I dunno--what do you guys think?

[The Ghost of Championship]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

If you're offering anything to Utah for Roger Bell, they'll take it. I think you mean Raja Bell. Who cares about a 25-30th pick? By that logic, Utah won't and they'll pass on the idea of the pick.

With Kaman, Jefferson and Dirk, they'll sure as hell have a hard time stopping anyone on defense.

Damn Apple autocorrect...

I might be mistaking you for the person who used to write for hoopsworld. That poster was incredibly insightful into all things NBA. Is that you?

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

Not to lend any weight to this thread, but anybody know how Brand's cap hold for next season will be figured? 190% of 2.1 million? Or does his amnesty status throw some monkeys at the wrench?

I've read no bird rights but ability to match previous contract plus 20%. I assume that would be the cap hold but can't offer any more than that. Hope it helps your googling. Still waiting on BGMav for a link.

[grndmstr_c]

Originally Posted by The Ghost of Championship

I've read no bird rights but ability to match previous contract plus 20%. I assume that would be the cap hold but can't offer any more than that. Hope it helps your googling. Still waiting on BGMav for a link.

You've read wrong. Or perhaps just not recently enough. Bird rights are transferred through amnesty claims. That was clarified over the summer.

[The Ghost of Championship]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

You've read wrong. Or perhaps just not recently enough. Bird rights are transferred through amnesty claims. That was clarified over the summer.

You answered your own question as cap hold should be easy enough to calculate. $19-20 million is a lot of money to tie up.

[grndmstr_c]

Originally Posted by The Ghost of Championship

You answered your own question as cap hold should be easy enough to calculate. $19-20 million is a lot of money to tie up.

Word on the street is it's more like $17.3 billion.