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In Cuban's defense, Finley is under contract with the Mavs.
(my apologies if article already posted ..)
NBA investigating Cuban's comment on Finley
By JEFF CAPLAN
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
The NBA is looking into a comment Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made Tuesday about Spurs guard Michael Finley as a possible tampering offense.
Cuban said he was rooting for Finley, 34, to win the NBA championship and added, “I would hope that after his contract is over in San Antone, he would consider the Mavs as an option. I don’t know that he would, but our entire organization has that much respect for him.”
Team officials are prohibited from commenting on other teams’ players who are under contract.
“It was just meant to be a compliment to Mike and to surprise people that I was rooting for the Spurs,” Cuban said Wednesday. “We can’t sign him for a while due to the amnesty provision, which to me meant tampering couldn’t be an issue.”
The Mavs waived Finley in August 2005 to take advantage of a one-time amnesty provision included in the collective bargaining agreement. It allowed the Mavs to avoid a dollar-for-dollar luxury tax on the $51.8 million owed Finley over the final three seasons of his contract.
Finley then became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the Spurs. The Mavs are paying Finley $17.3 million this season and owe him $18.6 million next season, the final year of his contract. The Spurs paid Finley $2.9 million this season and are scheduled to pay him $3.1 million next season.
Finley can opt out of his contract after this season, but the 12th-year player won’t command nearly the money he’ll make under his current deal.
Even if Finley did opt out, the amnesty provision prohibits the Mavs from talking to him until his original deal expires after the 2007-08 season.
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another headline regarding a Spur. Who said this team is boring?
Cuban->busted.
In Cuban's defense, Finley is under contract with the Mavs.
2 paychecks ftw!!1
you mean, Finley is under contract w/ the Mavs as well as the Spurs?
so what about that instance when Dallas waived him that allow him to sign with another team?
enlighten me pls...
I hate rooting for the same team that cuban is rooting for! Oh well, GO SPURS GO !!!
It gives you a yucky taste in your mouth doesn't it?
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic with the rolly eyes guy, but they waived him with the one-time salary cap exemption. So they still have to pay his salary, but they don't have to count it against their cap, which left them room to sign someone else.you mean, Finley is under contract w/ the Mavs as well as the Spurs?
so what about that instance when Dallas waived him that allow him to sign with another team?
enlighten me pls...
at Cuban for tampering on a player he can't sign for at least another season.
Nice try Cuban at claiming you're rooting for the Spurs. He's just saying that to save face.
That would be pretty funny if he got fined on top of having to pay Mike all of that money, but he shouldn't and probably won't...
he no longer has a contract with the mavs...they are merely paying the remaining value of his contract. he has a valid contract with the spurs, thus the investigation of tampering.
I think you guys are overanalyzing Trainwreck's joke.
I think Cuban should get his regular seats and wear silver and black.........wouldnt that be a site. We should try to get some way to publicly invite him to watch us. Anyone have a way or someone in the media to push this to?
I know you can email cuban and he supposedly reads and responds to most of his emails. Maybe if i just call and offer him a ticket he would come and watch. To be honest it would not be a stretch or a surprise if he accepted.
most definitely
Someone needs to make a mixtape of Finley's greatest Spurs moments and call the video "Brought to you by Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Amnesty Rule"
This is the same guy who wanted the Mavs fans to boo Finley when they were playing against the Spurs last year in the semis, right?
Oh, no. Cuban is le Kryptonite.
Cuban es un pinche joto.
Why is that so hard to believe? I'm "rooting" for the Spurs, solely for that same reason -- I want Finley to get his ring.
Nice try Cuban at claiming you're rooting for the Spurs. He's just saying that to save face.
Well first off, I see nothing wrong with that.Cuban said he was rooting for Finley, 34, to win the NBA championship and added, “I would hope that after his contract is over in San Antone, he would consider the Mavs as an option. I don’t know that he would, but our entire organization has that much respect for him.”
I can see how that could be construed as tampering, but its no biggie.
Yeah Mark, if you had that much respect for him, why did you encourage BOOing him.
you.
You see nothing wrong with that? It could be construed as tampering? TPark, it is the very definition of tampering.
Eh, he just said "we hope were an option"
Just saying your an option isn't the same as, "hey, you need to sign with us"
What's the penalty for this? A fine? Just gonna take more of Mark's bottomless pool of money, who cares?
Now, if the penalty was losing draft picks or having your salary cap significantly reduced for a couple of years then it would be something.
What is so hard to understand about a rule that states you are not allowed to comment on players on other teams under contract?
Uh oh Cuban is rooting for the Spurs..we all know how the teams he roots for loses.
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