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  1. capologist

    Money and Kobe

    Actually, his previous salary does have something to do with it, even if he’s not re-signing with his prior team. For a player with Kobe’s experience, the maximum starting salary is the greatest of (1) 30% of the cap; (2) 105% of his prior salary; or (3) $11M. The current cap is just under...
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    Dear Fans

    “Spelt” is a legitimate alternative spelling, at least on the other side of the pond. It’s rarely used here. Sort of like “colour” or “theatre,” I guess, though not quite as much. (I think that “colour” and “theatre” are considered the correct spellings in England, whereas “spelt” is just...
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    Predictions on the Googs trade

    Oh, here is an article that puts the buyout at $2M. Here is another. If it’s a pottential lottery pick, you bet your ass they would. Hell, they would anyway. It’s awfully damn tough to build a good team in the NBA without drafting well. The value of picks is huge. Casey would...
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    Predictions on the Googs trade

    Heh heh... If it were that easy, we’d just waive Googs and Dice. The Collective Bargaining Agreement is rather poorly written, so sometimes it’s difficult to be sure what they’re trying to say. However, if you want to read the relevant rules, they are posted here. The luxury tax is...
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    Suns Fan is Tackled because of Sign

    I am quite familiar with AWA. My parents have season tickets right behind the Suns bench. I have attended close to a hundred games in those seats since AWA opened in 1992. Anyway, please clarify what happened. OK, you were sitting in Section 104. You, for reasons you have yet to...
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    Predictions on the Googs trade

    Those estimates are wrong. Googs has $6.42M remaining on his contract. That amount decreases by more than $0.12M with each passing game. We currently have a payroll of $58.12M, not including Charlie Ward. I’m not sure how Ward counts for luxury tax purposes, but figure that our Team...
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    Suns Fan is Tackled because of Sign

    Section 104 is not behind the Suns bench. Not even close.
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    Talk to the Suns with Jerry Colangelo

    Unless you see Marbury as one of those players, I don’t know what this has to do with the trade. I agree that you need one of those marquee players. There is hope that Amare will become that. Or, we may pick one up in the draft or through another move. The thing is, the old plan had zero...
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    Vujanic Interview: Need serbian translation..

    It’s better to play there than to ride the bench here, but if he can play here, that’s the best kind of battle testing.
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    Talk to the Suns with Jerry Colangelo

    You’d get an answer like, “I can’t comment on specific players, but having room under the salary cap gives us flexibility, and we’re always looking for ways to improve the team, whether it’s through free agency, trades, the draft, or whatever.” “I can’t comment on specific players...”
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    Vujanic Interview: Need serbian translation..

    Hell, if he can’t beat out Eisley for playing time, I don’t want him.
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    Vujanic Interview: Need serbian translation..

    We do have cap room, so, if we want to use it for this purpose, we can give him a contract large enough to cover his buyout.
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    A Really, Really Weird Idea

    This idea was recently discussed in a <a href="http://www.phxsuns.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=538&start=25">thread</a> at PhxSuns.net. I started the discussion with: I later followed up with:
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    No Dumb Trades Please

    I’m not sure how much need there is for the shooter to be able to make his own shot. Steph dominates the ball, and Amare should evolve into the kind of player who can command double teams and make the passes that lead to open shots for teammates. If you’re looking for a pure shooter, you may...
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    and the award for the worst defender in the nba

    It probably bears mentioning that Penny came into the game exactly when Dirk Nowitzki sprained his ankle.
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    Zarko

    Yes, that's exactly the point. He is criminally liable for manslaughter or murder (depending on the state) because he acted with reckless disregard for the public safety, and his reckless conduct directly and forseeably resulted in somebody's death. If you drive drunk and are lucky enough not...
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    Zarko

    I disagree. When you act with such reckless disregard for somebody else's safety, you are responsible for the outcome. In another thread, I use the analogy of a drunk driver. Idiot #1 drives drunk, runs a red light, and gets pulled over and arrested. Idiot #2 drives drunk, runs a red...
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    3 Game suspension a joke for Fortson

    Whether or not there was intent to injure, there was, at the very least, reckless disregard for Zarko's safety. It's like (in concept, not in magnitude) a drunk driver. He's not actually trying to kill anybody, but he knows, or damn well should know, that if he drives a car while...
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    If losing trend continues, when will Jerry C. pull the rip cord?

    In what way is Karl “proven”? Yes, he did coach a team that made it to the Finals once. BFD. So did Paul Westphal. And Brian Hill. In general, Karl’s teams have underachieved when it mattered most. He coached the first #1 seed to lose to a #8 seed, and still the only one to do so in a...
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    Center problems? SOLVED!

    I wonder whether the rules are a little different this early in the season. It seems absurd that, for example, Sacramento would get dibs over Seattle because Sacto is 2-1 while Seattle has a 2-0 record after starting the season with two games against the Clippers.
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    The small talk is wearing thin

    Let’s go GQ:
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    The small talk is wearing thin

    FWIW: nbadraft.net currently projects 11 centers to go in the draft, and only one of them to go in the lottery, so we may have a lot of options with our first-round pick. RealGM.com also lists a number of decent free agent centers who will be available next season. Perhaps the best...
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    The small talk is wearing thin

    If the deal is Knight for Battie straight up, I like it from a basketball perspective. It might be unwise from a financial perspective. We’d be committed to Battie for $14.2 million over the next three seasons. That might hamstring our ability to acquire a bigger, better center later on. A...
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    What does Frank want. . .

    That was actually a lottery, rather than a coin flip, but I guess the principle is the same. The grand prizes in the first three lotteries were Patrick Ewing, Brad Daugherty, and the Admiral. We participated in all three, but didn’t win any of them. We ended up with Ed Pinckney, William...
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    Funny quote from ESPN article

    Is that Kansas, Earth, or Kansas on some other planet?

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