The salary cap is probably a good thing, and teams running afoul of it is usually their own fault. Still, it can lead to some hair-pulling scenarios. One example of this is the ongoing Shawn Marion trade rumors. Another is this tidbit in today's Chicago Tribune, regarding possible Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby: With Nene's contract extension, the Nuggets go well over the luxury-tax threshold and the rumor is the team will look to move Marcus Camby this summer for financial reasons despite his defensive play.Well, that sucks. The Tribune then notes that Nene has really picked it up as of late, looking more and more like a legit big man. This despite his concerns about being too light. While Camby is a beast this season, it's not like we've forgotten all the Mr. Glass jokes. And it's not like carrying the contracts of Melo and Iverson is condusive to cap flexibility. Still, as with Marion, it's always sobering that a competitive team would take that major a gamble. I guess it's hard, as fans, to remember that franchises are businesses after all. If it's your millions invested, "luxury tax" is just as, if not more, arresting than Camby or Marion's statistics.
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4-16-2007 @ 3:07PM
Eric said...
I would like to think Marcus wanted all his years in Denver to have been this productive but injuries robbed him of that. I don't think Denver will rush to release him until they have a better understanding of Kenyon Martin's progress from knee surgery.
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4-18-2007 @ 3:22AM
michel said...
As usual, you rush to the most negative and uninformed conclusion possible, shoals. Do you get your info on the playground at your local elementary school?
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4-18-2007 @ 4:08AM
michel said...
Shoals, I wish there were some salary cap that could get rid of you, you know-nothing Putz.
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4-22-2007 @ 8:21PM
Mikel said...
POOR POOR Marcus Camby...I really like this guy and have followed his career,from here to there to there to there.When will it ever stop?It's not that he is not a good player.He should win the defenseive player of the year.He can also score when called upon,so why is he always the player thats the one who is always the one who moves??? No answers here just questions.Oh never mind.It's a business isen't it?
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