cap space and all that sh#t.

[cairo09]

I'm midway through my second dynasty year and I haven't been able to strike a deal with any team...probably cos the game makes stupid decisions, or maybe cos I'm also stupid not knowing anything about CAP SPACE....Will somebody please explain how things work regarding this? And everything about trading players?... I wanna trade my 1st round pick for Luke Ridnour.

[Kobe101]

What team are you?

[cairo09]

Wizards. Plus Lamar Odom I traded for him before i setup the dynasty. for samaki walker only. i signed keon clark too

[Mick]

This is a very basic example.... hopefully I get it right

Salary Cap:

Each team has a salary cap (i can't remember the figure at the moment). For this example lets say $50 million. As a player is signed to a contract that contract's vaule is held agains the cap (so we have player A with a $10 million contract leaving $40 million in available space).

Once the team has all it's players their contracts make up how much the team is spending. That amount - say they have $55 million in contracts, is minused against the cap (so 50 - 55 = -5) and this team is over the cap by 5 million.

Trading:

When you trade players you can only trade with up to a 10% difference in contracts if the team receiving the player is over the cap.

So if I am trading player A ($10 million) for player B ($9.5 million) to the Clippers (who are over the cap) then this trade will work because the contracts are less than 10% different. However, if player B's contact was worth only $6 million then it wouldn't go through as the Clippers don't have enough space.

If I was trading with a team which had space available under the cap, say the Bobcats, I could trade players with contracts that had greater than 10% difference as long as the team had room for the difference between contracts.

So for example the Bobcats have $7 million in cap space. I am trading player A ($10 million) for player B ($5 million). This trade will work because the bobcats have more space ($7 million) than the difference in contracts ($5 million).

Also, for both of the above the teams have to also accept the players being traded
as well as the contract.

I hope there aren't too many errors in the above. Please feel free to correct me!

Cheers

[Impose]

the problem is that your over the cap and your trying to trade $0 for Luke's 1.5mil contract.

[VexxatuVexx]

Yeah ^
same thing happened to me

[cairo09]

wow, great job mick! now i have an idea of how it works. i have a big problem though, i've got huge contracts with my players. guess i'll have to be like the knicks, not quite flexible. but hey, we're defending champs and we're still contenders .... we'll get luke next time. thanks guys!

[dru_jones]

wow, great job mick! now i have an idea of how it works. i have a big problem though, i've got huge contracts with my players. guess i'll have to be like the knicks, not quite flexible. but hey, we're defending champs and we're still contenders .... we'll get luke next time. thanks guys!

what happens when only one team is over the cap... can the team under the cap, suddenly go over it as long as the trade value difference is less than the specified amount?

[cairo09]

what happens when only one team is over the cap... can the team under the cap, suddenly go over it as long as the trade value difference is less than the specified amount?

I guess this is for mick to answer, i have no idea dru jones...but i think that the team under the cap will be the one to decide (be it the cpu or user) if it really wants this player. i guess you have to consider the "INTEREST" factor of the team in that player you're trading...just a guess...

[Andrew]

Yes, a team that's under the cap can go over the cap as a result of making a trade, so long as the trade complies with all the rules of trading when above the salary cap.

[dru_jones]

Yes, a team that's under the cap can go over the cap as a result of making a trade, so long as the trade complies with all the rules of trading when above the salary cap.

thanks!