howevah, that kinda talk is a little bit premature. sure they have looked awful these first two games, but two wins at home and then this series is up for grabs again. let’s see how the big three respond in game 3.

excuse me i miss typed the cap info, this is the cap info for this season, and the tax line is going to be in the 70 mil range for next season.

The National Basketball Association today announced that the Salary Cap for the 2007-08 season will be $55.630 million. The new Cap goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 11, when the league’s “moratorium period” ends and teams can begin signing free agents and making trades.

The tax level for the 2007-08 season has been set at $67.865 million. Any team whose team salary exceeds that figure will pay a $1 tax for each $1 by which it exceeds $67.865 million.

The mid-level exception is $5.356 million for the 2007-08 season and the minimum team salary, which is set at 75% of the Salary Cap, is $41.723 million.

For the 2006-07 season, the Salary Cap was set at $53.135 million, the tax level was $65.42 million and the mid-level exception was $5.215 million.

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last yrs cap was 67 mil not 55 (i think you are missing all the exceptions and things generally, this is how the spurs and rockets both had a salary of around 70 mil and neither is paying lux tax)

also barry is under contract for the vet minumum next season (which is already included in the 53 mil they have on the books) finley, and horry are both gone, thomas might re sign but he will get a vet minimum also (he might get around 3 mil MAYBE) but imo they need a guy like a josh smith or an okafur, the other big has been their problem lately (besides the backup point), rumor was at the bigining of the season elton brand wanted to come over but i think that has changed after his injury i think he will be staying put.

think about a sean marion opting out and signing a deal with the spurs, they can offer him as much as anyone would be willing to. there are not a ton of free agents but there are enough. guys like deng, gordon, who will be unrestricted next season. thee are enough guys out there where the spurs could pick some decent youth.

and honestly, while so many fans hate the spurs,(as stated) there are a ton of players who would love to come play with parker, manu, and duncan. the league knows the spurs will be around until duncan retires and he has a few more years left on him.

it is good to be a spurs fan!

Regardless, there are no impact free agents that would fit San Antonio’s needs. They need an athletic, dead-eye shooter who can defend the 1, 2, and 3 and a better backup point guard. Most likely they’ll hand out one year contracts to a bunch of veterans, like they always do.

If they resign Finley/Barry/Horry/Thomas, that’ll probably cost them anywhere from 10-12 million dollars, and they’ll still have a ton of money left. Jesus, the people in the front office really know what they’re doing. God, I fucking hate the Spurs.