Pistons 2010 salary cap/luxury tax/roster situation thread

[Glenn]

Something to chew on:
http://blog.mlive.com/fullcourtpress...troit_pis.html

[Pharaoh]

And the comments aren't from morons either.

One dude mentioned the Knicks Plan B as Joe Johnson...

Very interesting.

[Laxation]

And the comments aren't from morons either.

Jesus you're right!

I never read comments, after-all its usually "Lebron for MVP"
"Pistons r sh1t"
"GO WADE!!!!11!!!eleven!!!!11"

[Glenn]

Fourteen teams still owe a luxury-tax payment in July unless they can make moves before the Feb. 18 trading deadline to get under the tax threshold. The list of taxpayers:

TEAM TAX OWED
Lakers $21,430,778
Mavericks $17,891,714
Celtics $14,324,318
Knicks $14,107,734
Cavaliers $13,011,251
Magic $12,574,601
Spurs $10,185,572
Wizards $8,658,888
Nuggets $5,490,379
Suns $4,887,977
Jazz $4,858,225
Hornets $3,331,809
Heat $2,817,658
Rockets $2,611,747

Footnote No. 1: Atlanta has only 12 players on its roster after waiving Hunter and have until Jan. 19 to sign a 13th to at least a 10-day contract.

Footnote No. 2: With nearly $135 million in the tax pot, non-tax teams are on course to collect a $4.5 million payout in July.

Footnote No. 3: The Wizards will end up getting a tax rebate of nearly $74,000 per game for every game Gilbert Arenas is suspended but will not get that refund -- which could reach $3.7 million if Arenas is suspended for the remainder of the season -- until after luxury-tax bills are paid leaguewide in July. Orlando and Denver will likewise get rebates of nearly $820,000 and $200,000, respectively, when earlier league suspensions imposed on Rashard Lewis and J.R. Smith are factored in.

[Glenn]

The ones that really stand out there to me are the Spurs, Wizards, Jazz and Hornets.

The Wiz, Jazz and Hornets almost certainly will try to make moves to get under, IMO.

[Pharaoh]

Spurs are the interesting one.

Do they try to shed salary cause their moves haven't worked out or do they keep trying with what they have?

Either way they ARE done.

Congrats GD.

[darkobetterthanmelo]

I would kill to get Okafor. Open your pocketbook, Karen D!

[Uncle Mxy]

Can Okafor defend?

http://www.82games.com/0910/09NOH14.HTM#bypos

[Fool]

Okafur looked like absolute shit in the OT game. Was at the game with a friend of mine who is a big O fan (liked him in college too). We were talking about it all night.

[Kstat]

Okafor is nothing more than a shot blocker right now. Not worth his salary at all.