Comments on: Linkage – June 24 http://altraps.com/2008/06/24/linkage-june-24/ News, views, and discussion about the Toronto Raptors. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Granville Waiters Ghost http://altraps.com/2008/06/24/linkage-june-24/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Granville Waiters Ghost Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:03:19 +0000 http://www.altraps.com/2008/06/24/linkage-june-24/#comment-1795 "the Raptors would need to get within $100,000 of that under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement for the trade to go through" -- Raptors HQ My rhetoric professor used to smack me when I did this -- if you make an argument based on a single fact, then "measure twice, cut once" -- you better triple check to make sure that fact is correct. The CBA requires salaries among traded players to be within 125% PLUS $100,000 of each other, not just $100,000, which would make almost any trade (even of 2 max players who signed their respective contracts a year apart) damn near impossible. “the Raptors would need to get within $100,000 of that under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement for the trade to go through” — Raptors HQ

My rhetoric professor used to smack me when I did this — if you make an argument based on a single fact, then “measure twice, cut once” — you better triple check to make sure that fact is correct.

The CBA requires salaries among traded players to be within 125% PLUS $100,000 of each other, not just $100,000, which would make almost any trade (even of 2 max players who signed their respective contracts a year apart) damn near impossible.

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