>And you are wrong about OKC, right now they are under the
>salary cap at 56 mil:
>http://hoopshype.com/salaries/oklahoma_city.htm

that site is wrong, they didn't even include westbrook's contract.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/oklahoma-city-thunder-team-salary/

65 mil.

>
>And they will be at 36 million after next season,

49 mil actually, as you can see above.

>The lakers however are fucked with salaries at 97 mil for the
>upcoming
>year, where old, old players are taking up most of the
>salaries
>
>pau:32
>nash:38
>kobe: 34
>peace:32
>jamison: 36
>
>http://hoopshype.com/salaries/la_lakers.htm
>So, after next season, considering howard isn't sign by then,
>lakers salaries will be at 78 mil. Howard will command around
>20-25 mil a year, so the lakers' cap will go back up to
>around100 mil, with no youth in sight until 2014/2015, where
>howard will be approaching the 30 year old mark with a back
>issue.

he'll be 28 in 2014 actually. and we'll have a gang of cap space in a loaded free agent class. lebron, wade, bosh, amare, melo, rudy gay can all opt out. dirk, granger, deng all free agents.