Teams with Cap Space

[hasoos]

I don't supposed the Blazers could fire Blaze, and use his whole minimum wage salary to bring somebody in!

 

[STOMP]

Is this actually true?

We hear it all the time, but... what "endorsements" are these? Are we talking local ones (car dealerships, local Subway marketing, etc.) or national advertising (since Nike might prefer LeBron to be in NY, rather than Portland)?

For super-duper stars, I could see how major endorsements would make a big difference, but when free agents are making $5m+ a year, does another hundred grand a year from endorsements really matter?

Don't take me as gospel truth on this as I can't provide a link, but I recall an interview with an agent a few years back saying that it's standard for endorsement contracts with shoes and apparel to automatically triple if the player is in one of the top 3 markets.

STOMP

 

[Mediocre Man]

Don't take me as gospel truth on this as I can't provide a link, but I recall an interview with an agent a few years back saying that it's standard for endorsement contracts with shoes and apparel to automatically triple if the player is in one of the top 3 markets.

STOMP

I don't remember that interview, but on the radio here in Houston last month they were talking to an agent who said the bigger the market the larger the deals (endorsements) He was saying you have to take that into account when you sign a deal. Radio shows was another thing he brought up. For example, here in Houston there are 3 sports radio channels, and all of them are very good unlike the idiots over on the FAN in Portland. He also brought up what I said about younger players vs older players. He said young guys are all about the money and being the man. Older guys, who have already made their money, were all about rings. He mentioned Cleveland as an example of a team that probably wouldn;t attract many FA's because they have Lebron already, and anyone who signed there woul dbe second or third fiddle. And that their market was smaller. Then said teams like Cleveland, Utah, Indiana, Memphis Denver and Portland usually need to overpay to get FA's, while similar market sized teams like Orlando and SA don;t need to as much because there is no state tax those states.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

We have 95.5 The Game now, so everyone will want to play here.

 

[THE HCP]

4 things.........

1-I'm BACK bitches! Took a few days off from you computer geeks to relax and refresh.

2-My directTV went out yesterday and they said the soonest they can get to me is Junes 6TH!!!!!!!! So you might be seeing more of me around here!

3- Are you sure about the whole market size thing. Have any of you been to Memphis? Place is tiny! Ghost town! Downtown is only about 10 blks long and the biggest building they have there is that stupid pyramid.

4-Who does this EWT guy think he is anyway? What a HORRIBLE thread! (ps- I know the guy, so relax!)

 

[Natebishop3]

Boy, Memphis sure didn't sign Miles just to sabotage us...... right.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

If Boozer opts out that eats up a significant amount of cap space teams have:

Memphis Grizzlies - $20 million
Detroit Pistons $16-17.7 million
Atlanta Hawks - $13-14.6
Oklahoma City Thunder - $10 million
Portland Trail Blazers - $9.1-16.7 million - the latter if they cut Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake before the end of June.
Utah Jazz - slightly less than $9.0 million - if Boozer, Okur and Korver all opt out.
Sacramento Kings - $7.2 million
Toronto Raptors - $7 million


Leaving some of these players to be had for a descent deal:

Mike Bibby, Ben Gordon, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Antonio McDyess, Rasheed Wallace, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza, Andre Miller, Drew Gooden, Shawn Marion and Anthony Parker

Are you saying that SA's Tony Parker is an unrestricted Free Agent?


If so, this is our salvation! You bring Tony Parker to to play with BRoy, Oden et al, and you are a Veteran Banger to back-up Aldridge - away from a Championship(s)!

 

[Ed O]

Don't take me as gospel truth on this as I can't provide a link, but I recall an interview with an agent a few years back saying that it's standard for endorsement contracts with shoes and apparel to automatically triple if the player is in one of the top 3 markets.

I would believe that, but the three biggest markets are NY, LA and Chicago. So that's five of 30 teams, and only the Lakers have been able to, I think, demonstrably be able to attract FAs without overpayment.

Even then, though... how much are these deals? Do they go from $100k to $300k, for example? $200,000 is nothing to sneeze at, but when a player's starting first year salary is 25 times that, do we think that they'd rather lose as a Clipper than win as a Blazer?

Ed O.

 

[barfo]

Are you saying that SA's Tony Parker is an unrestricted Free Agent?


If so, this is our salvation! You bring Tony Parker to to play with BRoy, Oden et al, and you are a Veteran Banger to back-up Aldridge - away from a Championship(s)!

I think that is Toronto's Anthony Parker, is it not?

barfo

 

[barfo]

You know who is an unrestricted free agent this summer? Jamaal Magloire! We should so get him! He was so great here, I loved his dunks with his eyes covered. Those were so cool! Jamaal is an all-star! Let's use our cap space on getting Mags back!

Or not.

barfo