Leonidas
07-16-2003, 07:18 AM
This just in this morning from the Orlando Sentinel on Grant Hill and the NBA.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/basketball/magic/orl-spt-hillupdate071603,0,5263823.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines
Seems the NBA powers-that-be have denied their request for a medical exception to the salary cap for Grant Hill. The reason being the NBA found a doctor to say it is possible Grant could play at some point this year. Not the he likely would play or should play, just that there was a chance he could play.
I know this is not the first time the NBA has pulled this crap. The analogy in the article about needing to lose a limb has been uttered by other teams before.
Seems to me a fair way to do this is if a team applies for the exception then it would be like being on the NFL injured reserve. Go on IR and you sit out all year with no chance of playing. I personally have doubts Hill will ever play again, and I suspect there are more than a couple people in the Magic front office who feel the same. I just wonder why the NBA makes such a fuss over this.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/basketball/magic/orl-spt-hillupdate071603,0,5263823.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines
Seems the NBA powers-that-be have denied their request for a medical exception to the salary cap for Grant Hill. The reason being the NBA found a doctor to say it is possible Grant could play at some point this year. Not the he likely would play or should play, just that there was a chance he could play.
I know this is not the first time the NBA has pulled this crap. The analogy in the article about needing to lose a limb has been uttered by other teams before.
Seems to me a fair way to do this is if a team applies for the exception then it would be like being on the NFL injured reserve. Go on IR and you sit out all year with no chance of playing. I personally have doubts Hill will ever play again, and I suspect there are more than a couple people in the Magic front office who feel the same. I just wonder why the NBA makes such a fuss over this.