Newsgroup: it.sport.basket
Titolo: Jordan & friends

 Marco.

gli stipendi dei giocatori. Da questa regola sono esclusi i Free Agents.
Bella stronzata !!!!!!!!
Mi sembra una regola all'italiana, piu' che all'americana !!
Ciao e grazie.
Marco

cap !!).
Questo e' un articolo che tempo fa ho trovato su un NG americano e che
spiega le regole principali del salary cap nell'NBA.
Spero che possa chiarirti un po' le idee anche se a me sembra abbastanza
complicato.
The Dallas Morning had a pretty good size article about the details of the
salary cap in Sunday's paper.  It didn't contain all the cap twists (not
possible since the new collective bargaining agreement, which is where the
cap rules are defined, is 238 pages long), but gave a good summary.  And
here's my summary of the article.
The cap is currently $24.3 million for the 96-97 season.  It is projected
to reach $30 million in 99-00.
If a free agent has been with the team for at least 3 seasons, a team can 
use the Larry Bird exception to re-sign its own free agent to any amount, 
regardless of the salary cap.  There is no restrictions on the structure 
of the contract of a player re-signed using this exception.
An unsigned first round draft pick counts against a team's cap at the
rookie salary scale for where the rookie was picked.  The team that owns
the rights to the rookie can sign him up to 120% of that salary scale
amount, regardless of whether or not the team is over the cap.
If a team is over the cap on July 1 _and_ never slips under the cap any
time after July 1, the team can sign one or more players to contracts
totaling $1 million.  [No mention was made of the additional rule that was 
mention in the Morning News a month ago about the team also having to had
re-signed one of their own free agents.]  San Antonio is one of the few
teams that have the option of using this exception.
If a team is over the salary cap, it can sign players to 1 year contracts
at the league minimum.  The minimum for 96-97 is $247,500 for veterans who
were originally selected in the first round and $220,000 for all other
players.
If a team is over the cap, it can trade players to another team as long as
the total salaries of the players on each team are within 15% plus
$100,000 of each other.  Teams are not allowed to renegotiate a player's
contract in order to make a trade work.
Outside of the Larry Bird exception, a player's contract can increase by
no more than 20% of the first year of his contract and is limited to 7
years.
Until a team renounces their free agent or re-signs him, the player counts 
150% (if his final year salary was below the league average) or 200% (if 
his final year salary was above the league average) of his final year
salary against the team's cap.
A player who completes a 2 year contract can re-sign with his team for an
increase of 75% of his 2nd year salary or the league average salary (which
ever is greater) and the new contract must be for at least 2 years.  
A team can extend the contract of a first round draft pick who is still 
under his 3 year contract by any amount between July 1 and October 1 after
his 2nd season is completed.  The extension would start with the player's
4th year in the league.
A team can extend the contract of a player by 4 or 5 years after the 3rd
year of the player's original contract.  A team can extend the contract of
a player by 6 or 7 years after the 4th year of the player's original
contract.  The extension is limited to a 20% increase [of the last year of
the original contract or of the first year of the original contract???].
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Andrea Menozzi
andrea....@re.nettuno.it
Reggio Emilia
Italy