salary cap

[Jeff]

unsurprising but interesting that the salary cap will stay relatively flat next year

Hearing early projections given to GMs and owners in May have NBA salary cap rising to just $58.5 mil next season. This season: $58.044 mil

also, food for thought:

here's the C's cap situation
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AodNvAy3ZYZmdGE3NDBqMElRUXh2REN4Q3pZRG1TU1E&gid=4

if there are no changes this year (unlikely but still) and you add up all the salaries except Jordan Crawford's qualifying offer, you get... $58.5M

and that doesn't even count draft picks and cap holds etc. - so we won't be FA players for a couple of years at a minimum (without significant changes to our roster)

*shakes fist at the Terry/Lee/Bass contracts*

[Monkhouse]

I never approved of the Terry contract. And then I don't understand why we gave him a nice contract to Bass. We love having undersized players and this is what I'll never grasp.

I don't care if he does good individual one on one defense. So what? Had Bass performed as well as he did consistently in the playoffs, we wouldn't be a 7th seed. We probably would've also had home court advantage, or maybe a better match up like the Nets or the Bulls.

Lee I could understand, simply cause of his age, deadly 3 point shooting, and his defense.

That is someone you invest in. Not a fossil of a player who only comes clutch in the playoffs, or a undersized PF who can't rebound well, and only shoots mid range shots.

[LGC88]

Obviously they get it wrong with bass potential. I think the guy is at his pick and have the contract of his life. For Lee it was worth the risk I agree. As for Terry, I thought the contract was way too long. Now Danny have to deal with that. Hopefully he will learn from his mistakes.
But I see other teams have much bigger contract problems than us. Some players have 10ml contract and they are end bench players.
So I don't complain much.