BaseYear Compensation Player

Most people believe NBA trades don't happen because teams
are reluctant to pull the trigger. In some cases that my
be true, but most of the time it comes down to three
complicated words -- Base Year Compensation.

A player falls under BYC when his team's Team Salary
exceeds the salary cap - estimated $35.5M for 2000-2001 -
and the salary in the first year of a new contract is in
excess of 120% of the player's salary from the previous
season. The BYC will replace the actual salary for his
current team if the player is traded, however the actual
salary is the number that counts against the team's Team
Salary.

The BYC in the first year of a new contract will equal,
the greater of the salary from the last year of the
previous contract or 50% of the first year salary. In the
second year of the new contract the BYC will equal, the
greater of 120% of the last year of the previous contract
or 75% of the player's second year salary.

To keep things simple, the team taking the BYC player in
a trade can accept his entire salary, but the team sending
the player can only receive, at most, a salary(s) within
15% + $100,000 of the designated percentage of the actual
salary.

Here are some other BYC rules:

1) It does not apply if a team has room under the cap after
the contract is signed
2) It does not apply to a player who completed a one-year
contract with a new team and re-signed with that team.
3) A player will lose the BYC tag when 1);he is traded;2)
his team gets under the cap;3)he completes the first two
years of the new contract.
4) Starting July 1, 2001 BYC will last only one year.
5) The duration of BYC is in calendar years.
6) Players signing contracts after the lockout ended were
effected for three (99, 99-00 and 00-01) seasons.
Most will have the BYC lifted around January 20, 2001.

[第四十二次無責任電影] The Straight Story

這真的是我認識的 David Lynch 拍的片嗎？

我非常喜歡這部片。最近已經不常看到能夠同時讓我笑得開心同時又能反應人堅強的意志力的電影了。

一個七十三歲的老先生，跟他口吃的女兒住在一起，他有心臟病之類的，住在 Iowa 的鄉下。他跟他的哥哥已經十年沒說話了，他們小時候一起艱苦的互相依賴的長大，成人之後卻因為某些小事情而鬧僵。就在 Alvin Straight 先生病發不久之後，他知道他的哥哥 Lyle 中風了。於是他決定要去看他。

可是他太老了沒辦法開車，（而且他說他也沒有駕照）於是他決定他要開著他的除草機去，開三百一十七哩去 Wisconsin看他哥哥。他不想遺憾，也不想再冷戰了。

他第一次開著他的除草機，還拖著一個大拖車帶著食物上路，結果不久之後，這部本來就不太健康的除草機就故障了，他被好心人士拖回家，他回家後就拿著獵槍去轟掉他的除草機。。。他真的生氣了。:~~~D

然後他又重新上路。。。。

啊真是令人內心滿滿的電影啊。緩慢的時間感，巧妙的牽扯著觀眾的心情，想要迫不及待的看到結局，但是這樣的時間感本身又同時有極具魅力的作用在緩緩滲透進來。阿徹極喜歡本片。

還有，全片我沒有低頭看過一次手錶。