Re: Fw: Dallas-Boston Trade

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

Unfortunately, I think the Celtics are closer to $8M over the cap
($40M total) and the Samaki Walker trade would be a sign-and-trade
which means his salary figure will actually be higher - enough
to make the trade work since Dallas doesn't have any real cap room
(hence their problem with Gary Trent). The Celtics are simply not
going to be players in the free agent marketplace (except via 
exceptions). They were at the cap before the Walker and Potapenko
extensions and they're pretty far over at this point.

Alex

> This is what I've been saying....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy <sandyk@worldnet.att.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
> Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Dallas-Boston Trade
> 
> 
> >I was thinking the same thing. Now I may be wrong regarding the cap
> >(probably am) but here goes. Ellison, Jones and Mercer are worth about 8
> mil
> >against the cap. Boston was about 2 mil over the cap going into the summer.
> >The cap goes up from 32 mil to 34 mil in August. Walker and Antsey are
> worth
> >about 3.5 against the cap combined. That means that Boston with the cutting
> >of Damon Jones and Eric Riley (about 800k against the cap) Boston would be
> >slightly under the cap come August. Now if Dallas is also under the cap (I
> >don't know for sure) the trade could be made. If so, follow this. The
> >difference between 8 mil and 3.5 mil is 4.5 mil plus Damon Jones and Eric
> >Riley's salaries for a total of about 5 mil under the cap for Boston.
> Boston
> >now trades Dana Barros 3.5 mil to Seattle and suddenly Boston is 8.5 mil
> >under the cap. Boston could add 15% to bring the amount to over 9 mil. If
> >more is needed (which I dought) Boston could trade Tony Battie or Greg
> Minor
> >2.5 mil to Seattle. Boston would then have about 11 mil plus 15% for a sign
> >and trade for Vin Baker. Wheather this plays out or not, I think Pitino is
> >trying to clear up cap space to sign Baker. If he can't do that he will go
> >in another direction.
> >
> >
> >
>