Altraps.com Blog: Blood Flows Red on the Salary Cap
I’ve long argued that it’s these mid-level deals and not the obviously bloated max-contracts to unworthy players that destroy a team’s cap flexibility. Never in their Clipper careers will Cuttino Mobley or the Talented Tim Thomas be their team’s highest paid player, but the Clips will be on the hook for a combined $14 million dollars for their dubious services for each of the next three seasons. Look around the league and you see a lot of toxic tandems like this, from Vlad Radmanovic and Kwame Brown for Lakers (nearly $15 million this season) to Kenny Thomas and Shareef Abdur-Rahim for the Kings ($13 million escalating up to $15 million over the next three years).