MLSE Willing To Pay Luxury Tax If Bosh Stays

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Bryan Colangelo said Thursday that if Chris Bosh chooses to stay in Toronto the Raptors’ payroll will rise above the projected tax threshold, and that the team’s ownership is braced to spend the money.

 

“The question is, to what degree do you become a tax team?” said Colangelo. “But the (MLSE) board of directors has authorized a certain level of spending that is clearly into the (projected) tax.”

 

“You’re going to have to have somebody else who can really create their own (shot), or ... be an all-star,” Bosh said. “You look at every good team, that’s what they have. And I think if you emulate the teams of the past five years who have won ... I think you can’t go wrong.”

 

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While I love the fact that it finally looks like MLSE is willing to spend the neceessary amount of money that you need to spend in order to win games (assuming Bosh comes back), I just question why the hell they haven't been willing to spend the money that it takes to win in this league for the past decade? The last time that MLSE really gave the green light to the GM to spend was when the Raptors needed to extend Carter after that playoff series against Philly. They gave Carter, Davis and Jerome and Alvin Williams contract extensions, but ever since then, MLSE has had a lock on their wallets.

 

Again, I love the fact that they are willing to spend into the luxury tax and all, but I just don't understand why they have been so cheap over the last 9 years. They are the 2nd richest ownership group (behind MSG) after all.