06-28-2024, 07:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2024, 07:50 AM by SleepingHero.)
(06-27-2024, 08:05 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: how is it a different situation?
we’re desperately trying to retain DJJ just like they are with KCP
Just saw this. Some reasons why I think this is a different situation
- Mavs are trying to stay under the 1st apron. Nuggets are trying to avoid the 2nd apron
- KCP's market is totally different to DJJ's.
- KCP is a better more attractive player than DJJ
- KCP is more integral to what the Nuggets do than what DJJ is for the Mavs (as in, it's easier to replace DJJ for the Mavs given the financial situations and fit than it will be for the Nuggets to replace KCP)
The only similarity is that both the Mavs and Nuggets are trying to retain their own players and have to carve out space to do so.
Mavs just need to drop THJ to get to DJJ's number. But they could also pretty easily drop Green or Maxi as well. Nuggets have already dropped Jackson for free. KCP has supposedly already gotten offers for ~25mil AAV. Who else do the Nuggets cut to get to lets say 23 mil for KCP while staying under the 2nd Apron and filling out their roster?
Player Salary Notes
1 Jokic 51,415,938
2 Murray 36,016,020
3 MPJ 35,859,950
4 Aaron Gordon 22,841,455
5 Zeke Nnaji 8,888,889
6 Christian Braun 3,089,640
7 Strawther 2,552,520
8 Watson 2,413,560
9 Pickett 1,891,857
10 Tyson 1,891,857
11 Holmes II. 3,074,640
Total Salary 169,936,326
Space Under/(Over)
First Apron 178,655,000 8,718,674
Second Apron 189,486,000 19,549,674
They still have to complete their roster with at least 3 minimums worth ~2 mil. So lets chop off 6 mil from their 1st apron room and 2nd apron room. They are roughly 10 million short from that 23 mil number.
That's why I don't think these situations are similar at all and why it's pretty reasonable to say that Denver is more desperate than Dallas.
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