Fixed this for you.
I believe I’m registered as a republican - yes throw the hate this way I guess... However I’m not ashamed of it. I did not and would never vote for Trump.
We can't just sign LBJ to a huge contract even if we wanted to.
When did I say they could sign him to a huge contract?
Not even a little. You couldn't pay me to root for a team with James on it.
Yeah, but who came first?
And why's that?
I wasn't cracking on you, I was referring to the OP.
you are assuming I'm defensive. Please ask me and I will give you a response.
I will ask--how, within the confines of the CBA, do you believe Paul Allen could have done what you suggested in your OP?
always good to keep fresh batteries in the vibrator for just such a cause
Always a solid strategy.
He was, is, and always will be a liar, a thief, a narcissist, and a con man. The information was out there, and it was obvious. His fortune was built on thievery, fraud and bankruptcy. Clearly that is not a workable business model for government. Lot's of "good people" who voted for him still have their head up their ass. There's a sucker born every minute. And they vote, apparently.
I was talking about how I was viewed as defensive on the subject and not the subject itself.
No, I actually don't know.
No, I was serious. Let me know if it's not possible whatever the cost because I really don't know.
Yes, it is prohibited. If a team is below the cap, they are only permitted to offer a free agent an amount up to the amount of their cap space. If they are over the cap, they can only offer the amount of an available cap exception. There are no cap exceptions that would permit Portland to offer Lebron $30M.
Lanny, this is why I said you were being defensive. You have multiple people in this thread telling you it's not possible and it's not how it works yet you are still questioning whether it is prohibited or not.
That's not being defensive. Being defensive is where you take offense at something you view as a personal attack. I take none of this personally. I'm simply trying to understand how it works. A simple query of this would get you a response that you might make understand my motive better.
How does Golden State get away with it? They are way way over the cap.
When they signed Durant, they weren't. Now that he's been on their squad for a couple years, they have an exception allowing them to give him a max deal. Other free agents they've signed (David West, Demarcus Cousins) have taken vastly below-market-value deals to sign with them.
Pardon me for not understanding how this works but as I learned while building jumbo jets and nuclear missiles, if I don't ask, I'll never know. This means that I have to ignore being thought a fool and learn anyhow.
I never have a problem with people asking honest questions to gain understanding, even if I would normally assume NBA fans would have this as common knowledge.
They did not.
