Somebody owes the Captain $6

[drza44]

Anyone see this from ESPN's Weekend Dime.  I thought it was pretty funny.  Cap Space, baby!

"Our recent compilation of the NBA's top 20 salaries led to a discovery that initially made zero sense.

Dirk Nowitzki, according to official NBA numbers, will be earning one dollar more than Paul Pierce this season and six dollars more over the life of a three-year extension that kicked in this season.

There had to be some kind of story here, because Nowitzki and Pierce have been on the same salary scale -- and linked in many other ways -- since they were selected as the ninth and 10th overall picks in the 1998 draft. In the summer of 2006 -- Pierce in July, Nowitzki in September -- they signed what were believed to be identical three-year maximum contract extensions.

So what happened?

Some checking revealed that the Celtics, presumably with no malice intended, simply failed to round up on the final digit when filling out the contract before submitting it to the league..." (story continues)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-081122-23

[Kwhit10]

Yea I saw that too, saves them like .0000001%. 

[Redz]

Maybe we can pitch in and buy him 3 quarters of a beer at the Garden

[Celtic]

poor guy

[Redz]

Maybe it's some kind of ass-backward tribute to Bill Russell - like what Clemens used to do with the 21's at the end of his salary #.

[housecall]

If you want to contribute the $6, send it to the " Paul Pierce Foundation"