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Sheridan Hoops Salary Cap Analysis Index

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Welcome to the Sheridan Hoops team salary cap analysis index. This is where Sheridan Hoops shows you the money. The NBA is big business, and these charts make it easier to understand why teams make or do not make certain moves. For each team, we have included a minimum five-year view of their payroll with player options, team options and qualifying offers. We also have included current and future draft picks coming and going, available salary cap exceptions, trade exceptions and provisions. Periodically

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StatBox Breakdown: A Look At Who Got Extensions; and Who Didn’t

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The deadline for teams to sign players from the draft class of 2010 to extensions came and went at the stroke of midnight ET on Nov. 1. Those who did not get extensions will be unrestricted free agents this summer. Six players received extensions, with three of them getting done during the offseason. Two more were completed during training camp and the last one was executed Thursday in Memphis, just hours before the deadline. Meanwhile, three other rumored extensions did not get

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Bernucca: Will the $30 Million Player Become Extinct?

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Like three to make two, the 10-second violation and low-top sneakers, the $30 million NBA player may become a thing of the past. A handful of stars have approached and even crossed the magical monetary mountaintop, which is something when you consider that the collective bargaining agreement has a maximum salary restraint. Michael Jordan – who else? – was the first player to make $30 million in one season, negotiating about an 800 percent raise after the 1995-96 season. That was Jordan’s

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Bernucca: Will Work For Food: The NBA’s All-Six-Figure Teams

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There are a scant few career tracks where an annual salary of at least $1 million does not mean you have reached the pinnacle of your profession. Only the best doctors and lawyers pull down more than a million a year. Before bonuses, most of the world’s top bankers draw salaries in the low seven figures. Some veteran TV news anchors have climbed above $10 million annually, but most operate in the seven-figure statosphere. And no one in politics comes close

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Bernucca: How the Knicks Can (or Can’t) Get Metta World Peace

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Metta World Peace says he wants to play for the New York Knicks, and nobody else. Yeah, and I want to sleep with supermodels. That’s likely not happening, either. The Los Angeles Lakers are going to use their amnesty provision on World Peace and do something they really don’t do very often – make a conscious decision to save money. By letting go of the hero of their last NBA championship – who also happens to be a certified wingnut – the

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