NBA 2011-2012

[FN Phat]

Brandon Roy rumored to have already been told he will be amnesty victim. Roys agent began talks with Golden State today.

Damn shame that Roy's career will be remembered by what could have been had he not got hurt.

[Surfah]

I think your "us" and SJS's "us" are different.

I just assume everyone likes the Lakers.

[FN Phat]

I just assume everyone likes the Lakers.

It was a safe assumption...most latinos like Los Lakers!

[TripletDaddy]

Damn shame that Roy's career will be remembered by what could have been had he not got hurt.

I mostly know him for having a special edition knife named after him.

[Surfah]

It was a safe assumption...most latinos like Los Lakers!

¡Orale güey!

[MartyFunkhouser]

Brandon Roy rumored to have already been told he will be amnesty victim. Roys agent began talks with Golden State today.

It is a shame, but the Blazers kind of have no choice at this point. He is a shell of his former self and nowhere near worth the money he is making. Roy really can do better than Golden State. A contending team will easily give him the full MLE, but maybe he wants more than that.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I mostly know him for having a special edition knife named after him.

Also, don't forget the iRoy.

[CardiacCoug]

It is a shame, but the Blazers kind of have no choice at this point. He is a shell of his former self and nowhere near worth the money he is making. Roy really can do better than Golden State. A contending team will easily give him the full MLE, but maybe he wants more than that.

Isn't the way it works that Roy will get the full value of his guaranteed contract with the Blazers still paying most of it and the new team picking up around $5 million per year or so?

So if his contract is around $15 million per year then the Blazers pay $10 mill and the new team plays $5 million. But none of it counts against the Blazers cap so they can sign other players.

Is that how it works? Sure seems like since the fans love Roy and the Blazers are still on the hook for his salary that they might as well keep him around.

[Donuthole]

Isn't the way it works that Roy will get the full value of his guaranteed contract with the Blazers still paying most of it and the new team picking up around $5 million per year or so?

So if his contract is around $15 million per year then the Blazers pay $10 mill and the new team plays $5 million. But none of it counts against the Blazers cap so they can sign other players.

Is that how it works? Sure seems like since the fans love Roy and the Blazers are still on the hook for his salary that they might as well keep him around.

Yes, but if he is on the roster then it counts against the cap. And as a team over the cap, Blazers can't go after anyone in free agency. I think they would be better off keeping him for a year and then cutting him next year, when there will be a better class of free agents.

[Mormon Red Death]

Isn't the way it works that Roy will get the full value of his guaranteed contract with the Blazers still paying most of it and the new team picking up around $5 million per year or so?

So if his contract is around $15 million per year then the Blazers pay $10 mill and the new team plays $5 million. But none of it counts against the Blazers cap so they can sign other players.

Is that how it works? Sure seems like since the fans love Roy and the Blazers are still on the hook for his salary that they might as well keep him around.

Bill Simmons said yesterday that teams will bid for amnesty players (one time) and the highest bid is taken and then your scenario plays out of how they are paid. they are on the hook for his salary it just doesn't affect their cap.

[Mormon Red Death]

So Basically an amnestied player is a waived player and waiver wire rules apply.

• 2005 CBA: One player can be waived prior to the start of the 2005-06 season. The salary of the waived player will not count toward the luxury tax.

• 2011 CBA: One player can be waived prior to the start of any season (only one player can be amnestied during the agreement, and contracts signed under the new CBA are not eligible). The salary of the waived player will not count toward the salary cap or luxury tax. Teams with cap room can submit competing offers to acquire an amnestied player (at a reduced rate) before he hits free agency and can sign with any team.

• Who benefits? As with the amnesty provision in the 2005 agreement, this provision allows teams to kick one bad contract to the curb. The benefits to amnesty are greater now than they were in 2005 -- 100 percent of the player's salary is removed for both cap and tax purposes. The other big change is that teams are allowed to pocket their amnesty card to use later -- so teams that managed their cap well to this point benefit because they don't have to use it or lose it.

Teams with cap room can benefit greatly from the amnesty provision by being able to submit a competing offer to claim an amnestied player at a reduced rate. For example, if Cleveland uses its amnesty provision on Baron Davis, a team that is $5 million below the salary cap can submit a $5 million offer to acquire Davis' contract. If that offer is the highest, the team acquires Davis and is responsible for $5 million of his salary -- with Cleveland responsible for the balance. This happens before Davis becomes a free agent and can sign on his own with a team like Miami.

[Surfah]

Bron Bron continually finds ways to step in it. It's pretty impressive really.

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[smokymountainrain]

Bron Bron continually finds ways to step in it. It's pretty impressive really.

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I don't get it. What's the issue?

[Surfah]

I don't get it. What's the issue?

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[Donuthole]

I don't get it. What's the issue?

Stevie Johnson got fined for that TD celebration on Sunday (mocking Plaxico Burress for shooting himself in the leg). Clearly LeBron is mocking Stevie Johnson, but the haters are trying to use it as evidence of what a terrible person LeBron is.