Rose's "camp" has been lobbying for a couple of years now for them to bring in another star to play with Rose. I wonder if they'd be willing to chip in in order to bring in both Mirotic and Stephenson? Lebron, Wade, and Bosh did in order to win championships. Will Rose? The same thing applies to any free agent or trade that they would make also.
I have to say I've wondered about this. I'm definitely not up on the NBA cap as much as I am on the NFL cap. I hate the NBA salary cap actually, so many stupid rules limiting teams. To me, it's disgusting what's happened with DRose's salary.
The Bull have basically paid Rose almost $40 mil to not play for two seasons. All while he's gettin $100+ Mil from Addidas! Could you imagine what it would do for DRose's rep to give up some money in order to bring in Melo???
As much as I support DRose, put your mouth where the money is! The problem, I don't think the CBA allows this. Go figure, the NBA CBA has basically strapped the Bulls for 3 years. This doesn't seem fair to me. One salary should NOT be allowed to strap a team for years.
The Bulls don't even know if Rose will ever make it back. If Rose gets injured AGAIN, look for an injury settlement or something. The Bulls have an awesome team and shouldn't be strapped over Rose's salary, imo. Especially after the new CBA fucked the Bulls over with the new DRose rule!!!
So, I ask any of the NBA cap guru's, is Rose redoing his contract to free up money to bring in Melo against the rules of the new CBA?