LAS VEGAS - Deciding on Michael Finley's future with the Mavericks has been anything but easy on Mark Cuban.
The Mavs owner has pored through scenario after scenario searching for a loophole in the new collective bargaining agreement to keep the team's longest-tenured player and captain.
Sitting in the bleachers as the Mavs summer league team practiced in a Las Vegas gym, Cuban admitted that a difficult decision is on the horizon. As for the loophole, Cuban would be better off searching for snow on the Vegas Strip.
"I've looked through more spread sheets than I can imagine," Cuban said Thursday. "You know me, I'm always looking for every angle, for every edge. I just don't know how it will play out."
다각적인 각도에서 핀리딜을 손익계산하고 있다고 합니다.
The prospect of releasing Finley under the "amnesty rule" remains a strong possibility, though the probability of a trade continues to improve. Cuban added: "It's not a foregone conclusion that Fin is gone."
아직까지 핀리의 이적이 결정된 것은 아니라고 합니다->우릴 바보로 아쇼??
Finley's value appears to be increasing as the market for proven shooting guards begins to dry up. Seattle's Ray Allen and Milwaukee's Michael Redd, considered the top two available shooting guards coming into free agency, have agreed to return to their old teams.
"We're looking to fill holes, and there is no question the phone has been ringing about Mike now that Allen and Redd have come off the board," Mavs president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said.
탑 FA 슈가들이 각자의 팀으로 돌아가면서 마이클 핀리를 요구하는 전화가 계속 걸려오고 있답니다.
(사실 여부는 모르죠..)
The Mavs have received several offers for Finley, but Nelson expects negotiations to heat up when Phoenix restricted free agent Joe Johnson makes his decision.
조존슨이 어떻게 나오느냐에 따라서(아틀란타에게 맥스오퍼를 받았다는 루머있습니다.) 핀리에 대한 오퍼를 점검할 것이랍니다.
Washington unrestricted free agent Larry Hughes is also in play.
"We'll know more after the situation with Johnson is settled," Nelson said. "It will probably be sometime next week before that happens."
The Mavs can waive Finley as early as July 22 under the "amnesty rule," a one-time provision in the new CBA. Such a move could save the team up to $51.8 million in luxury tax payments over the next three seasons.
"It was not something I expected," Cuban said of the new rule. "It came out of left field."
Though Finley would still receive the $51.8 million left on his contract, provisions in his contract allow for approximately $30 million to be deferred. The savings over the next three years -- luxury tax and deferments -- could be in the $80 million range.
만약 핀리를 웨이브하게 되면 절약분은 8000만달러가 될 것이랍니다. 왜냐하면 그의 계약 자체의 3000만불도 공제되기 때문에 사치세+연봉일부를 아끼는 것이지요. 이는 매우매우 큰돈입니다.
However, the Mavs would be better off financially trading Finley for expiring contracts. That would allow the team to take the last two years of Finley's contract ($35.8 million) off the books completely, allowing the Mavs the opportunity to get their payroll close to or below the luxury tax threshold.
하지만 만기계약하고 트레이드하면 그 이익이 더 커질 수 있습니다. 마지막 두해동안의 계약액인 3580만불을 아낄뿐더러 사치세 5180만불을 더 아끼기 때문에 거의 절약액은 9000만불대에 이르게 됩니다.
"[Trading Finley] makes sense if it's for last-year guys," Cuban said. "We get players we can plug in, plus the luxury tax savings."
만약 핀리를 트레이드한다면 페니나 팀토마스같은 만기계약자하고 하는 것이 사리에 맞다고 큐반은 얘기합니다.
Teams with expiring contracts that could be interested in Finley include Houston, Indiana and Chicago.
Finley is scheduled to earn $15.9 million next season. Contracts of traded players have to match within 125 percent of one another.
Examples of possible trades for expiring contracts include: Houston could package Clearance Weatherspoon, Vin Baker and Charlie Ward; Indiana has Scot Pollard, Fred Jones and the contract of retired guard Reggie Miller; and Chicago has Antonio Davis.
Cleveland is in the market for a shooting guard and has the salary cap room to absorb Finley's contract, but the Cavaliers are also in talks with Johnson and Hughes.
If the Mavs did deal Finley, the "amnesty rule" could be used on Tariq Abdul-Wahad, saving up to $15 million in luxury tax. Since Abdul-Wahad's contract isn't fully guaranteed, the Mavs would pocket almost
그런 선수들로 휴스턴의 웨더스푼+빈베이커+찰리워드 조합, 인디아나의 스캇폴라드, 프레드존스, 레지밀러의 은퇴계약, 시카고의 안토니오 데이비스를 들었습니다.
그리고 핀리를 이런 만기계약자하고 트레이드할 경우 압둘와하드를 자를 수 있기 때문에 거의
절약액은 1억달러 가까이 될 수 있습니다.
결론...우리는 더이상 샐러리를 물기 싫다. 차라리 핀리를 웨이브하는 것이 낫다는 얘기군요.
근데, 9000만불~1억불까지 절약할 수 있다는 얘기는 처음 듣네요. 놀라울 뿐입니다.
이렇게 되면 팸게시판에 썼던 트레이드제안들 다 필요없네요. 인디아나하고 딜하는 것이
최고입니다. 영 안내킨다고 하면 크로셔 <-> 타리쿠 + 뱅쟈(포드콜진)도 할 수 있을 것
같습니다.
하지만 사실 여부는 의심스럽습니다. 그렇게 쉽게 만기계약을 내줄 수 있는 것도 아니라는
생각입니다. 휴스턴의 경우는 가능성이 없지는 않지만 그것도 티맥의 연장계약과
야오밍의 내후년을 생각하면 그게 사실이라고 볼 수 없죠. 결국 소설일 가능성 농후합니다.