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The loss of Dwight Howard will take some time for the Lakers to get over, but
the franchise saved a significant amount of money in his departure.


With Howard on the books at $20.5 million, the team’s payroll might have
climbed to as high as $104.3 million — assuming the Lakers would use their
taxpayer mid-level exception of $3.2 million to add another piece.


Under the new collective bargaining agreement, the tax rate shifts this
season from flat to exponential. The Lakers at $104.3 million would be on
hook for an astounding $97.9 million in luxury tax for a total of $202.3
million.


Now if the Laker spend their mid-level exception, they’ll climb as high as
roughly $85 million in salary and a more-manageable $26 million in tax.


Of course that raises the question — could amnesty still come into play?


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心得：會不會湖人省了這筆錢，卻在這個球季付出更大的代價？
當然，湖人這一季假如退化太嚴重，老闆Jim Buss肯定會被媒體大力抨擊！

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