Magliore? ... To Portland (merged)

[Troy]

BTW, on a somewhat unrelated note, while Skinner wasn't the target of the trade, you still shouldn't use this as anti-Petrie ammo Brick. The Maloofs wanted to avoid paying the LT and the Skinner trade is what put us under the LT threshold. So even if it did matter in the Magloire trade, which is most likely did not, this was a Maloof based move, not Petrie.

So how much of savings did the Maloofs get by getting under the LT late in the season? Do you get hit each month or something for being over?

 

[Sptsjunkie]

So how much of savings did the Maloofs get by getting under the LT late in the season? Do you get hit each month or something for being over?

I'm not sure the exact amount of money, but if I understand correctly, at the end of each season if a team is over the LT threshold they need to pay twice the amount of money they are over into a league pool, which is then split between all the teams who are under the LT.

 

[VF21]

Interesting question, Troy.

Here's the best source on all things related to the CBA, including the luxury tax hits.

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#16

As you can see in #16, in 2005-06 a total of $61.7 million was paid. The breakdown was (in millions):

Knicks ($37.2), Mavs ($17.3), Magic ($7.8), Pacers ($4.7), Grizzlies ($3.7), Spurs ($0.9)

 

[Sptsjunkie]

For damn good reason -- my eyes and ears aren't jammed up where the sun doesn't shine on Geoff. Makes it much easier to see the completely obvious. I could go through the overwhelming evidence once again, but its a bit like trying to convince a Flat Earth theorist that the Earth is in fact round. Simply won't accept it under any circumstance because it threatens their sad little world view and attacks the pillar of their faith.

As for bias -- get over it. I also do not blame/credit Geoff in the least for the Adelman firing, which I think was stupid. Why? Because that too was pure 100% obvious Maloofism -- whatever Geoff's feelings on the matter one way or the other, he was not a significant part of the decisionmaking process there. And the Webber deal is up in the air -- possibly Geoff's worst, or possibly heavily pressured by the Maloofs, or possibly a combination of the two.

So in the end its pretty simple -- I don't give Petrie credit for anything that he didn't in fact do. Good or bad. Imagine that. Incompatible with the proselytizing house of worship approach, but ask me if I care. Save the worship for Sundays. Or at least guys who have ever won a ring.

As an aside, your accounting is a little off. I, on the other hand, picked up a cheesy high school award for Accounting student of the year circa 1988.

Well, besides being insulting, this simply isn't accurate. You are making assumptions and I think you know when you assume what that "makes of you and me." Until real proof is given, Artest is still a Petrie move. Yes, I know the evidence you refer to; however, as you have mentioned we have to go with the sum total of his work. Unless we can definitively prove what moves he was for and against and did or did not make they are a part of his resume.

Seeing as how you won a high school award for accounting, maybe you can enlighten me on where my plus and minus signs were inaccurate in my post instead of talking in circles. As you can rest assured that my head is clearly resting at the very top of my body and not inserted into other orifices, I gladly accept that the Earth is round and other truths of life, I do not think Petrie is a deity simply one of the better humans to ever have the title of GM, and I have won a few awards in my day as well.

 

[KINGS16]

I just don't get it. I'm sure were one of those teams in the running to get Magloire. But why can't we make a package that will entice the Bucks? Can't we package in a deal similar to that of Portland? like a KT and Hart or we can even add Potatohead in the mix or mix and match it with a S & T of Bonzi. WHY????!!!!

 

[Kings113]

Because Harris didn't want KT, or if we offered expirings, they weren't good enough compared to the Blazers expirings. Which they were not.

Let it go.

 

[BibbyFAN10]

done deal....