Re: battie,dino

["Jon Michael Hamm" <jonmichael@honors.educ.ou.edu>]

At 07:08 AM 6/28/97 -0400, JOzersky@aol.com wrote:

>Re: dino -- what are the rules regarding a crippled player?  I mean, if a guy
>is permananenty injured, does the team have no rights at all?  Can a guy just
>sit in street clothes on the bench for three years collecting millions of
>dollars?  Don't teams have any rights here at all?

I'm afriad not. Look at Michael Williams in Minnesota. He's played a
combined 4 games in the past 3 years. The Wolves have tried mightily to
regain his cap space, but have only managed 1/2 of his salary per NBA injury
exemption rules.



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