Garnett, Pierce and Terry to Brookyln for Gerald Wallace.

[cd021]

They will get some ring chasers for the vet minimum. CJ Watson and Terry are solid guards. They need another big. I think Blatche is going to leave for more money.

I doubt it. He stays another year and plays with a high profile team. More people watching more opportunities to improve his stock.

[cd021]

Reggie Evans: 11rpg in 24 minutes last year. Any chance he gets waived seeing as though Boston will now suck? He's a bit of a spaz offensively but its not like he takes more then 5 shots per game and its not like we need him to score. He's a bit short but we could use his rebounding, strength and tenacity. Lets not forget we needed just 1 ing rebound more and we'd be champions but whatever. Might be nice to have a strong interior presence unlike pansy Splitter and the Tweeners Bonner and Blair.

Pop wouldn't put in in a game late in that situation. I like him but not for the spurs. If Turiaf is available i'd love him as a 4th or 5th big.

[ducks]

nets will not be in the lottery in 2 years
the owner will overpay for a big time fa

[Prime Time]

Two years ago but really funny.

Really? I could have sworn Kidd and Jet were both with the Mavericks during 2012

[8FOR!3]

So you've got

D-Will
Iso Joe
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Brook Lopez

6th man: Jet

That's sick. They need a few solid guys off the bench.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

So you've got

D-Will
Iso Joe
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Brook Lopez

6th man: Jet

That's sick. They need a few solid guys off the bench.

They're in cap though. They only have the mini-MLE this summer, which is ~$3M. Unless they dump one of their starters for nothing, they're gonna themselves over in the luxury tax. They've thrown away all cap flexibility and half their picks for the next few years.

[ducks]

I could see a few vets go there at a shot to beat the heat

[DPG21920]

They're in cap though. They only have the mini-MLE this summer, which is ~$3M. Unless they dump one of their starters for nothing, they're gonna themselves over in the luxury tax. They've thrown away all cap flexibility and half their picks for the next few years.

By including Wallace in the deal, they improved their cap number for 2015. Also, PP is off the books for 15M after next season. KG off for 12M the season after. That will be 27M off the books in a hurry if things don't work out basketball wise which is solid.

[crc21209]

News this morning is that Marshon Brooks will now be headed to Boston in the trade instead of Reggie Evans...

[DPG21920]

Really, no way around it: It was a very good trade for BKY no matter what. Especially with their pocket books.

The combined 13’-14’ salaries of Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, MarShon Brooks, Keith Bogans, and Kris Joseph next season are about $24.1 million (this assumes that the Nets would not have re-signed Keith Bogans and would have guaranteed Kris Joseph’s contract).

Compare that $24.1 million number with what the Nets will now owe Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Terry ($32,992,069) and you get a difference of about $8.9 million, i.e. the Nets will have about $8.9 million more in committed salaries next season with the trade than they would have had without it.

How does this impact the Nets salary cap situation for next season? It doesn’t. The Nets were so capped out already that adding more salary simply means that owner Mikhail Prokhorov will have to pay a higher luxury tax bill and a higher team salary.

We can pencil in roughly $94.7 million in committed salaries for Brooklyn next season (this not only assumes that C.J. Watson opts-out, but it also doesn’t count any potential Nets signings such as Andray Blatche or Bojan Bogdanovic this offseason).

In 2014-2015, the Nets would have an additional $6.1 million in committed salaries with the trade than without it for that season. It would make their total committed salaries stand at around $80 million (this assumes the Nets sign both Tornike Shengelia and Tyshawn Taylor to their qualifying offers). Once again, it would leave the Nets well over the cap and still over the tax-line in either scenario.

In 2015-2016, things start to change: instead of having more committed salary with the trade than without it, the Nets will actually decrease the amount of committed salary. The $10,105,855 that is owed to Gerald Wallace in that season is now on the Celtics. It would leave the Nets committed to around $59.4 million (assuming Mirza Teletovic signs a qualifying offer) as opposed to $69.6 milliob with Wallace on the roster for that season.

It could wind up being good for BOS, but we won't know that for a while. They really didn't get any cap relief, the players they got aren't that good or even good trade assets (maybe Hump's expiring) and their picks are of questionable value at the moment. Not a bad trade for BOS, but hard to tell how it will all work out for them right now.

[cd021]

Really? I could have sworn Kidd and Jet were both with the Mavericks during 2012

Two seasons ago 11-12,

12-13 kidd was a Knick, Terry was a Celtic

[Prime Time]

Two seasons ago 11-12,

12-13 kidd was a Knick, Terry was a Celtic

Psh I said last year, Nothing about last season (Justifying, I know). AND TECHNICALLY in this EXACT time last year, they were both with the Mavericks. Since they didn't become free agents until July. I'm putting way too much thought into this

[cd021]

Psh I said last year, Nothing about last season (Justifying, I know). AND TECHNICALLY in this EXACT time last year, they were both with the Mavericks. Since they didn't become free agents until July. I'm putting way too much thought into this

Did I just get lawyed?! damn...

[Spurs Brazil]

I read somewhere that's a $100m roster, and the Nyets would be paying circa $80m in luxury tax... crazy...

[Russo21]

Their owner is an angry Russian Billionaire. I dont think he gives a how much tax he pays. He probably wipes his ass with the amount of $ Peter Holt has.

[Agloco]

Lakers now have compe ion for the most fiscally irresponsible franchise label.