Comments on: Report: Spurs to use amnesty clause on Richard Jefferson http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/ Basketball - NBC Sports Sun, 19 May 2013 19:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 00maltliquor http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60161 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:37:02 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60161 And forget getting Butler. Something smells like Caron is gonna turn into R.J. part2. They already gave up a lot to get rookie SF Kawhi Leonard. They’d be better suited trying to get Thaddeus Young instead of just staying old and beat up.

]]> By: 00maltliquor http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60160 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:31:06 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60160 The Spurs had an amnesty on Richard Jefferson LAST YEAR. It was called, HE OPTED OUT OF HIS OWN FREAKIN CONTRACT! Then they just preceed to pick him right back up and sign him to another horrible contract! The Spurs should just be forced to keep him due to that idiotic maneuver.

]]> By: bparmalee http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60110 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:42:36 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60110 My understanding is that amnesty players would be like any other asset a team has….. they can do as they please. So sign em up and ship em out NBA2K style!!!

]]> By: dawkattack http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60100 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:18:23 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60100 Thank you he was useless :)

]]> By: suhnum1fan http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60090 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:19:55 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60090 I don’t think you can trade a guy you sign from the amnesty clause

]]> By: memphismiracle http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60080 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:29:57 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60080 You can go above the salary cap without paying the luxury tax. There is a second line for the luxury. That is around 70 million I think.

]]> By: teke184 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60075 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:22:33 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60075 Has anyone figured out yet whether players picked up in an amnesty auction are tradeable?

Jefferson could be a cheap pickup for a team looking for a competent 3, but they may not want to be on the hook for him for three years.

If, say, the Hornets took him and kept him through the 2011-2012 season, could he be traded during the 2012-2013 offseason? And if so, what is his salary value in a trade calculated? Off what the Spurs are paying him, what the Hornets are paying him, or some other calculation similar to Base Year Compensation?

]]> By: trueballs http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/07/report-spurs-to-use-amnesty-clause-on-richard-jefferson/comment-page-1/#comment-60074 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:19:38 +0000 http://nbcprobasketballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=35815#comment-60074 “This would drop the Spurs below the luxury tax level, to $65.2 million on the books heading into the season.”

isn’t the salary cap still around $58 million? How is $65 mil below the luxury tax level?

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