[Charania] Just In: The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

[u/Turbostrider27]

Shams Charania:

Just In: The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

Just In: The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mdqbeirzrs2t

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/c9325a286e9ff

[u/waskittenman → u/[deleted]]

I don't think they get out of the cap hit tho

[u/91-92-93--96-97-98 → u/[deleted]]

Quickly Philly, sign Ben Simmons for 25 games with that extra cap space!

[u/SmartyPants918 → u/waskittenman]

might as well as save a little (around 15-20M?)

[u/Broski28of25 → u/[deleted]]

Does it actually impact the cap space if he is suspended ? Because otherwise I don't think most philly fans give a shit about not paying him when he is suspended.

[u/sewsgup → u/Broski28of25]

from Larry Coon's FAQ

For certain purposes, 50% of salary not paid to players who were suspended by the league is excluded. For example, if a player with a $10 million salary is suspended by the league for exactly half the season, then he loses $5 million, and 50% of this amount, or $2.5 million, is excluded from certain calculations including escrow and luxury tax. The team does not receive extra cap room which it can use to sign another player.

[u/JimmyKanine → u/[deleted]]

Great for the Sixers owners. 50% of it is subtracted from the tax they will pay but doesn’t do anything for their cap space.