Diaw doesn't make Bonner redundant, he makes him irrelevant - like the Playoffs.
Mel and Bruno
What happens with the last year of Bonner's contract if SA amnesty him considering it's only 1m guaranteed ? I think i have asked this question but we couldn't know because the new CBA was not online. But now it is. Do you guys have the answer now ?
Thanks in advance
Did the spurs last offseason when they didn't amnesty RJ say they were going to use the amnesty next summer?
Larry Coon on the amnesty provision:
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q67
As I understand it, the Spurs would only be liable for the guaranteed portion of Bonner's salary in 2013-14.
Bonner doesn't make enough for Amnesty to be an option....
He could be making minimum and amnestying his got ass would be the right thing to do.
Not true.
There are realistic scenarios in which using the amnesty on Bonner could be useful from a basketball and/or financial perspective.
tp should be an option if his eye injury doesnt work out....
spurs go into rebuilding mode end of the coming season with gino/jax off the books, duncan contract is short term also....
The amnesty is such a great tool to waste it on that red-headed choker... but if it financially clears enough room to add a solid piece, you do it. Plus the odds are some other team would pick him up for at least half of what he makes right now, so the difference the Spurs would have to pay would be substantially smaller...
Then again, wouldn't surprise me if he starts next season
Though I would like it, I don't think Bonner will be amnestied. The only reason for the FO to do so would be if it cleared valuable cap space. Which it doesn't.
According to ShamSports, Spurs' committed payroll for next season is $49.8M (roughly $8M below the $58M cap). But we also have $39.5M in free agents' cap holds which prevent us from using the cap space until either those free agents are resigned or their rights are renounced.
Now, let's suppose we want to try and make as much room as possibile.
As for the committed salries, three players are signed to unguaranteed deals: Byars ($0.85M), Neal ($0.85M) and Blair ($1M, if waived before Nov. 1st). However, I'd waive only Byars, since Neal and Blair could be expendible in a trade. This cuts the payroll down to $49M.
Most importantly, though, we need to get rid of the cap holds. Some of them are easily renounceable, as they are from players who are either retired (Horry $6.9M; G. Robinson, Stoudamire, Van Exel, Vaughn, $0.85M each) or unwanted (Quinn $0.85M, J. Anderson $1.5M); others are not, as you might want to be able to resign them. So, we're left with Duncan ($22.2M), Green ($2.7M), Mills ($1M) and Diaw ($0,85M), for a total of $26.7M. Still too much.
But since we know that Duncan, unlike the other three, is surely going to take a pay cut, we can (or rather, we have to) immediately proceed to resign him. Let's say he accepts a deal as low as $8M per season. The cap holds now amount to only $4.6M, while the commited salaries have grown to $57M.
To sum it up: $57M in salaries + $4.6M in cap holds = $61.6M for salary cap purposes. This means that amnestying Bonner's $3.6M is not going to clear any cap room ($61.6M - $3.6M = $58M). Of course, you may cut a couple more millions by renouncing Mills and waiving Blair, or have Duncan sign at a lower figure; but you might also have him sign for more or you might be forced to sign Green at an higher salary than his cap hold before you get to spend your cap room (since he's a restricted free agent).
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