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Originally Posted by kon6749
Someone posted at the beginning of this thread stating they looked at the league website and made the assumption that the owners don't spend all their money, however I don't necessary believe that to be true. If you take a closer look at the league finances and transactions, it shows the finances of all teams after arbitration, which is the time of year (right before free agency begins) that all teams will have the highest budget room all season. That is a very blind assumption without being part of that actual league.
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Blind assumption? Please.
I'll admit it's tough not being in the league as I only can look at the report, but it wasn't a blind assumption, and I'll look at it again. The league is currently on 12/16 still in FA so teams likely still have a lot of money available (more than they would during the season), but post arbitration (and I have no idea of the exact date when I looked before). There are still hundreds of millions of dollars available.
There are, by my count 6 teams with less than 10M available. 3 teams with just over $10M and everyone else has at least $25M available to sign FA (15 teams). Of those 15, 5 have over $30M, and 5 have $58M-$69M. I'm not sure how many or what type of FA are remaining, but this is a ton of money. Arbitration wouldn't have even put a dent in it.
Looking at last year's player expenses, I think I can put to rest the idea that this was a blind assumption. There are a few teams that have obviously cut a decent amount of salary, but there are also several that were low last season and are still low.
Perhaps your assumption that it was a blind assumption was actually blind?
