Re: Question on Salary Cap

[Phe Meas <pmeas@user1.channel1.com>]

Ronald H. Evans wrote:

> At 11:32 PM 7/13/97 +0900, you wrote:
> >Along the same lines, could LA in theory sign Grant Hill, Tim Duncan
> and
> >Scottie Pippen at the league minimum for one year and then re-sign
> them the
> >next as free agents paying them $20m/year each? i.e., could a
> cash-rich
> >franchise simply buy a championship team by this method? In the NBA
> today

A team can only sign their own players with the Larry Bird exception if
they are under the cap. - Meaning they can only sign only one player
using the Larry Bird exception.

e.g.
LA is 3 million under the cap and they sign Grant Hill (assuming Hill
was with them for a couple of years) to a one year deal for $20 million.
They are now over the cap. They cannot sign Tim - Duncan or Scottie
Pippen because they are over the cap.