JG Pasterjak wrote:
The guys I feel bad for is the rest of the Miami Heat. Between what they're paying James, Wade and Bosh and still stay under the cap, the rest of the team is probably having to play for Sizzler coupons and gas money. But I'm not a basketball guy. If the NBA's cap rules are anything like the NFL's are (or were, anyway), there's not really a cap after the numbers guys get done with it.
jg
the rest of the team isn't exactly playing for chump change...
here's the minimum salary structure based on yrs in league:
Years of Service
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
0: 398,762 412,718 427,163 442,114 457,588 473,604 490,180
1: 641,748 664,209 687,456 711,517 736,420 762,195 788,872
2: 719,373 744,551 770,610 797,581 825,497 854,389 884,293
3: 745,248 771,331 798,328 826,269 855,189 885,120 916,100
4 771,123 798,112 826,046 854,957 884,881 915,852 947,907
5: 835,810 865,063 895,341 926,678 959,111 992,680 1,027,424
6: 900,498 932,015 964,636 998,398 1,033,342 1,069,509 1,106,941
7: 965,185 998,967 1,033,930 1,070,118 1,107,572 1,146,337 1,186,459
8: 1,029,873 1,065,918 1,103,225 1,141,838 1,181,803 1,223,166 1,265,976
9: 1,035,000 1,071,225 1,108,718 1,147,523 1,187,686 1,229,255 1,272,279
10+: 1,138,500 1,178,348 1,219,590 1,262,275 1,306,455 1,352,181 1,399,507