Grizzlies Find a Way Around Minimum Salary Requirement

by Tom ZillerFiled under: Grizzlies, NBA TransactionsWe all know about the NBA's salary cap -- a limit teams are allowed to spend on players. The cap is soft, and the vast majority of teams exceed the salary cap on an annual basis. Rarely will a team spend a whole season, let alone multiple seasons, under the cap.But there's also something called a minimum team salary, the level of player spending teams must exceed each year. The collective bargaining agreement signed in 2005 sets the minimum team salary at 75% of the salary cap level. For the upcoming 2009-10 season, that minimum salary would be $43.2 million.Would you believe that the masters of the cheap, the Memphis Grizzlies, have found a way around the minimum salary? And would you believe it explains the Zach Randolph trade?Grizzlies Find a Way Around Minimum Salary Requirement originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:12:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | L...