Ostensibly Hoops

aTm · Post by **aTm** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:12 pm

LOL @ Enes Kanter

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:42 am

he's a wildcat at heart

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:45 am

What did he do?

Branden Wright had a pretty decent game last night. Maybe he'll end up being a decent pro...

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:55 am

Or maybe the Lakers defense gets discombobulated with speedy guards and it's making guys like Branden Wright and Eddie Curry (Eddie Curry!!!!!) look like NBA contributors.

Wright will keep a paycheck for a few years, just don't expect to see his name show up in the papers much, unless he robs a liquor store.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:56 am

He started!

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:01 am

Because Nowitzky and Kaman are hurt.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:02 am

What does amnestied mean? I see that Brendan Haywood was scheduled to make around $21 mil over the next three years for the Mavs, but now it lists those payments as "amnestied". Now he's listed as making $2 mil a year for the next three years for Charlotte. So what does "amnestied" mean?

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:02 am

"Because Nowitzky and Kaman are hurt."

It's all about making the most of your opportunities....

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:13 am

Amnesty is a provision in the new NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement where a team can use a one-time silver bullet to waive a player who is still under contract. While you still have to pay that player the agreed upon salary, his number is not counted against your salary cap. I'm not sure why it lists things that way, but I would think Charlotte waived him and Dallas picked him up for $2mill a year. So, Wright is still getting his $7M from Jordan, but also getting an extra $2M from Dallas. However, only his $2M is showing up on the official books for Dallas.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:16 am

I think he was playing for Dallas and now he's playing for Charlotte. But basically a team can say "OK, we have a contract with you for $21 mil over the next three years, but now we've decided we don't want to pay. Sorry."? Is that right?

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:14 pm

Kinda. They still have to pay, but it does not get applied to their salary cap number (thereby saving luxury tax penalties).

Wait, are you talking Branden Wright or Brendan Haywood? I think Haywood was waived from Dallas and is in Charlotte, but Wright was in Dallas.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:23 pm

I was talking about Haywood...

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:45 pm

Haywood Jablome?

sardis · Post by **sardis** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:52 pm

You have to buy me dinner first...

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:53 am

I really don't have any way to judge where we are at this point but I wouldn't be surprised to see us lose to Northwood tonight, a senior led NAIA school

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:59 am

That would be cool...

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:15 am

well they are playing 2 games back to back and they got beat by 30 going up against Michigan St last night.

We're going to have to be pretty disorganized to lose

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:29 am

So you're saying you won't be surprised if UK comes out pretty disorganized?

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:11 pm

no it wouldn't surprise me but I am backtracking on my original position after seeing how Michigan St manhandled them. Even though we had only lost 1 game mid season, UK fans were ready to give up on Teague.

I suspect similar hand wringing will occur going into the second week of December.

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