forrest gump
Years ago
found this on msn.com re NBA salaries
Some deals are hard to swallow
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Sean Deveney /
Posted: 3 hours ago
Just like that, the NBA season is under way. If you're a typical NBA fan, you're probably wondering why, exactly, your team was unable to scrape up anything more than bottom-dwelling free agents whose careers are so depleted that to say they are on the fritz is an offense to Fritzes the world over. The Hornets' big acquisition was Rodney Rogers? The Blazers wanted Nick Van Exel? The Kings' main addition was Greg "Egads" Ostertag?
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The reason for the bargain-basement spending is the league's $43.9 million salary cap, which keeps most teams handcuffed during the offseason. Teams over the cap are limited to using cap exceptions and whatever creative trade proposals they can dream up.
the rest is on the website - MSN.com - it's about high paid underachievers
