cba Stories - Golden State Of Mind
How the Wizards have two large trade exceptions
The underreported part of the two trades the Wizards made last February is that the Wizards also acquired two trade exceptions in the deals. One is a $6 million trade exception from dealing Brendan Haywood to Dallas, and another is a $4.5 million trade exception from trading Drew Gooden to the...
Update on Rubio, the cap, and 2012
As you may remember, earlier this week a fanpost linked to an ESPN article about the CBA and the possibility that Ricky Rubio may have a greater financial interest to enter the NBA in 2012 at age 21 than he does in 2011 at age 20. What was interesting about this article (aside from the notion that...
CBA CLE Basics
I recently went to a Continuing Legal Education course put on the Suns. In addition to getting one of the fifteen hours I need every year, I got this picture, a sales pitch and I heard Steve Kerr use the phrase "salary dump." I thought I'd take a minute to pass on some of the highlights of the...
Q&A: Ridiculous Upside (Part 3 of 3)
It's time for the final part of our mega-trilogy with Ridiculous Scott from Ridiculous Upside. If you thought Part 1 and Part 2 were ridiculous, wait till you see what happens after the jump... Atma Brother #1 (Golden State of Mind): The 2008-2009 Golden State Warriors were the worst defensive...
Run-N-Gun
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle Under-appreciated talent and minor-league basketball are almost synonymous with each other. Even though the Continental Basketball Association's season may have come to much-to-soon end, one cannot fail to...
Lockout Looming?
Interesting take on the potential for a lockout in a few years: The NBA has to decide by Dec. 15, 2010, whether to extend the collective-bargaining agreement through the 2011-12 season. If not extended, it expires June 30, 2011. With the economy in shambles, teams are watching profits fall off...
Offseason Primer, Part 1: Mark Your Calendars
As the offseason approaches, Canis Hoopus wants you to be ready to boo or cheer our Timberwolves Front Office as they make decisions that will shape the future of this franchise in flux. Most fans see the offseason as a time to relax and think about things like family, work and vacation. Not...
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