Well deserved to be on one of the all NBA teams. I really thought Thompson would be second team though, so that surprised me a bit.
So we have 2.5 less to spend this year? Not sweating it, but I want to make sure I'm reading this all correctly.
Yes. But I think Neil basically knew this was going to happen after the streak Dame went through directly following the All-Star Break.
The extra $2.5M added to next year's salaries will definitely have an effect if we plan on going after a max salaried player. Considering all of the CAP holds, we have about $4.2M of space. - Release Kaman, gives us $10.7M. - Release Henderson, gives us $19.7M. ** The max for a 0-6 yr vet like Whiteside will be approximately $21.5M. - Release Roberts, gives us $23.4M. ** The max for a 7-9 yr vet like Horford will be approximately $25.9M. - There are minimum 12-man roster holds, so release Montero & Alexander (minimum) doesn't give us any extra room. ~ The only remaining non-guaranteed contracts/holds are Leonard ($7.7M), Harkless ($7.2M), and Crabbe ($2.7M). Hopefully we have the opportunity to make those tough decisions this summer.
Really makes you think our target has always been a 0-6 Max Player, rather than a 7-9 or 10+ Max Player.
It's kind of funny that you're the one who said that, because you either blindly love of blindly hate players like a irrational 14 year old girl at times.
So releasing everyone but Meyers, Moe and AC gives us 23 mil of capspace. Done deal. Horford was a long shot to begin with. Dwight might be possible. Whiteside of course.
Won't just signing them to reasonable contracts will free up $$ too? Cap holds are what, 150% of the contract they could get or some stupid shit?
I think those numbers by @42N8Bounce above about 4 responses are cap holds. So only if you think Harkless and Leonard sign for less than 7 MIL right away. Crabbe is obviously getting way more than 2.7 so his hold is fine at that level.
Meyers is $7.5. Crabbe is $2.7. Harkless is $7.2. Unless you see any of those guys getting lower contracts.....
That a possibility, but my guess is that with the insane amount of money out there, these guys will be getting at least their CAP holds. Leonard's cap hold is $7,689,799. My guess is he'll get around $10M. Harkless' cap hold is $7,235,148. My guess is he'll get around $8M. Crabbe's cap hold is $2,725,003. My guess is he'll get around $8M. There's a lot of teams out there with a lot of money to spend.
Just imagine what Dame could accomplish if he could perform at a level that Tunchi would find acceptable.