i didnt say we could offer a max contract, i was talking about in total money. there are other aspects such as the MLE and bird rights.
bukee gets 3.3mill next year
curry 2.9
wright 3.3
radman is the big problem, when he accepts his player option it will put us to the salary cap line. then we will go over to sign raja bell if that can be worked out.
league officials are projecting a 2010-11 salary cap of $53.6 million and a luxury-tax line of $65 million.
with Radman accepting his option we are at $53,154,820 for next year, not including any free agents or rookie contracts.
so figure 3 mill ish for our lottery pick. maybe we can get lucky and raja bell can be used as an exception, and still have 7-8ish mill to make a deal before lux tax.
but its obvious cohan wont want to do much if anything after raja bell, but at least we will have some room to make a deal like a trade involving maggette. i'd like to keep or at least sign and trade cj watson instead of letting him walk for nothing, which is what will probably happen.