(06-30-2023, 09:33 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I found a different take, SH:

https://twitter.com/yossigozlan/status/1674963884757876736?s=61&t=Zmns3TEXDYnIJIXeN05-eQ

This dude says they have reduce further payroll just to use the full MLE.

(06-30-2023, 09:43 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I currently have 14 players tentatively signed:

Bullock
Kyrie
Luka
Maxi
MLE
Green
Hardy
Holmes
THJ
Lively
OMP
Livley
McGee
Pinson

The salary for these guys were taken from spotrac and added up. I added Holmes' full trade kicker of 15%. The total salary including the MLE+Pinson was: 170,971,123

Seth's deal would put them at 175,487,123 in total salary for 15 players. So yes, Mavs need to shed about 3.2 mil in salary to have access to the full MLE.


Further putting more rumors together, Powell is almost a certain to be back. We have 15 guys under roster if we're including the MLE, Seth, and Pinson.

Almost certain McGee needs to either be dumped or S/W.

(06-30-2023, 09:45 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Or Powell gets what is left after the trade and we don’t use the MLE.  Access to better players through trade anyway.

(06-30-2023, 09:45 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Or Powell gets what is left after the trade and we don’t use the MLE.  Access to better players through trade anyway.

(06-30-2023, 09:49 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I almost posted this same thought, but didn’t want to receive the hate mail.

(06-30-2023, 09:52 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: That too. 

Also can split the MLE and give Powell a portion of it and another to some wing+ a net neutral salary trade involving THJ+Bullock.

But they definitely do need to shed 3.2 mil of salary right now in order for Seth's deal to be legal. A McGee S/W (Break in Case of Emergency type of thing) should just barely get them under it.

(07-01-2023, 12:31 AM)myconsumerclub Wrote: Yossi Gozlan: The Mavericks are now hard capped to the $172.3M first apron by signing Seth Curry with the $4.5M bi-annual. They are $16M below it with 12 players and $9M below the tax. They’ll need to reduce more payroll to gain access to the entire $12.4M mid-level. – via Twitter YossiGozlan

(07-01-2023, 12:46 AM)Jym Wrote: Sounds like it's an issue of $500k
Like if Curry took $4 mil instead of $4.5 we could use the $12.4 MLE.

But for the roster to make any sense we need to get off of THJ's money anyway though. Hopefully can turn him into a larger forward or better quality center

(07-01-2023, 12:57 AM)soog Wrote: Has Curry’s deal been signed? Couldn't it be as simple as delaying the execution of his deal until after the MLE is used?

(07-01-2023, 12:46 AM)Jym Wrote: Sounds like it's an issue of $500k
Like if Curry took $4 mil instead of $4.5 we could use the $12.4 MLE.

But for the roster to make any sense we need to get off of THJ's money anyway though. Hopefully can turn him into a larger forward or better quality center

(07-01-2023, 12:31 AM)myconsumerclub Wrote: Yossi Gozlan: The Mavericks are now hard capped to the $172.3M first apron by signing Seth Curry with the $4.5M bi-annual. They are $16M below it with 12 players and $9M below the tax. They’ll need to reduce more payroll to gain access to the entire $12.4M mid-level. – via Twitter YossiGozlan

(07-01-2023, 01:19 AM)F Gump Wrote: " They’ll need to reduce more payroll to gain access to the entire $12.4M mid-level "

That is NOT accurate, and it's easy math using his own numbers.

12 players at 156,438,203 
1 MLE - 12,405,000
1 minimum - 2,019,400 (Powell?)

TOTAL  170,860,595 for 14 players which is well under the 172.34M hard cap. Roster slot 15 is left open for emergencies, to sign a buyout, or as a carrot to players working to earn NBA spot.

These numbers do assume Holmes gets his full TK. That possible, and it is about $1.8M. But he might not in which case there is even more room to stay under Apron 1 (which they must).

(07-01-2023, 01:54 AM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: How does the portion the league pays apply to the Aprons/TAX?
At one time did I understand the CAP figure to be one # and the TAX to be another?