04-17-2021, 03:23 PM
(04-17-2021, 02:09 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: 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.
Why not just try to throw money at Schroder, Caruso, THT to keep them and not use exceptions? They still can use vet mins all day. Drummond was going to probably be gone anyway. If they do that they can go way over the cap. If they lose Schroder then maybe that changes their plan and they try to operate under the hard cap? Not sure.