07-12-2021, 07:31 AM
(07-11-2021, 10:12 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: There are ways to have capspace.
Porzingis 33.9 (reduce this salary by at least half in a trade, Harris/Bamba/pick, Turner/Lamb, Adams/Bledsoe)
Luka 25.4 (caphold, still nobody answered whether his super-max salary counts or the caphold? Anyone know?)
Powell 11.1
Kleber 9.0 (non-guaranteed)
DFS 7.6
Green 3.1
Burke 3.0
Terry 1.7
No doubt if you want to sign Lavine, you can move Kleber (non-guaranteed) + Powell (expiring) + Burke (expiring) + 1st to a team like OKC. That should be no problem at all. Two virtually firsts for 14M of Powell/Burke is a great deal.
Luka 40 (worst case, $15M more if it´s the caphold that counts)
Lavine 33
Turner 18
DFS 7.6
Green 3.1
Terry 1.7
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103.4
Against a projected cap of +$120M it´s possible.
Not here to debate how Zach's average usage of 30.9 the last three years would mesh with Luka or how poor our perimeter D would be with that combo. Not here to debate how ridiculous it would be to sit on $34mm in cap room (more if you make one of those KP trades) for a year on the HOPE you MIGHT land LaVine who will arguably be one of the more attractive FA's.
Just wanted to give you better numbers to work with. The NBA's current projection for the cap in 2022 is 115.7mm. Luka's first year would be $34.7mm.