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Old 06-24-2009, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Today's trades in the nibba have everything to do with the luxury tax/salary cap. Lets look at each one:

Bucks get Oberto, bruce bowen and kurt thomas for Richard Jefferson. Spurs got a steal right? They sure did. Such is the benefit when you don't make bad contracts and your salary structure is correct. The bucks save 15 million dollars off the cap for 2010-11 and after they release two of the players they traded for they will be 11 million under the cap.

The wizards deal was a lot more disheartening...especially if you are a fan. We give up the number 5 pick (harden? thabeet? tyreke?) for Randy foye and mike miller? Okay, i get it that we get to shed a couple of awful contracts but couldnt we have gotten something a little better than foye and miller? This was a luxury tax move pure and simple.
i was gonna ask what people thought about this trade. I know who miller is, but he's been bounced around a bunch of teams, and i knew foye was a decent young guy (in reality Songaila was the ONLY semi-proodcuer the wiz gave up), but the 5th pick was a bit over the top. Giving minny the 5-6 18th and 28th picks? are you F'ing kidding me

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