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Obviously, this is a sham, but will the league do anything about it? Is there any way to prove anything? Especially if there is no immediate benefit...maybe just a promise of something down the road in Mother Russia or something.
who else will the nets sign.....:wtf
Phil Jax?Quote:
Originally Posted by spurtech09
you never know:p:Quote:
Originally Posted by dunkman
They already tried - and Phil turned them down.Quote:
Originally Posted by dunkman
That was before their team was stacked. He only coaches stacked teams. He may be holding out for Miami, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kindergarten Cop
they just signed jkidd as their coach
Russian Mafia can make Kidd go away if necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by weebo
I'm bummed Andre didn't come play with S.A., but if he was going to go to any other team..I wanted it to be the nets. It'll be fun watching that team come together, and they're in the east. If the spurs played them in the finals, I like their odds..imo, though they won't win one(if they do) for another couple years. By then the spurs will be out of contention:-(
If you are referring to the Nets, I want to ask if you realize how old that team is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Poolboy5623
Nets have everything on paper... except for a veteran coach. Good luck getting a rookie coach like Kidd to reign in the egos of all the superstars.
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Originally Posted by 024
Most of them have played against Kidd the majority of their careers. Im sure they all respect him. As one of the best PGs of all time I'm sure he has a fairly good idea of how to coach.
There must be something behind this deal (AK talked about his future after retiring).
Unless they'll make it to the finals, Brooklyn will be the headache of Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, NY, not so much for the Spurs.
Deron Williams & AK47 played well in Utah before even made it to the WCF against the Spurs, I only doubt how good J.Kidd will be as coach...
Stern will unleash Joey and Bill Kennedy in the second round.
This is how you play this stuff.
All of this could axplain Billy Kings extention.
He knows about the dead bodies.
With the fact that the NBA did nothing to the Heat for clear and obvious tampering and collusion between everyone involved in that, I don't see why they would do a damn thing to the Nets who are literally handing the rest of the NBA 82 million dollars in luxury tax this year. Their "shady deal" was a lot less damaging to the NBA, and will barely redefine the conference at all unlike what happened with Miami which changed the landscape of the entire league.
I don't forsee the NBA doing anything since shitloads of money is being doled out to the other teams in the league in addition to a very sizable amount going into the pockets of the NBA itself as well.
If anything, they should be concerned with how Prohkorov's spending will change the salary cap (it will go up considerably). Of course, they probably aren't concerned with that since it means LA, NY, and other large markets can spend more without paying tax too.
How does the salary cap work in regards to it increasing? What makes it increase?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kidd K
It's based on how much the NBA makes each year. Lemme see if I can find a site for you so I don't screw up the explanation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice009
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q13
It usually goes up. Having a superteam together, especially in the NY market will just make extra money for the league. NBA isn't going to shit their pants over what the crazy russian's doing. The NBA's upper echelon were probably toasting eachother at some expensive place with $2,000 wine and $200 steaks.
This situation asks for a new rule.
Opting out for $10M, next contract has to be worth at least 80%, or something like.
not sure if serious..Quote:
Originally Posted by Captivus
Am I missing somtething?Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Let it go. Nothing is going to change. It's not like he'd come to the Spurs if some under-the-table deal was discovered.
think about Richard Jefferson opting out of his contract with us, and then finding a team that would pay him 80% of that.. He'd be forced out of the league for no reason..Quote:
Originally Posted by Captivus
Then dont opt out, i dont know, change the rule, let them receive offers without having to opt out in the last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Im just giving an example, I havent thought of the best way to do it, Im just saying, this AK47 contract is laughable, we all know it. In fact, he opted out KNOWING that he will get more money from the Nets, this is no coincidence, he knew. Also, noone understood why he was doing that, $10M, thats a lot to leave on the table.
Well...now we have the answer.
The Spurs, like many other teams, WASTED time and money trying to acquire him. This affects everybody.
This thing doenst need prove, he either got money under the table, or he is mentally disabled.
Maybe Im angry because I keep trying to watch the NBA as a game...
the thing is simple, he wanted a multiyear contract and he wanted to play for a contender. Opting out is like betting on yourself, but when that actually happened, the teams that were interested in him, couldn't afford him, once he saw that he wouldn't get what he wanted, he decided to opt for the most money available with a contender, if the case was as you said, than he'd take a multiyear just so it wouldn't look so obvious. Again, opting out is like betting, Kirilenko lost this time, and that's all that there is imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captivus
NBA will do nothing about it, and it quite the opposite actually, they only want to lick Prohkorov ass hole, they see him as good for the NBA business wise, they want to make him happy, that's why David Stern block Pierce and Garnett move to the Clippers so they could go only to Nets, that's why they would not do nothing about the AK situation, NBA has goal to make Brooklyn Nets champs!
True, it's over with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Proxy
Also, how much $$ is the NBA going to make off of the Nets luxtax penalties? I know some gets dispersed among the under cap teams but a percentage of that has to go to the NBA FO.Quote:
Originally Posted by kobyz