Malik is on the block...again

[Marcus Bryant]

Holt Cat didn't like Rose's contract. If the Spurs could get under the lux tax threshold with such a swap don't be surprised if it goes down.

The Spurs got what they wanted by taking one long term guaranteed deal off the books with the Rose for Mohammed deal.

[Vashner]

lol who said that? Pop had a problem with Malik. He didn't like the communication. Had nothing to do with Holt other than him getting input from Pop. I have it from a very good source that Pop wanted Malik gone.. the contract was not an issue.

[Marcus Bryant]

It's always been a love-hate relationship.

Yes, that contract was the issue. Pretty much every Ludden article about the situation from the start of the 2003-04 season made that quite clear.

[Bruno]

The one fact in support of a Radoslav for Rose swap is that Rose makes roughly $650K less than Radoslav. Holt Cat would get the payroll reduction he seeks for this season to perhaps get under the lux tax threshold. Both contracts expire at the end of the 2008-09 season so there wouldn't otherwise be a major change in the current liability to Nesterovic.

Malik salary is bigger than Rasho ($7M agaist $6.7M), you should add $1M in trade kicker to his salary.
So no way.

[Marcus Bryant]

So don't trade him again this season after acquiring him. Problem solved.

[Bruno]

So don't trade him again this season after acquiring him. Problem solved.

No, Trade kicker doesn't work like this.
You get the trade kicker only the first time you are traded and for cap purpose, it is divided between the guaranteed years of the contract.
Malik will receive $6M this year but his salary will be fixed at $7M for Tax computing.
Trading for Malik won't help Spurs to go under the Tax and won't help them to repeat.
Problem solved, this trade make no sense.

[ducks]

I thought Malik was a contender to start in New York?

Coach Brown should know Malik is a keeper.

davis has beaten out rose already
see article in nba forum

[Gino2882]

That Malik for Nazr trade looks pretty good right now...

[SpursIndonesia]

Scola is never coming to this team.

I actually believe the same. The Spurs are a financially conservative team, and Luis's Price is not exactly appealing. Javtoskas actually intrigues me the most.

[SequSpur]

Malik is a turd.

When are the rest of you idiots going to get that?