Cap Flexibility Gives Pacers Numerous Options

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Most likely amnesty cut: Dahntay Jones

 

How likely to use amnesty this season? Jump ball

 

Other amnesty candidates: James Posey

 

Analysis: The Pacers' financial flexibility is as enviable as any team's in the league. Larry Bird and David Morway have gradually cleared away all of Indiana's bad contracts and head into the next free-agent period -- whenever it arrives -- with a ton of cap space. As a result, Indy doesn't have to amnesty anyone.

 

But the Pacers are weighing whether to cast aside Jones, who has two years left on his contract compared to Posey's expiring deal. The ability to wait, however, makes it more likely that Indy saves its amnesty clause for the summer of 2012, since the Pacers could well struggle to spend all the cap space they have going into this season.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7147880/nba-most-likely-amnesty-candidates

 

I pretty much agree with everything stated here, so I can't really say much about what the Pacers should do. They are already in a great cap position so they can choose to hold onto their amnesty cut in hopes of landing a stud free agent in a year or two, should the situation arise.