Re: Anderson's salary DOES count against C's cap.

[Anthony Pinto <bagaco@worldnet.att.net>]

But I have heard both on ESPN and Fox Sports that the Celtics next year are
going to have about 6-7 mill in cap room. So how can this be.-Tony


At 07:47 PM 2/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Lots of people keep wondering on this list whether Anderson's salary will
count 
>against the Celtics' cap for the first 2 years, since Portland is paying it. 
>This has been answered on this list several times in the last 2 days.  The 
>answer is: 
>
>     YES, his salary DOES COUNT against the Celtics' cap. 
>
>The only cap relief the Celtics get is if they choose not to re-sign Tabak 
>and Popeye Jones at the end of the season.  That's about an extra $2.25 mill
>in cap flexibility for the Celtics. 
>
>If Anderson had been RELEASED by Portland or Toronto, then had cleared the 
>waiver period with no team picking him up, then the Celtics had picked him up 
>after he cleared waivers, then the team that released him would pay his 
>salary and have him against their cap, and the C's would only pay whatever 
>additional amount Anderson's agent would negotiate with them. 
>
>Since he was traded, he previous contract counts against the Celtics' cap, 
>and Portland basically pays Boston an amount equal to Anderson's salary for 
>the next 2 years. 
>
>The reason the Celtics still pay some of Dino's salary is that he wasn't 
>traded away to another NBA team, but I think the Celtics still got to reduce 
>the amount he counts against the cap by special permission from the league, 
>since he went to a European team.  Or perhaps the league just took pity on 
>the Celtics since Radja basically screwed them in the trade with Philadelphia 
>by refusing to report.  I'm not sure exactly what happened there. 
>
>Jon
>
>








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