LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

sorry--i meant you can just inflate one player's salary instead of adding a second one already under contract. in essence, no loophole has really been closed.

 

If LeBron wants a max. Its time for him to leave.

If LeBron really wants another ring. Take a pay cut.

 

if he takes a long time for the decision, don't we have to renounce him to get rid of the cap hold? If so, then the ability to sign and trade also goes away? Any cap expert know?

 

Yeah for sure, but I think it was Morey just doing stupid things like signing minimum guys to un guaranteed contracts and trading them for them to just get cut.

Then the CBA became too draconian.

 

LeBron Leaving LA? James Worthy Weighs In | Derek & Decker

 

yeah, not to belabor, but they closed THAT loophole two cbas ago (and morey wasn't the innovator there, btw--he was the follower who then aggregated those). used to be the first year didn't even have to be guaranteed, which was wild. now it must be a three year contract, and the first year must be fully guaranteed.

anyway, i don't see how further complicating things by not allowing another player to be added to it solves any problem i've seen or could foresee.

got a feeling they'll end up undoing some of this stuff going forward.

the new lottery proposal is gonzo, imo. like, they're going to have some worst-case scenario stuff happen there for which they'll only have themselves to blame. all to fix a problem that's not even that bad. or at least not as bad as the end of free agency, which was supposed to squash player empowerment and instead spawned the forced trade for scraps era (i.e., mega player empowerment).