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LUKE23 wrote:

These cosmetic moves whether we get rid of Ridnour now or next year are minor. Jennings development is NOT going to be determined by Ridnour's presence on the roster for one year, and we are NOT going to significantly improve the state of the Bucks by getting rid of him a year early.

You don't think Ridnour being on the roster effects Jennings? So you think Ridnour would get zero minutes then I'm assuming? Please explain to me how Sessions/Jennings would get their needed development (i.e. learning through playing time), with Ridnour on the roster. In fact, give me the minute breakdown at PG if Ridnour is back.

europa wrote:If Childress was an old man or I was convinced Alexander would be better than Childress I would agree. Given how Childress is also young and I'm not convinced Alexander will be better, I'd sign off on the deal above without hesitation.

europa wrote:You'll be upset with Hammond. I'll be happy with Hammond. Same old same old.

If the Bucks can deal for Childress without including Bowen or Thomas, then I'd be fine with keeping Alexander. But if the choice is including one of those players or including Alexander and having the ability to drop around $4.5M in salary with Bowen and Thomas, I'm dealing Alexander. Plus, Alexander would become expendable with Childress on the roster so it's possible he'd be traded at some point anyway. Given how I believe Childress is a rather huge upgrade over Alexander and given the fact he's also a young player, I'm fine with dealing him now.

paulpressey25 wrote:If Hammond can figure out how to add Childress, Ramon and Ersan while not giving up Potsie and Kurt Thomas, I would say he's had an excellent offseason.

But his options would have been 100x greater if he had acted sooner on this stuff.

paulpressey25 wrote:If Hammond can figure out how to add Childress, Ramon and Ersan while not giving up Potsie and Kurt Thomas, I would say he's had an excellent offseason.

But his options would have been 100x greater if he had acted sooner on this stuff.

carmelbrownqueen wrote:

paulpressey25 wrote:If Hammond can figure out how to add Childress, Ramon and Ersan while not giving up Potsie and Kurt Thomas, I would say he's had an excellent offseason.

But his options would have been 100x greater if he had acted sooner on this stuff.

I modified this because I don't see Kurt Thomas/Bruce Bowen as members of this team at the beginning of the season.

The National Basketball Association announced the salary cap for the 2009-'10 season on Tuesday night, establishing it at $57.7 million.

The tax level has been set at $69.92 million, and any team which exceeds that figure will pay a $1 tax for each dollar it exceeds the level.

Those numbers represent a reduction from 2008-'09, when the salary cap was $58.68 million and the tax level was $71.15 million.

The new salary cap and tax level went into effect at 11:01 p.m. (Milwaukee time) Tuesday, when teams became eligible to sign free agents and make trades. A moratorium period had been in effect since July 1.

Bucks general manager John Hammond has emphasized that the team will not exceed the luxury tax, even though it is over the cap level with a payroll estimated at $64.9 million. Four players account for more than $40 million of that total - Michael Redd ($17.04 million), Andrew Bogut ($10 million), Dan Gadzuric ($6.75 million) and Luke Ridnour ($6.5 million). Bogut is in the first year of a five-year, $60 million extension he signed last summer.

If the Bucks waive Bruce Bowen, they will realize a $2 million savings and could be between $6 million and $7 million under the tax level.

After trading Richard Jefferson to San Antonio as part of a three-team deal last month, the Bucks were able to gain some flexibility regarding roster moves. They picked up the expiring contracts of Bowen and veteran Kurt Thomas from the Spurs, and they also obtained 22-year-old power forward Amir Johnson from the Detroit Pistons.

The Bucks are still looking to make a deal and remain interested in 26-year-old forward Josh Childress, a restricted free agent whose rights are owned by the Atlanta Hawks. They also are seeking to sign their own restricted free agents, power forward Ersan Ilyasova and point guard Ramon Sessions.

Childress must decide by July 15 if he wants to opt out of his contract with Olympiakos in Greece and return to the NBA. He played last season for the Greek team in the first year of a three-year, $20 million deal.

Olympiakos also could play a role with Ilyasova, who is debating whether to remain in Europe or return to the NBA. Olympiakos is seriously interested in the Turkish player and has made a two-year offer worth more than 6 million euros ($8 million), according to a source. Ilyasova played the past two seasons in Spain with Barcelona, which reached the Euroleague final four during the past year.

Ilyasova was a 2005 second-round pick of the Bucks and played in 66 games with Milwaukee during the 2006-'07 season.

carmelbrownqueen wrote:Lots of teams in trouble with that number..not just the Bucks.

europa wrote:Removing Mo's contract saved the team $26M over the next three years. Whether you want to admit that or not, that is saving money.

Bernman wrote:Of course some homers like Paul were expecting it to be 71 because that would have made the Bucks' moves more defensible....but you can't be under the influence of the dissonance.

Bernman wrote:
This actually wasn't a bad outcome, as PP asserted. Of course some homers like Paul were expecting it to be 71 because that would have made the Bucks' moves more defensible....but you can't be under the influence of the dissonance.