll try and make it a bit simple...maybe.
So if you are under the cap you can spend that money. According to the cap experts we are like a million bucks under the cap so that's nothing. Obviously because it's that little they will end up over the cap at some point.
It's confusing to me about when you can get the exceptions but here they are.
If you are over the cap and in the lux tax you have a 5 million exception. This is what a team like Golden state has.
If you are over the cap to begin things but not in the lux tax you can spend about 8 million.
If you end up over the cap after making signings then you have the room exception at around 4 million. This is basically all the Wolves have.
There is also the Bi annual exception (BAE) which can be used every other year and it's like 2 million or something. It doesn't seem that the Wolves have this so they much have used it last year.
Some of the other moving around using cap holds and all that...way to complcated to explain writing stuff out and I don't always get it either.
The problem with the Wolves is that they were pretty far under the cap so they don't get the bigger exception like other teams so they will be down the food chain for money this year. Next year they will have the bigger exception to be able to get guys. Hopefully this year they can add one solid player with their 4 million dollar exception and find some solid players with the vet min. I would think Rush would be a guy that would sign for that if he wants to play here.
Thanks brother. Thanks for the insight guys. Not a fan of this new system and cap levels for teams who are responsible.
The way the exceptions work are not much different than the previous CBA actually. One quirk is that the exceptions are a little higher now than they would have been because they amounts were locked in with the CBA and they didn't go down even though the cap went down and they will rise at the same rate each year.
It is kinda funny the teams that are in the middle ground get the most money to spend with their exception but it basically almost encourages them to be in the lux tax! Lol
I'm an idiot. I still don't understand this. How exactly can you go over the cap (the regular cap, not the lux tax threshold) if you are under it like we are?
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[*] Is it only with exceptions?
[*] Can you go over with extensions of current players who were making less?
[*] Can you go over the cap through a trade or free agent signing?
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I guess I'd have the same questions about the luxury tax threshold as well.
It's the same question I had. i did come up with some of the ways.
One way to go over the cap would be if we had not renounced the cap hold or bird rights to a player. Let's say we still had the cap hold for Bazz. We could basically pay him whatever we wanted to and go over the cap. I think the Room exception you get if you aren't eligible to get any other exemption so assuming we use that we will go over the cap. So basically one way to go over the cap is sign your own players.
