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The other factor is the luxury tax, which will go into effect this season at about $69 million, though the exact amount will not be known until next week. The Bulls payroll now is close to $68 million with the guaranteed deals on the books, the slots for the two rookie first round picks and the so called cap hold for the roster spots to get to the minimum 13 players. The Bulls also tendered a qualifying offer to retain or match on Aaron Gray. So the Bulls are around $1 million below the luxury tax line, which they are not likely to exceed.
The luxury tax isn’t computed until after the 2009-10 season, so the Bulls could be over all season as long as they get under before the end of the season. Which effectively means by the trading deadline. But it is highly doubtful a team will be able to unload a player to a team under the salary cap next season when so many teams will be racing to have salary cap room for the 2010 free agent year. Teams that do absorb deals to help a team generally ask for one of two first round picks to do so. The Suns had to give up two firsts to get Seattle to take Kurt Thomas. The price usually is too severe to be worth taking the risk. And if you cannot unload the salary and get below the tax threshold, it could cost a team up to $20 million. And then the Bulls might not be able to consider a big deal for someone like Wade or Bosh in 2010.
And, if you are the Bulls, frankly, you have to look at it like you tried your best with Gordon with two years of generous offers. And it’s hardly fatal to lose him given a good three-guard rotation with Salmons and Hinrich, certainly better defensively and bigger, and with rookie James Johnson having a good chance to provide significant minutes backing up what the Bulls hope will be a healthy Deng. Of course, the Bulls would take a step back without Gordon if Deng cannot play. But that is not expected.
Meanwhile, can Gordon afford to gamble on missing out on still another long term deal?