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[dirkfansince1998]

Franchise supermax guy - $40 mil per
Max robin - $30
Starter #3 - $25
Starter #4 - $20
Starter #5 - $20

$135 mil per before even getting into the bench. What's the cap again?

123m. 134m is the current prediction for next year. In other words. This is going to be the new reality sooner than later.

And if you look at my post I focussed on players that are signing their first non-rookie contract. Replace starter 4 with a 15m guy and starter 5 with a MLE player. Leaves you 30m under the tax line to fill out the bench.

Take a look at last seasons finalist or basically any other contender:

Curry 48.1
Thompson 40.6
Wiggins 33.6
Green 25.8
Poole extension next season 28.7 (with all four guys above under contract)

Tatum 32.6
Brown 30.7
Brogdon 22.5
Smart 18.6
White 18.1

A good example for rookie extension:

Young 37.1
Collins 23.5
Capela 18.7
Bogdanovic 18
Murray 16.6
Hunter extension next year 20.1


Majority of playoff teams pay 120m + for their starters. Mavs not doing the same just shows how much dead salary they have on the bench.