BALLER4LIFE said:
the kings would not be able to save 9.5 million because the bulls would have to include another player if they wanted bibby to make the salaries close...
What are you talking about? If a team is UNDER the cap, they can take back more salary than they send out. In this case, the Bulls are going to be $15 million - $20 million UNDER the cap. Therefore, they could take back Mike's salary ($12.5 million) and send us Kirk's salary ($3 million). Get it? $12.5 million - $3 million = $9.5 million
The whole "matching salaries" clause only applies if both teams are above the salary cap. So, if the Kings and the Knicks, for instance, wanted to make a trade, the salaries would have to match w/in 25% + $100,000. However, if the Kings traded with a team like the Bulls who are under the cap, the Kings can send out more salary than they take back (and conversely, the bulls can take back more salary than they send out). However, when trading with a team like the bulls who are under the cap, the kings still cannot take back more than 125% + $100,000 of the salary they send out.
So, yes, they could make that trade.