Re: Salary Cap

["Timothy Jordan" <patsrule90@geocities.com>]

I factored in that we would get $4 million from Dino Radja playing Greece. 
I've heard anywhere from $1 million to all of his money.  The exemption
would limit $1 million off plus the money I didn't factor correctly in the
Radja deal.

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> From: Brian Boisvert <brianb@stylus.com>
> To: CELTICS@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: Salary Cap
> Date: Friday, July 11, 1997 12:30 PM
> 
> 
> >I estimate that the Celtics will have about $6 million in cap
> >space this offseason if Dino leaves to play in Greece.
> >This does not include any rookies or any salary increases.
> 
> Are you assuming that *all* of Dino's salary comes off the cap?  I'm sure
  
> we're going to be forking over some cash to Dino and that is sure to   
> count.
> 
> >Every NBA team has a $1 million exemption
> >and I don't believe the Celtics have used theirs.
> 
> I'm not a cap expert, but didn't we lose this as soon as we renounced our
  
> 9 free agents?  This put us *under* the cap, thus the exemption is taken 
 
> away.
> 
>  --Bri