By Chris Sheridan
I went on the radio with longtime colleague Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel this morning to talk about the NBA lockout. We touched on how his local team , the Magic, would benefit the most (along with Portland) from the amnesty provision that will reportedly be part of the eventual NBA collective bargaining agreement.
Click here to listen to the interview, which aired on the Open Mike show on 740-The Game radio in Orlando. (Gremlin alert: Will not play on Google Chrome. Need to use Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari for this particular audio file).
Under amnesty, the Magic would be allowed to dump the $63.5 million they owe Gilbert Arenas from their salary cap over the next three seasons, including Arenas’ $19.2 million for this season. That would take their committed payroll down to $55 million (excluding cap holds) and give them the flexibility to retain free agent Jason Richardson and stay below the luxury tax threshold.
Click here to read Chris Bernucca’s column on this subject for SheridanHoops.com from last week. Also, Bill Simmons and Jonathan Abrams did a nice amnesty piece for Grantland.com. Click here to read theirs.
Great insight on this Chris.
So they would still have to be committed to pay the salary right, but the only thing is that it doesnt count towards the salary cap?
The audio link doesn’t seem to be working for me (audio not playable), anyone else having issues?
I couldn’t agree with you more. You sir are the only journalist who gets it.
Jim Stamos
Faithful Supporter