2022-23 Around the NBA Thread

[Finito]

Warriors paying to keep the team together

 

[Mainstreet]

Warriors paying to keep the team together

What's half-a-billion? Suns need a good owner with deep pockets.

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[Mainstreet]

The Jazz will sign Frank Jackson to an Exhibit 10 deal.

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[Finito]

What's half-a-billion? Suns need a good owner with deep pockets.

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275 million in just luxury tax

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

275 million in just luxury tax

That’s so excessive that it just makes the concept of parity a joke.

 

[Finito]

That’s so excessive that it just makes the concept of parity a joke.

That’s 275 million is more than the payroll of the Grizz and Knicks COMBINED

 

[Mainstreet]

It seems kind of crazy NBA teams have to sign players only to waive them a short time later to put them on their G-League roster.

They need to fix this.

 

[Russ Smith]

Andrew Wiggins of the Warriors gets a big paycheck as well, a 4 year/ $109 million extension.

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The good part of this one is Wiggins actually took significantly less to stay with the Warriors. They are still way over the cap of course so they get penalized but it allows them to try and keep the roster together a year or two.

There's some rumor that Klay is going to retire after this year they've been very careful with him this offseason afraid to push him too hard and have another injury happen. He'll be 33 in Feb and there are quite a few insiders who apparently think he's considering retiring after this season.

 

[Mainstreet]

The good part of this one is Wiggins actually took significantly less to stay with the Warriors. They are still way over the cap of course so they get penalized but it allows them to try and keep the roster together a year or two.

There's some rumor that Klay is going to retire after this year they've been very careful with him this offseason afraid to push him too hard and have another injury happen. He'll be 33 in Feb and there are quite a few insiders who apparently think he's considering retiring after this season.

Yeah, Wiggins taking less money is the real story.

 

[Yuma]

Not like Wiggins didn't have big salaries early on in his career....

 

[Muggz]

How else are they supposed to throw stupid amounts of money at these players without a lux tax.
When I buy the NBA, players will make 5 million a year with incentives for performance.
Talk to me about "the love of the game" now.

 

[Mainstreet]

Brandon Clarke gets a 4 year/ $52 million extension.

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[Mainstreet]

Kevin Porter Jr. agrees to a 4 year/ $82.5 million extension.

I think this might be the last big extension waiting to get done besides Cam Johnson.

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[Mainstreet]

Only Kevin Porter's first season is fully guaranteed per sources.

Kevin Porter Jr., Rockets Agree To Four-Year, $82.5M Partially Guaranteed Extension

Rockets Kevin Porter Jr Agree To Four Year $825M Partially Guaranteed Extension - RealGM Wiretap

basketball.realgm.com

 

[Mainstreet]

I understand PJ Washington and Grant Williams are eligible for extensions as well.

 

[Mainstreet]

The guaranteed money in the extension for Kevin Porter Jr. is reportedly only $15.86 million.

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[Mainstreet]

Nassir Little agrees to a 4 year/ $28 million extension with Portland.

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[Mainstreet]

Charles Barkley gets a new contract, 10 year, $100 million plus, from TNT.

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[Ronin]

So much for retiring due to cancel culture.lol

 

[Mainstreet]

Grant Williams and the Celtics appear to be far apart in extension negotiations.

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[Russ Smith]

The Warriors are an interesting "dilemma" for the NBA. They're way over the cap so huge luxtury tax penalty which people complain makes a sham of the cap. But 10 of the 14 players under contract were drafted and developed by the Warriors, which theoretically is what the NBA WANTS teams to do. The big issue is that they've drafted and developed well enough that they have a bunch of guys who earned big contracts.

Much of the league is pissed and thinks the NBA needs to stop teams like the Warriors from doing it. And some are saying just the opposite, luxury tax should be lower for players you drafted.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Warriors are an interesting "dilemma" for the NBA. They're way over the cap so huge luxtury tax penalty which people complain makes a sham of the cap. But 10 of the 14 players under contract were drafted and developed by the Warriors, which theoretically is what the NBA WANTS teams to do. The big issue is that they've drafted and developed well enough that they have a bunch of guys who earned big contracts.

Much of the league is pissed and thinks the NBA needs to stop teams like the Warriors from doing it. And some are saying just the opposite, luxury tax should be lower for players you drafted.

NBA teams should be trying to emulate the Warriors model in regard to the draft.

Bad teams like to share that luxury tax money, so they shouldn't scream too loud.

 

[Mainstreet]

Some player movement. Kemba Walker reportedly will be waived.

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[Covert Rain]

The Warriors are an interesting "dilemma" for the NBA. They're way over the cap so huge luxtury tax penalty which people complain makes a sham of the cap. But 10 of the 14 players under contract were drafted and developed by the Warriors, which theoretically is what the NBA WANTS teams to do. The big issue is that they've drafted and developed well enough that they have a bunch of guys who earned big contracts.

Much of the league is pissed and thinks the NBA needs to stop teams like the Warriors from doing it. And some are saying just the opposite, luxury tax should be lower for players you drafted.

Yep. It's a soft cap that creates situations similar to Baseball where the teams who can afford the most get the most. Golden State could be perpetually stay over the luxury cap by a mile as long as they are winning and the owner is willing. To me, it should be an escalated luxury tax. So, that each year the cost of staying over escalates the tax each season. So, in essence you could do it but it's going to get exponentially be unviable for teams to say as far over as Golden state in perpetuity. It will still give teams a window that want to go for it.

P.S. Now selfishly if we get a filthy wealthy owner who doesn't care....I care much less.

 

[Mainstreet]

Dennis Schroder will reportedly undergo surgery on his thumb. I wonder if the Lakers pursue Kemba Walker.

It would be interesting if the Suns go after Walker too.

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