Grrr...LeBron isn;t leaving in 2010? right?

This is a bad sign http://www.sports2debate.com/drupal/sports_2_debate_where_will_lebron_james_be_in_2010

If Lebron decided to sign a contract this summer and not 2010 what will our payroll look like?  Would it still be the same as you predicted or will it be less or more?

Dec 21, 2008 -- 12:37AM, Snowblind wrote:

If Lebron decided to sign a contract this summer and not 2010 what will our payroll look like?  Would it still be the same as you predicted or will it be less or more?

If LeBron signed a contract extension this summer, his salary for 2010/11 would be $17.1 million and our payroll for 2010/11 would be:

2010/11
1. James: 17.1
2. Gibson: 4.0
3. West: 4.5
4. Hickson: 1.3
5. Jackson: 0.9
6. Williams: 9.3
7. 2009 first round pick: 1.2
8. 2009 second round pick: 0.8
9. 2010 first round pick: 1.1
10. 2010 second round pick: 0.5
11. ????
12. ????
13. ????
14. ????
15. ????
Total: (40.7)
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Salary Cap (estimated): 60
Luxury Tax Limit (estimated): 73
MLE (estimated): 6.0
BAE (actual): 2.08
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Note that we could have about $19.3 million cap space in the summer of 2010 - assuming we did not pick up a long term contract (such as Vince Carter) and that we did not sign Andy to a long term contract.

So I read through everything, though I still could not find the Cavs 08/09 cap room. Maybe I missed it.

Jan 8, 2009 -- 6:50PM, Golfer2 wrote:

Jan 8, 2009 -- 6:42PM, Mo4AllStar wrote:

So I read through everything, though I still could not find the Cavs 08/09 cap room. Maybe I missed it.

 

2008/09:
Guaranteed Contracts:
1. Wallace: 14.5
2. James: 14.4
3. *Szczerbiak: 13.0
4. Ilgauskas: 10.8
5. *Snow: 7.3
6. Varejao: 5.8
7. Williams: 8.4
8. Pavlovic: 4.5
9. Gibson: 3.7
10. Hickson: 1.3
11. Tarence Kinsey: 0.8
12. West: 3.9 (guess)
13. Jackson: 0.4 (guess)
14. Lorenzen Wright: 0.8**
15.Jawad Williams: 0.4 (not guaranteed)

 

Total:90.0

 

*( expiring contracts: 20.3)
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Salary Cap (actual): 58.68
Luxury Tax Limit (actual): 71.15
MLE (actual): 5.585
BAE (actual): 1.91

 

Cap room = salary cap minus team salary = 58.68 - 90.0 = (minus) 31.32 million

 

 

Dang $31 million is a lot of money to be spending. Thanks for the help Golfer, I'll have to remember that.