OKC Thunder: Thunder management trying to avoid luxury tax for one more season

The Thunder recently gave first-round pick Andre Roberson only 80 percent of his suggested first year salary. It's a shrewd and frugal move by the cash conscious franchise, helping to avoid hitting the luxury tax.
By Anthony Slater Published: July 28, 2013





On the surface, the move is a frugal one. Some have even grumbled that it was cheap, a small market franchise going against standard NBA thinking to save a couple hundred thousand dollars.

But in the grand scheme, it's far more complicated and financially beneficial than that. Because this minor move, along with a few others during this penny-pinching offseason, may end up saving OKC's only professional franchise millions down the road.

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by Anthony Slater
Thunder Beat Writer
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