2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[ItsGoTime]

The hard cap situation is interesting. I don't know what that means once the season is over. Will they still be hard capped? Also do the Lakers only get the taxpayer exception next off-season?

Schroder to me is a big flight risk. But Lakers have pieces they can move. Harrell is one. Kuzma is another.

As for THT no way he walks for nothing. Either they resign him or he is moved in a S&T. I still believe the number he signs at will not be crazy.

They are at $121M in committed salary this offseason and the hard cap is gonna be somewhere around $140M. They have to sign or replace Schroder, Matthews, Caruso, Dudley, Morris, Horton-Tucker, Drummond, and McLemore. 

That is 8 roster spots for $20Mish over the cap money. I see it as either THT or Schroder not both and maybe neither. There are other things they can do that free up more money depending on how many ring chasers they can get, like trading Kuzma and/or Caldwell-Pope for space and picks, but that leaves a hole as well.

Having over $75M tied up in 2 players really handcuffs a team's salary.