3rdside
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How can the GSW's offer less than any other team? That doesn't make sense; can anyone explain this to me???
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How can the GSW's offer less than any other team? That doesn't make sense; can anyone explain this to me???
I think becouse he was a free agent last year and was not on the team longer than a year. I could be wrong about this getting to close to beer thirty. 
elindholm
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How can the GSW's offer less than any other team? That doesn't make sense; can anyone explain this to me???
It's not that the Warriors can offer less than any other team, it's that they can offer less than a team that's under the cap. You're allowed to go over your cap in order to max out a former first-round draft pick -- but not a second-rounder, which is what Arenas was. So Arenas is completely up for grabs, and the Warriors can offer up to their median exception, same as almost everybody else.
The few teams that have lots of room under the cap (San Antonio, Denver, L.A. Clippers, maybe Utah) can offer Arenas as much as they want.
It's not that the Warriors can offer less than any other team, it's that they can offer less than a team that's under the cap. You're allowed to go over your cap in order to max out a former first-round draft pick -- but not a second-rounder, which is what Arenas was. So Arenas is completely up for grabs, and the Warriors can offer up to their median exception, same as almost everybody else.
The few teams that have lots of room under the cap (San Antonio, Denver, L.A. Clippers, maybe Utah) can offer Arenas as much as they want.
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3rdside
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right. thanks for clearing that up.
hcsilla
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That's almost correct.
But the issue (why GSW can't offer more for Arenas than the mid-level) is not that Arenas was a 2nd round pick but he signed only for 2 years and now GSW has just Early-Bird rights to Arenas.
If they would have signed Arenas for a 3-year-deal then they could re-sign him up to the max.
fordronken
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I believe it also has something to do with it being a percentage of their previous contract. I may be wrong, though.
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hcsilla
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No, it doesn't.
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3rdside
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okay hcsilla, you'll have to explain this Early Bird business now.
Thankyou for correcting me - it's not like i didn't realise this already (ditto everyone else). How ironic, my first mistake on this message board and it gets pulled up - from a one poster of all people! Get back to your hole rookie
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