We're going to be heading into the deadline with $60M in expiring contracts.
Let's talk about targets.
We're going to be heading into the deadline with $60M in expiring contracts.
We're going to be heading into the deadline with $60M in expiring contracts.
Let's talk about targets.
Who's Thompson? Klay? He's not getting moved at the deadline.Butler. Thompson. That order.
It depends on how much with Exum and what else we do. But if we keep Rubio at his same price the most we could have is 28 million. But that number isn't realistic with draft picks and room for min contracts.People keep saying that if we re-sign Rubio next season we won't have much cap space left, but if we have $60M in expiring contracts, shouldn't we have enough to sign Rubio and still sign a max player?
Who's Thompson? Klay? He's not getting moved at the deadline.
t depends on how much with Exum and what else we do. But if we keep Rubio at his same price the most we could have is 28 million. But that number isn't realistic with draft picks and room for min contracts.
I guess I just don't understand how all this cap stuff works. So your saying that even though we have 60 million in expiring contracts, we can only spend about 42 million of it? Where did the other 18 million go?
That is all amount we are over the cap already or will be. There is a cap that is around 101 million this year but the luxury cap is 124 million. You just have to look at what players make and the cap hold and then compare that to whatever the cap is going to be. Next year it should jump to 109 million.
I guess I just don't understand how all this cap stuff works. So your saying that even though we have 60 million in expiring contracts, we can only spend about 42 million of it? Where did the other 18 million go?
So if we get Rubio for a good deal at 15 million that puts us at 85 million. That leaves us with 24 million. We could in theory clean up a bit more but I dont see how we get to 30 million it would take to get most max players next year without letting Rubio go or getting him for really cheap.
Basically you can go over the cap to keep your own guys but you can't to sign an outside free agent. But you own guys have a hold against the cap until you sign them or waive them and lose the rights to go over the cap.But couldn't we go over the cap again next year like we are this year? We're 23 million over the cap this season, wouldn't we be willing to go that far over the cap again next season? Especially if it means we can add a max guy. As long as we're not in luxury tax territory, I don't see why we couldn't go over the cap to sign Rubio and bring in a max player.
That is all amount we are over the cap already or will be. There is a cap that is around 101 million this year but the luxury cap is 124 million. You just have to look at what players make and the cap hold and then compare that to whatever the cap is going to be. Next year it should jump to 109 million.
But we have:
Rudy 24,258,427
Inlges 11,454,546
Exum 11
Crowder 7,815,533
Mitchell 3,635,760
Grayson 2,432,520
Bradley 1,962,360
O'neale 1,618,520
That is about 63.9 million
On top of that we have a bunch of cap holds but assuming we let all of those we can we will have a cap hold for our 1st round pick of about 2 million and then about a 4-5 million cap hold for minimum contracts. So that puts us at ~70 million.
So if we get Rubio for a good deal at 15 million that puts us at 85 million. That leaves us with 24 million. We could in theory clean up a bit more but I dont see how we get to 30 million it would take to get most max players next year without letting Rubio go or getting him for really cheap.
So we will either handle our FA acquisition through trade... let Rubio walk or move Exum or Crowder if we need a little space.
I would think Crowder would be pretty easy to move if we have to.
Updated to reflect the summer contracts (minus bonuses of course). http://www.basketballinsiders.com/utah-jazz-team-salary/
The following are my opinions (players listed in order of size of contract):
"Untouchables" - I don't think we are trading these guys:
Gobert
Rubio
Ingles
Exum
Mitchell
Allen
O'Neale
"Probably Not Traded" - these guys might seem like good trade pieces, but our FO only trades them if the season is going much worse than expected. These guys are important to the locker room and lineup:
Favors (I think he would have to be unhappy or hurt to get dealt - just don't see it happening)
Crowder (incredibly unlikely since our FO wanted him for years - $7.8 for 2019/20 is a steal)
Thabo
Neto
Bradley (don't see the FO trading him: solid replacement for Udoh, cheap and has potential)
"Expendables" - I think we would shop these guys between now and the deadline depending on offers:
Burks ($11.54 expiring)
Udoh ($3.36 expiring)
By combining Burks and Udoh, we could bring back almost $20 million in contracts. Also, Burks and Udoh are intriguing since they both contribute in specific areas of need; Burks in wing bench scoring and Udoh with big man rim protection.
$15 million of expirings accomplishes about 95% of trade scenarios. If we had to add someone to a trade to target somebody with a bigger contract (i.e. Kevin Love, Aaron Gordon, etc.), I think the order of preference would be Neto ($2.1), then Thabo ($5.25), then Favors/Bradley.
So most trade ideas I think are realistic would be Burks and/or Udoh since those guys seem like the most likely trade candidates. Burks won't get much time on the wing with all our options now (Mitchell, Ingles, O'Neale, Exum, Grayson) and Udoh doesn't seem like a key playoff piece since we have Gobert and Favors to play C. Udoh only played 21 minutes the entire 2018 postseason.