I’m showing a total cap of ~$82M. I believe the projected salary cap is $108. On paper it looks like 10 other teams, besides us, could hypothetically offer a max (or near max) deal (LAL, Hou, Phil, Orl, Pho, Dal, Atl, Brooklyn, Sac, Chi). Of course, this only my superficial glance so some of these teams may not have as much as advertised with capholds and such and other teams not on this list may be able to free up space with non-guaranteed and such.
We have have 5 free agents who, presuming a 150% cap hold (250% for Hood and Exum) will have the following holds unless renounced:
Favors $18M
Joe Johnson $15.76M
Hood $6M
Exum $12.5M
Neto $2.2M
Total: $54.5M, making our effective cap $136.5M.
I’m guessing JJ will not be back so our total holds would be more like $120.75M.
We have three guys with non-guaranteed second years that become guaranteed in July:
Thabo $5.25M
Jerebko $4.2M
Udoh $3.36M
Total: $12.81M
If we declined all options and renounced everyone’s rights, it could drop us down to about ~$70M (we wouldn’t and don’t need to). [Royce O’Neale is in here somewhere, too, but his contract is small and has a partial guarantee and not really worth mentioning].
Salaries thus far that are guaranteed:
Rudy $23.5
Ricky $15
Ingles $13
Burks $11.5
Mitchell $3.1
Bradley $1.7
Royce $1.4 (partially guaranteed?)
Total ~$69-70M, counting O’Neale’s which I’m uncertain on the guarantee currently.
Unfortunately, next year’s free agent class isn’t too inspiring. Any of the good free agents are restricted, which puts us in somewhat of a pickle — do we renounce rights to guys or decline options on other players so we can sign someone to an offer sheet, only to have it matched?
Here’s a list of 2018 free agents:
http://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/2018/
The only real big fish on that list, in my mind, are Gordon and Parker — the former almost certainly should be matched and the latter more questionable. Other smaller fish include Avery Bradley. There may be more of people who opt out, but I don’t know who those are off the top of my head.
Others have tossed around the idea of waiting until the year after:
http://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/2019/
Notables include Porzingis, Klay Thompson, KAT (restricted, not going anywhere), Russell, Jokic (restricted).
If we’re looking to go all-in this summer, then something like Rubio for Greg Monroe starts to make a lot more sense if it means not having to pick and choose as much among Hood, Exum, Favors, Thabo, Jerebko and Udoh. But in absence of moving Ricky for an expiring deal, it would mean having to drop a number of those guys to have the space for an offer sheet.
I do think moving for Love would be a solid move if LeBron leaves, but by the time the summer rolls around we’re more limited on salaries we can send over.
Any scenarios anyone sees? Is it worth making a bid on a RFA?
We have have 5 free agents who, presuming a 150% cap hold (250% for Hood and Exum) will have the following holds unless renounced:
Favors $18M
Joe Johnson $15.76M
Hood $6M
Exum $12.5M
Neto $2.2M
Total: $54.5M, making our effective cap $136.5M.
I’m guessing JJ will not be back so our total holds would be more like $120.75M.
We have three guys with non-guaranteed second years that become guaranteed in July:
Thabo $5.25M
Jerebko $4.2M
Udoh $3.36M
Total: $12.81M
If we declined all options and renounced everyone’s rights, it could drop us down to about ~$70M (we wouldn’t and don’t need to). [Royce O’Neale is in here somewhere, too, but his contract is small and has a partial guarantee and not really worth mentioning].
Salaries thus far that are guaranteed:
Rudy $23.5
Ricky $15
Ingles $13
Burks $11.5
Mitchell $3.1
Bradley $1.7
Royce $1.4 (partially guaranteed?)
Total ~$69-70M, counting O’Neale’s which I’m uncertain on the guarantee currently.
Unfortunately, next year’s free agent class isn’t too inspiring. Any of the good free agents are restricted, which puts us in somewhat of a pickle — do we renounce rights to guys or decline options on other players so we can sign someone to an offer sheet, only to have it matched?
Here’s a list of 2018 free agents:
http://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/2018/
The only real big fish on that list, in my mind, are Gordon and Parker — the former almost certainly should be matched and the latter more questionable. Other smaller fish include Avery Bradley. There may be more of people who opt out, but I don’t know who those are off the top of my head.
Others have tossed around the idea of waiting until the year after:
http://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/2019/
Notables include Porzingis, Klay Thompson, KAT (restricted, not going anywhere), Russell, Jokic (restricted).
If we’re looking to go all-in this summer, then something like Rubio for Greg Monroe starts to make a lot more sense if it means not having to pick and choose as much among Hood, Exum, Favors, Thabo, Jerebko and Udoh. But in absence of moving Ricky for an expiring deal, it would mean having to drop a number of those guys to have the space for an offer sheet.
I do think moving for Love would be a solid move if LeBron leaves, but by the time the summer rolls around we’re more limited on salaries we can send over.
Any scenarios anyone sees? Is it worth making a bid on a RFA?
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