Numbers are in on Nets luxury tax total.

[Hey Yo]

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 14m
Final, official Nets luxury tax payment from last season according to sources: $90.57 million.

Tim Bontemps ‏@TimBontemps 11m
Factoring that in, the 2013-14 total Nets payout should come in right around $193.5 million in combined payroll and luxury tax commitments.

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[1~Gibson~1]

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[IncarceratedBob]

Lmao worst owner ever. Even Kidd knew he had to get outta that shithole

[BigTicket]

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[Skyscraper]

I dunno about bad owner.... imagine if Mickey Arison were willing to go way over the luxury tax threshold...


Old players and fragile younger players? That you can say.


Bad owner? Seriously?

[KobesFinger]

How the hell did Joe Johnson get $123m/6 years at aged 29?

[r0drig0lac]

Prok :bowdown:

[KingPush]

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[Sarcastic]

I dunno about bad owner.... imagine if Mickey Arison were willing to go way over the luxury tax threshold...


Old players and fragile younger players? That you can say.


Bad owner? Seriously?


James Dolan gets so much hate for going over the cap all the time. Don't see why Prok wouldn't get the same hate for doing the same thing.


Personally I don't think it's bad for owners to spend. It shows that they are willing to do whatever it takes for the team. Better than having a cheapskate like Arison that cares about the tax, and breaks up a championship team over it.

[smoovegittar]

James Dolan gets so much hate for going over the cap all the time. Don't see why Prok wouldn't get the same hate for doing the same thing.


Personally I don't think it's bad for owners to spend. It shows that they are willing to do whatever it takes for the team. Better than having a cheapskate like Arison that cares about the tax, and breaks up a championship team over it.
Agreed. Have to spend money to earn money. I could troll something about a team here, but I won't. :lol

[It's A VC3!!!]

We have an owner that is willing to spend whatever it takes to win but it is Billy King's fault that we have won only one series in our short tenure in Brooklyn. Getting rid of the sixth pick overall for Gerald Wallace, then signing Wallace to a four year $40mm deal. Not being able to get Dwight Howard despite him specifically saying "I want to go to Brooklyn. Billy has made us a perennial playoff team but any GM can with a checkbook worth billions of dollars.

[LeJohn Janes]

Worth it. :lol

[oh the horror]

Billy King is just an awful GM.

[Hey Yo]

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 57m
Luxury tax report: Nets $90.5M, Knicks 36.3, Miami $14.4, Lakers $8.9M Clippers $1.3M. Total 151.6M. Each non-tax team gets: 3.03M

[smoovegittar]

We have an owner that is willing to spend whatever it takes to win but it is Billy King's fault that we have won only one series in our short tenure in Brooklyn. Getting rid of the sixth pick overall for Gerald Wallace, then signing Wallace to a four year $40mm deal. Not being able to get Dwight Howard despite him specifically saying "I want to go to Brooklyn. Billy has made us a perennial playoff team but any GM can with a checkbook worth billions of dollars.

Well I think Billy King will have one more season before they get a little "impatient"... especially if Kidd makes a little noise in Milwaukee. Nets have another bone to pick now alongside this alledged "rivalry" between the boroughs.