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Old 09-24-2020, 09:57 AM   #7706
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Originally Posted by Monahammer View Post
But how is the back diving year not circumvention? I was under the impression that they had banned a certain decline in the back half of the contract years unless it was graduated. And if that's the case then what motivation would pietro have to play in yesrs 6-8 if he made 90% of the cash in years 1-5?

The idea makes sense i suppose for cap purposes, but i thought they explicitly changed the rules to prevent this.
The contract still has to work in the CBA but spreading it out over 8 years instead of 7 so I could see a scenario where Pietrangelo would want 63M over 7 years or 64M over 8 so it takes the cap hit down from 9 to 8 which could be huge for the team acquiring him.
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