Re: Brian Williams (No C's content)

[Rick MacDonald <rsm@shore.net>]

Bill Cooper wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
>         I got the following from Mercury News this morning:
> 
>  BULLS REPORTEDLY TO SIGN BRIAN WILLIAMS
> 
> The Chicago Bulls reportedly are on the verge of signing
> free-agent center Brian Williams, who has sat out the entire
> season while recovering from knee surgery last fall. Williams has
> been in Chicago the last couple of days and told WMVP Radio that
> he could sign in the next couple of days. Williams averaged
> career highs in points (15.8) and rebounds (7.6) last year in 65
> games for the Los Angeles Clippers. He became a free agent after
> the season when he opted out of his contract and then underwent
> the surgery. "We haven't signed Brian yet, but we had our doctors
> look at him," Bulls coach Phil Jackson said after Tuesday's
> 111-106 win over Boston. "They've given him a clean bill of
> health on his injured knee. If we do sign Brian, it'll certainly
> take him a couple of weeks to get into basketball shape."
> Williams' signing would result from reserve center Bill
> Wennington's suffering from torn plantar fasciaitis in his left
> foot and power forward Dennis Rodman's absence for the regular
> season with a sprained knee.
> 
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> 
> How can the Bulls possibly do this?  Is Williams going to play for the
> minimum?  Very Interesting, to say the least (like the Bulls need more
> help).
> 
> Bill Cooper
> wfcooper@tiac.com

 I know you need an PHD in Salary Capology to understand the rules of
the salary cap, but can anyone explain why the salary cap (the bulls
must be way over it with MJ Scottie and Pippen.. aren't they) doesn't
stop this from happening...The rich keep getting richer...If this is a
result of an injury to Wennington, what happens when he comes back?

Rick