As It Stands: Spurs Salaries

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Originally Posted by Solid D

Players under $3M per year are usually either injury insurance players, players in their first contracts (rookie), or veteran minimums. Bonner is more than just a $2.7M insurance policy for Robert Horry. Bonner can really contribute at both ends of the court, providing scoring, rebounding and infectious hustle. He's a great value for a rotation player and, if healthy, he WILL be a rotation player in 2007-08.

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There's nothing wrong with Bonner's salary. Spurs fans who think there is need to stick to the gridiron.

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Originally Posted by Solid D

Bonner is going to be near the bottom third of the payscale for the Spurs. Complainers complain. Players play. :smokin


Matt Bonner -- $2,750,000
Jackie Butler -- $2,350,000
Beno Udrih -- $1,747,096
Jacque Vaughn - $1,219,590
James White -- $687,456

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9 million dollars of nothing.

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Originally Posted by SequSpur

9 million dollars of nothing.

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Only 9 since that list had Barry missing from it.

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Originally Posted by Twisted_Dawg

Does a team have to pay the luxury tax if they go $1.00 over the cap? Or, is there another level where the tax does kick in dollar for dollar? For example, if the cap is $70 million, is there another level say $72 million where if breached the tax kicks in? So if a team was at $71.5 millioon they would not pay a tax? They would not get the rebate from the league by staying under the $70 million level though. Seems like I recall some buffer zone that allowed this.

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There is a luxury tax threshold. As soon as you are above it you pay $1 for each $1.
If the luxury tax threshold is at $70M, a team with a $71M total salary will pay $1M in luxury tax, a team will a $80M total salary will pay $10M in luxury tax.

The luxury tax money recolted is redistributed between teams (the league tooko too a part fo it) and teams under the luxury tax get a bigger part of it.
For example, 5 teams have paid the tax, 25 teams haven't paid the tax and the luxury tax recolted is $60M. the 25 teams under the tax will get 1/30th of the $60M ($2M per team). The $10M left will be devided between the league and nba teams.
As soon as a team is 1$ above the tax, a lot of money is lost (1/30th of the recolted luxury tax).

A team above the tax has two penalties :
- A dollar for dollar tax.
- Less luxury tax money redisdributed to them.

The luxury tax threshold came in at $67,865,000. The Spurs have $69,979,268 in salary that counts toward the luxury tax threshold. That means the Spurs are $2,114,268 over the luxury tax threshold.

This probably isn't the greatest news because that means that the Spurs will be looking to dump some salary. Then again, they paid the tax last year so maybe they'll just pay it again. It's not everyday you can be in the championship hunt.

But it probably officially ends the dream that the Spurs would use the MLE this summer.

trade beno for trade exception
spurs could then use some of that mle

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Originally Posted by ducks

trade beno for trade exception
spurs could then use some of that mle

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If you trade Beno to a team that can absorb his salary, the luxury tax number of $2,114,268 would shrink to $367,172. But that assumes the Spurs that the Spurs don't bring in anyone to fill that 15th roster spot.

And it'd still mean that the Spurs wouldn't use their MLE.

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Originally Posted by ducks

trade beno for trade exception
spurs could then use some of that mle

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I think I found a flaw in your cunning plan: no one wants him.

ferry owes the spurs a favor
and he has a trade excetion
besides james deserves beno

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Originally Posted by timvp

If you trade Beno to a team that can absorb his salary, the luxury tax number of $2,114,268 would shrink to $367,172. But that assumes the Spurs that the Spurs don't bring in anyone to fill that 15th roster spot.

And it'd still mean that the Spurs wouldn't use their MLE.

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I can see shedding Beno in some manner - maybe pulling a semi-favor and give him to Cleveland - then doing a patented 'tax shaver' special and send out Barry for a smaller one year contract using some cash and maybe next year's Orlando pick as sweetener.

The luxury tax is surrounded by Barry. Trade him to a team with cap space (Bobcats, Bucks?) and we're fine.

i hope the spurs go out of business.

paying bonner 3 mill was fucking stupid.

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Originally Posted by SequSpur

i hope the spurs go out of business.

paying bonner 3 mill was fucking stupid.

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Agree.

Resigning Bonner = good.

Outbidding yourself to do it = not good.

They probably overpaid him by half.

yeah dude, that dude was worth less than minimum

Trade idea: Barry to Milwaukee for Damir Markota.

Come home, Damir!

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Originally Posted by Mr. Body

Trade idea: Barry to Milwaukee for Damir Markota.

Come home, Damir!

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markota sucks.

brent barry is fricking awesome.

No way. Dr. Naismith was Croatian, like Damir Markota.

Barry = 5.5 mil for Pietrus =5 mil (S&T) saves 500K
Beno= 1.9 mil for Trade exemption to cavs= 1.9mil. saved
===========================================2.4 mil saved and no tax

How much would it cost to probably bring these players over: Mahinmi and Sanikidze

I don't see Barry drawing Pietrus for us. Milwaukee is a real possibility, if Mo Williams bolts for Miami. They're below the cap, so can absorb salary. They also have Ersan Ilyasova we might like to pry away to take a look at.

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Originally Posted by yavozerb

How much would it cost to probably bring these players over: Mahinmi and Sanikidze

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Sanikidze would probably be the minimum at $427,163 as long as he doesn't have a Euro buyout. I believe Mahinmi's rookie scale contract begins at about $800,000.

Can somebody give me an exact break down of all the salaries and the cap figure, the tax max and the available dollars left to sign a brotha who can play some ball?

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Originally Posted by SequSpur

Can somebody give me an exact break down of all the salaries and the cap figure, the tax max and the available dollars left to sign a brotha who can play some ball?

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No money left. Salary cap is $55.630 million.

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Originally Posted by timvp

The luxury tax threshold came in at $67,865,000. The Spurs have $69,979,268 in salary that counts toward the luxury tax threshold. That means the Spurs are $2,114,268 over the luxury tax threshold.

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Thanks, that's fricking crazy. Has anybody let Peter Holt know about this?

Somebody didn't wear their helmet on the bus today.