Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #234

["Ronald H. Evans" <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>]

>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 09:41:17 -0400
>To: lamphier@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marc Lamphier)
>From: "Ronald H. Evans" <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>
>Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #234
>
>At 02:16 PM 7/15/97 +0900, you wrote:
>>Did Rodman play for two seasons before being re-signed? I thought it was
>>one season. Well, I guess time flies when you're being weird. 
>>
>I works accoring to the players contract, not his tenure on the team.
Rodman had been under contract for more than the minimum two years
>
>>But as for signing 2 players using the LB exception, Phe pointed out that
>>this exception can only be used if a team is under the cap.  Once one
>>player is signed this puts the team over the cap  -- thus a 2nd player
>>cannot be signed. 
>>
>>If this is correct then how was Rodman signed for $9m after Jordan had been
>>signed for $25m?
>>
>It isn't. This year Indiana resigned three of its own free agents(Antonio
and Dale Davis and Miller) to a combined contract of ~22mil. Maybe you have
to be under the cap  that year to use it for all your players?
>
>Responses welcomed 
>
>Noah
>