Re: base year compensation

[Jim Meninno <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>]

Mishra,

I don't think you understood the question.  It was, does the team taking the 
base year player need the cap room to fit his entire salary? For instance, 
if they are taking on a 9m contract and giving up only 3m, do they need an 
additional 6m in cap room?  My guess is they do or this could be a way of 
teams getting around the cap.

Also, if you're still with me, who are base year players?  Is it all signed 
free agents, or only Bird Exceptions, or what?

By the way, what does this mean?
max(1/3(base year salary, last years salary)
I'm guessing you meant...
max(1/3*base year salary, last years salary).

Jim

>From: Shailendra Mishra <shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com>
>
>It is actually the other way round:
>
>Let's take Walkers example:
>Walker is a base year compensation player with  a 70 mill contract. Now
>  Walker (in his first year i.e. after july) can be traded to a team for
>a player who makes as much money
>   = max(1/3(base year salary, last years salary);
>In his 2nd year the formulae changes to:
>    = max(1/2(base year salary, 2 previous years salary)
>and so on.
>
>The problem is to find a player who is good and is paid less money, but
>other base year compensation players can very well be traded for
>Walker. Now all one has to do is find another trigger happy GM like
>Rick Pitino.
>                      - Mishra


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