Re: base year compensation

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

Jim, 

Just about the only thing I know about the new base-year compensation
rules are that the percentages are different. My impression is that
the other team would need cap room (which is why Walker would be 
very hard to trade) but I'm not at all sure about it. Does anyone
else have a clue about this? 

Alex

> As long as you're in a mood to explain these things, does the team receiving 
> the base year player need to be able to fit the entire salary under its cap, 
> or just the 50/75%? (ie. we keep hearing that to trade Antoine, the Celtics 
> would only get back 4 million in salary.  Does that mean the other team 
> would need 4 million of cap room to complete the deal?)    Also, is every 
> free agent a "base year" player for the first two years of their new 
> contract?
> 
> Jim