Good point about BYC. I hadn't thought of that. Still, as long as they sign him for more than around $14 mil, the net salary differential would be more than his cap hold so we'd clear more with a S&T than we would by waiving him. We possibly wouldn't have to dump as many other players.
Look at it this way: If we were offered a trade that netted us Howard/Parsons/2 draft picks, and we only had to send out Davis/Aminu/Harkless, wouldn't that be even better?
Where are you getting that idea? The text of Q91 clearly states: "The player may be considered to have a lower outgoing salary for trade purposes, which can complicate the trade (see question number 89)," which refers back to the BYC section. BYC absolutely applies to S&T.
Forget about Harkless, who we don't need, and you might get to a number that would be somewhat possible.
No, because if we're not matching salaries on the trade (which we can't due to BYC), then the only way to make the deal would be for us to end up below the salary cap after the deal. The amount of the S/T player's new deal would have no impact on the Blazers' total team salary.
I heard "near-max" for Parsons. I assume that means he'd take a little less to get Dwight. $20M seems right. As an organization that has a great culture, a great fit for him, and had just signed his friend Parsons, I think we could nab Dwight for $18M by also giving him a 4 year contract with a player option after 3 years,
Right now, the cap holds on Leonard and Harkless are somewhere around $7M, right? If you waive them to clear cap space to sign Howard, that's all you wipe off of team salary. If you S & T one of them for, say $17 M, you get credit for $8.5M off the books. EDIT- Or maybe the full $17M if Denny is right.
