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Oklahoma City Thunder will hunt for bargains

 
By Mike Baldwin    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: February 22, 2009

The Thunder didn’t land Tyson Chandler, a much needed defensive enforcer, to anchor a shaky defense.

photo - Tyson Chandler. BY HUGH SCOTT, THE OKLAHOMAN
Tyson Chandler. BY HUGH SCOTT, THE OKLAHOMAN

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2008-09 figures
→$58.6 million salary cap

→$71.1 million luxury tax threshold

2009-10 figures*
→$56.5 million salary cap

→$69.8 million luxury tax threshold

*estimated. Final figures won’t be calculated until this summer.

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