Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...As of right now, the small-market Jazz are carrying at least $94 million (maybe more) in salaries and potential luxury tax payments into next season. Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune asks, "...
Blog | July 23, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...t happen, so be it.) It also turns out that Portland can re-apply to get his salary off the cap, if it is appropriate at some point in the future. From the CBA: "...
Blog | January 08, 2009Still Making People Mad: The WNBA
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...on the WNBA were instead lost on the D-League, which could improve dramatically with slightly higher salaries? Another, who works for an NBA team with a WNBA team of its own attached, says a...
Blog | October 13, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...involvement in the free agent period, as the Warriors have used just about all of their available salary."Alan Hahn of Newsday: "We discussed it during the summer league here and I guess it rings...
Blog | July 28, 2008Ruble City
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...and mysterious owner. Chauffeured Mercedes, massages, fine homes, lavish dinners ... and in the case of Taurasi, a salary that she says is ten times what she makes in the WNBA. Caple's article contrasts that...
Blog | March 26, 2008Martha Burk: Don't Expect Madison Square Garden to Change
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIf you read my last post, you know that I have been wondering about Madison Square Garden. Let's assume the jury was right, and the work environment t...
Blog | October 03, 2007Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopChris Paul on the brainy comedic NPR show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me." He says he wasn't allowed to play basketball unless he had a 3.0 GPA. He also say...
Blog | September 17, 2007Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...get approval, but that's still a cost. Then there's the players association. The league's salary cap is set as a percentage of basketball-related income. This means that the amount of money...
Blog | August 15, 2007Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...t happen: make every rookie a free agent. Worth discussing! I'd add some wrinkles like a salary cap, and an ability for teams to pay local players slightly more (calm down, we could carve...
Blog | April 06, 2007Crazy Rich
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPerhaps you noticed that comedian Eddie Griffin crashed a car worth a reported $1.5 million, then walked away joking about it. Maybe he was laughing b...
Blog | April 04, 2007Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...overhauling this team. I don’t know what he’s going to do with the salary cap, but wow.” Flea has a nice little poem inspired by Kevin Garnett's beard. OK...
Blog | November 09, 2006EDITOR'S PICKS
...multi-million dollar contracts must play in order to take home what you make annually? ESPN's
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