ok guys, i'm gonna teach you something. it's called cap space. when a team is under the cap, they can absorb salary. how do you think we traded hinrich and the draft pick for a future second? they absorbed his contract. if we send james johnson and taj gibson, we can absorb the remaining 15 million with our cap room.
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it's ok, maybe someday you can know as much as me.
Thanks chief, now let me teach you how it actually works.
The Raptors are currently under the cap... yes. They also don't have Chris Bosh on their payroll right now.
But when they resign Chris Bosh, they go over the soft cap using their Bird Rights. Thus putting them over the cap. And thus, every deal they do must meet the 15% requirement. Ergo, the Bulls cannot trade $3 million in salary to acquire $16 million. That deal only works if Deng is included. The Bulls would still be under the cap, but the Raptors would not be. Both parties must be under the cap to not swap near equal money.
The reason the Hinrich to the Wizards deal was able to go was neither team was over the cap at the moment, so the Wizards were able to absorb the extra money.
That does not happen in a sign and trade with Bosh.
Thanks for trying though.
