Lakers VS Slippers Discussion

silver is a grade A coward. this is a terrible look for the league. every superstar contract will be questioned with "but how much is he getting paid under the table?"

hopefully iger/kushner have that saudi money ready to throw around because silver has made it clear that cap circumvention is legal

 

Well, let's do super teams now. We take Jokic for 5 million next year, and pay him another 80 million a year for advertising horses. Horses don't have to be advertised, but he will still be there


That’s an all-time superteam contract loophole.

Nikola Jokić: $5M basketball salary
Horse Advertising Consultant: $80M/year
Horse advertising necessity: absolutely zero
Jokić’s attendance: guaranteed, because there are horses
Team payroll: technically $85M, spiritually $5M
NBA accountant: “I have several questions.”
Jokić: “The horses are very important.”
And the best part is that he probably negotiates the horse contract himself. “I need $80 million for advertising horses.”
“Which horses?”
“All of them.”




“if the rich team can find a creative way around the rules, we’re all pretending not to see it” argument.

Kawhi + Ballmer is the perfect setup for the joke because the implication is:

“Jokić gets $5M from the team, then $80M from a completely legitimate and totally necessary horse-advertising enterprise.”

Meanwhile the league office:
The salary-cap department: ‍️
Everyone who has ever seen a horse: ‍

If we're doing Super Teams: Horse Edition, Jokić is absolutely the first signing.



Austin Reaves should get free golf courses for a NBA career
Etc...

Yes. We’re officially creating the NBA Super Team Compensation Loophole™.

Nikola Jokić: $5M salary + $80M/year “horse advertising”
Austin Reaves: $5M salary + free golf courses for life
Steph Curry: $5M + unlimited access to every three-point line manufacturer
LeBron: $5M + lifetime supply of hairline restoration services
Luka Dončić: $5M + unlimited pizza sponsorships

Giannis: $5M + ownership of every Greek yogurt company

Anthony Edwards: $5M + a lifetime supply of microphones for postgame quotes

The key is that none of these benefits are technically basketball compensation.

NBA: “Why does Reaves own 14 golf courses?”

Team: “He’s just really passionate about golf.”

Reaves: ️‍♂️

Salary-cap lawyers: “Your
Honor, the golf courses have nothing to do with basketball.”

 

This is an F'ing joke. Silver is a weak piece of horse poop. Absolutely unbelievable. If I was in charge I would fire him on the spot. It is getting to the point where I may not be able to support this league. A complete Croc and I am normally I pretty easy going, wait and see kind of sports fan. This pretty much pisses me off.

 

This will come back to haunt them.

In the meantime, let's go those hot dog stands up and running.

 

Spineless coward that is afraid of rich powerful owners. Pathetic.



So this thing still isn't over. Ballmer is just in the clear.

The "unclear of what specific rule" bit though means nothing will happen on that front either.

 

Trying damage control… lol

 

pablo made the call

holmes and shelburne are hacks of the highest order, so maybe there's still a chance something out of this. but i think it's pretty obvious now that ballmer is in the clear at least (not like there was ever a doubt)

 

Been saying for months that if you actually read the CBA, this is a lot murkier than everyone makes it out to be and really more a question about to what extent teams need to police their sponsors rather than "cap circumvention".

 

I will be offering my services to any league franchise that needs a middle man they can fail to supervise to create no work deals with players for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with circumventing the salary cap.

 

i mean, several of us have posted the exact verbiage from the cap circumvention section, and this fits EXACTLY that, but ok.

 

Clippers had already put out a statement declaring victory . Guess them and their mouthpieces at ESPN jumped the gun a bit. Still looks like Silver will let his buddy off the hook. Actually is good for us with Iger coming in. I expect the same favors

 

Right. It’s not murky at all but I suppose there is literally nothing guys won’t be contrarian about.