Re: Kevin Garnett

["smishra" <smishra@ix.netcom.com>]

> P.S. If, for the sake of argument, he did wind up with a 4-year, $100
> million contract, how much of that would count against the cap?  That's
> the one part of the "Larry Bird exemption" I've never understood.

The entire money counts against the cap and its effect is the following:
- - They won't be able to sign anybody except for the league minimum
including their own draft picks as it happend in Travis Knight's case.
- - Every trade they make should be within 15%.
                                                - Mishra