Should we save cap for 2010 or 2011?

by Jamaicanpi on May 9, 2009 9:40 AM CDT

I haven't heard many people talk about this, so I am bring it up. Could the summer of 2011 be more important for the Bulls than 2010? 2010 marks the potential free agency of a number of superstars looking to receive ridiculously long expensive contracts. The summer of 2011 marks the end of those kinds of deals and probably a whole new cap system.

I just wonder if all of the posters (and sports writers) playing the role of GM and trying to reduce the team's salary cap enough to sign a max player in 2010, haven't thought everything through. Wade vs. Bosh and BG vs Hinrich have ignored the fact that in one year the strategies GMs employ for building teams will change completely. The new CBA in 2011 is likely going to reduce the average salary of players (greatly reducing the salaries of elite players). If the Bulls are not careful, they could destroy their future by spending too much now and finding out that they have no more money to spend in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Various posts, guessing how the new CBA wil be different, generally assume that we will see smaller salaries for elite level players and slightly higher salaries for the lowest caliber players. There is also talk about a hard cap. Could you imagine filling out a team with a hard cap, when you've committed $50 million to two players; obviously we don't know what the hard cap will be, but it sounds like it would not be higher than what the luxury tax is now.

I just wonder if the Bulls could position themselves to have money for 2011 to sign quality free agents at a fraction of the cost of 2010. There aren't any Boshs or Wades, but I wouldn't mind a team with a bargain Kirilenko, Carmelo, and Rose.

This is the reason 2010 has so many elite free agents, every player wants to get paid before the rules are restructured and they can no longer make as much money per contract. Could the Bulls take advantage?

link - 5 possible CBA rule changes

link - 2011 Free Agents

link - Stern doesn't expect a lock-out

link - Espn's take

link - Stern and Hunter meeting in May

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The most significant CBA rule change could be the switch to

nonguarenteed contracts. Eddy Curry would be gone, for example. The Bulls have Jerome James. Just this change alone would significantly ease a team’s ability to make trades, fit under the LT, and renegotiate contracts. The players that deserve large salaries would actually be getting them.

by hlac on May 9, 2009 10:06 AM CDT reply actions

Right, but what you're saying is...

By signing a player, after the new CBA, you run a lot less risk. Isn’t that worth waiting for?

by Jamaicanpi on May 9, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes...for second tier players. Maybe even first tier players

Wouldn’t it have been nice to have Ben Wallace on that kind of a contract.

by hlac on May 9, 2009 1:29 PM CDT reply actions

kirk hinrich back in chicago?

Hinrich goes to portland, plays a bit, and then in 2011 hinrich comes back as a reserve guard for the bulls!?! For a contract fitting a reserve? Man i would so love that

On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!

by piccolomair on May 9, 2009 6:41 PM CDT reply actions

many teams in 2011 would love Kirk @ 12-15 million over 3 year contract as a valued reserved

man up!

by exult463 on May 10, 2009 7:12 AM CDT up reply actions

but would Kirk like that?

My guess, no.

by LoveForTheGame on May 10, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, if he's starting, then he warrants about 8 million.

If he’s coming off the bench, then 5 or 6 million, so, while 12-15 million would be a lowball offer, it wouldn’t be completely absurd, and with the economy, that might be about right for Kirk.

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on May 10, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Would these salary ranges apply this year to BG also or just to Kirk in 2011/

by hlac on May 10, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

well, I don't think he would want to be a reserve, either.

He will look for a place that will give him a starting job and I believe he will be able to find one

by LoveForTheGame on May 10, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

“Hinrich goes to portland, ~~plays a bit~~ wins a couple titles, and then in 2011 hinrich comes back as a reserve guard for the bulls, while Bayless takes over for the Blazers!?! For a contract fitting a reserve? Man i would so love that”

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by Sabonis4Ever on May 11, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Have your diety make it happen

;)

On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!

by piccolomair on May 12, 2009 3:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Great post, Jamaicanpi. Some good food for thought...

"It’d be ridiculous to hate someone for simply what they say in a sports blog. But I greatly dislike every syllable of your angst-filled, smarmy, nondescript, half-assed, elitist-garbage responses." –Rogerspark Kris

by bullhockey on May 12, 2009 10:38 PM CDT reply actions