Amnesty Clause could benefit the C's

[greg_kite]

With the amnesty clause, don't teams still have to pay these contracts?  As much as some teams want to get rid of Arenas or Lewis or whoever I don't think they're will shell out $100 million + just to have them walk away.

I thought the amnesty was that they don't count against the cap, which would only matter financially to teams well over the luxury tax.

I suppose for some teams it could get them under the cap to sign more free agents, but is that worth it to teams like Orlando and Washingington, who don't have $100 million to drop just for a "chance" at Dwight Howard?

I don't see it being used on guys with multiple years left on their contracts unless they are literally worthless.

[thirstyboots18]

It wouldn't help us to release someone (we have no one to release) but it might help us to trade for someone and then release them. Like Orlando will want to release Hedo and Arenas. They'll most likely pick Arenas, but what if we traded them for Hedo, something like Hedo+Ryan Andersen or Hedo+a 1st rounder. We could then release Hedo and still have an extra player/pick.

LOL!!!

u been holdin the optimo too long


pass that~

I guess it is true that one team's trash is another team's treasure, and one team's smoke is another team's mirror... 

[BballTim]

With the amnesty clause, don't teams still have to pay these contracts?  As much as some teams want to get rid of Arenas or Lewis or whoever I don't think they're will shell out $100 million + just to have them walk away.

I thought the amnesty was that they don't count against the cap, which would only matter financially to teams well over the luxury tax.

I suppose for some teams it could get them under the cap to sign more free agents, but is that worth it to teams like Orlando and Washingington, who don't have $100 million to drop just for a "chance" at Dwight Howard?

I don't see it being used on guys with multiple years left on their contracts unless they are literally worthless.

  They're talking about the luxury tax scaling up from 1x to 4x depending on how far over the threshold you are. The savings would be significant.