More GM deep thoughts

[DJessen33@aol.com]

Ok. The Oregonian has O'Neil asking for a trade and lists the Bulls and 
Celtics as candidates with the Celtics including Battie with thier no. 1. It 
also mentions O'Neil as a base comp player. If traded before July 1, Portland 
can not take back more than .5 * ( 5 million) = 2. 5 million. This is what 
Battie makes. However, the Celts can't give up 2. 5 million and take back 5 
million since they are over the cap. This doesn't seem to work. If the trade 
is done after July 1, the Blazers can take back no more than .75 * (5.5 
million) = 4.1 million. This won't work either because Tony is going to be 
making 5 million or so. I thinking maybe the player is Fortson instead of 
Battie. You could get Fortson to agree to whatever salary necessary to make 
the trade go down. However, the trade will never work because both teams are 
over the cap and can only take back less than what they are trading away in 
salary. Am I missing something here?...

DJessen33