Lebron James ... what are the chances?

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Dirkenstien

Anyone know what the projected cap is for next season?

It's actually projected to be $5-8mil LESS next season.

2010 cap may limit signings

[Dirkenstien]

Originally Posted by Underdog

It's actually projected to be $5-8mil LESS next season.

2010 cap may limit signings

Yeah, so even assuming a best case scenario where the cap stays the same next season at $58.6 mil, that would only leave enough room to offer a contract starting out at $13.6 mil. Lebron is currently making $15.8 million this season, meaning he would have to take a pay cut (not happening).

If the cap does indeed drop, let's day 5 mil, the only way we could sign Lebron straight up would be for Dirk to take a severe pay cut in the prime of his career, about $10 mil approximately. I don't see that happening either.

Which brings us back to the S&T.


EDIT:

I was just checking salary info and it looks like that $70 mil figure that the reporter used is off. She may have used the salary figure off of Hoopshype which lists it at $70 but that means $70 mil only in committed salary, not team option player salary. They don't have Damp listed as a team option even though he will be but that figure is already deducting Howard's and Barea's expiring contracts meaning we would only have Damp's contract left to cut from that number at 13 mil and would bring us down to around 57 which will most likely still be over the cap. There's absolutely no way we can sign a max level player, even if Dirk took a $10 mil pay cut the most we could offer would be around $6-8 mil. Our only option is S&T.

[sefant77]

Articles about signing Sammy with capspace are BS.

Its dust or nothing.

It all depends on Lebron. If he wanna play in Dallas, he gonna play in Dallas. He just need to want it

Then we make easily a S&T with the Cavs for Damp and some crap, so the Cavs can ship at least in the west when he clearly tells them he gonna leave Cleveland anyway.