Return of the Amnesty Clause!

[Dbrog]

Does anyone know what the rules are or have been in the past with the Amnesty clause. Can you use it only once per CBA? Once per season? I mean, how often can you use this thing?

[Knicksfever2010]

knicks will be picking up half of those bums

oh is isiah coming back as GM?

[pegasus]

Can they resign with the teams who amnestied them? I hope not.

[Reverend Hoops]

Joe Johnson and Hawks?

[Qwyjibo]

I think lots of people here are forgetting that the teams still have to pay the player their full contract (right?). So if you use this clause on someone like Joe Johnson, you're still paying whatever he was owed and then on top of that you have to pay whoever you replace him with.

This will only be used by good teams who have a deadweight contract player that doesn't play any minutes for them. They'll absorb the cost but help their hopes of contention by using that opened up cap space.

[Sarcastic]

Can they resign with the teams who amnestied them? I hope not.

No. Otherwise the Heat would be able to amnesty Lebron, then resign him for the minimum, and use the rest of the money on role players.

[BlueandGold]

I don't think Arenas will be amnestied right away (last i read they said it can be used anytime over the new CBA but only on a player who was on your roster at the time of the CBAs begining) With otis's history with Arenas i think they'll try one more year out of him. Not that i agree with that though just my thoughts.

You should be right, don't see how you can retroactively apply a new clause legally. All these changes are gonna take 3-5 years to kick in (after old contracts expire)

[BallsOut]

When you say one-time offer, do you mean once per season? Or once in a franchise's lifetime?

[HurricaneKid]

Kobe and the Lakers?

Kobe is scheduled to be paid >30M in 3 years. They will renegotiate rather than cut him but there is a 0% chance he is worth >50% of the cap in 3 yrs.

[HurricaneKid]

while we're at it.

Michael Redd and Bucks.

PS: no disrespect to Redd but damn...he got lazy after signing that contract in 2005.

He is off the books this year. FINALLY.

[pegasus]

No. Otherwise the Heat would be able to amnesty Lebron, then resign him for the minimum, and use the rest of the money on role players.

That's the exact same scenario that made me ask the question in the first place.

[WhySoInsecure?]

oh is isiah coming back as GM?

I wouldn't mind having Rashard Lewis starting at the 4 or coming off the bench for us.

[shadow]

if there are no restrictions on signing players back Lakers should work a deal with Kobe to cut him and resign him back at vet's min

[bagelred]

Buh bye, sleepy face.......buh bye.

[WhySoInsecure?]

Buh bye, sleepy face.......buh bye.

or maybe we can hold on to it till Amare goes belly up