Official: Free Agency and MLE options thread

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  1. RR7

    RR7 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, if his salary starts at 2.5, then we still have 2.8 left.
    Apron comes into play in a sign and trade, BAE, or if we used the regular MLE
     
    RR7, Jul 3, 2018
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  2. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    I'm guessing we're out of the running for any RFAs. Back to the salary list for TPE possibilities because that's our best tool now to improve the team. Think we'll have no choice but to trade for a pick while taking on salary. Then make a move later in the summer.
     
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    If Neil did that shit, he'd be roasted around here. They just put themselves in multiple year repeater tax for a team that lost in the 1st round and is structurally flawed. It still MAY work out, but likely won't. Presti finished well behind Neil in the Exec of the Year voting.

    More cajones? Yes. More sense? No.
     
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    Why would fans care about luxury tax? And I like how their roster is constructed. They have an all star guard, an all star forward, and a defensive minded center. That’s a great base.
     
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  5. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Can we do this? In some sort of order...

    1. sign Beasley for rest of MLE.
    2. Re-sign Nurk for 3 yr, 35 mil deal
    2. Trade TPE to Denver for Faried + Denver pick
    3. Trade Aminu + Leonard + our pick + Denver pick for Love

    So the rotation becomes:
    Dame/ Curry/ Wade
    CJ/ Turner/ Stauskas/ Simons
    Moe/ Beasley/ Trent
    Love/ Faried/ Caleb
    Nurk/ Collins
     
    illmatic99, Jul 3, 2018
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    Replace Faried with chandler or Arthur since Faried doesn’t fit into tpe. I like the rest.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Ah yes, one of them. Maybe we can send them to CLE in a three way if they don't want Leonard and have contracts that expire next year.
     
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    They'll have worse problems than we have now. If they don't win, they'll start selling off anything decent to avoid the repeater tax. OTOH, Carmelo is expiring....
     
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    Important new cap info/projections now out for next 2-3 years

    Zach Lowe: Very important information buried in the NBA’s salary cap memo sent to teams: projection for 2019-20 cap up to $109 million, and then $116 million for 2020-21. Cap is set at $101.9M for upcoming 2018-19 season. – via Twitter ZachLowe_NBA
     
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    Or Plumlee, he could be our backup C.
     
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    Denver are not trading anybody for TPE while attaching a first round pick, they just traded Chandler into Sixers cap space and all they gave away was one second rounder and rights to swap another one. They are already out of luxury tax which was the goal so they may as well keep these players as both Faried and Arthur expire next year.
     
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    Theyre not out of the luxury tax at all. They're still $12M past.
     
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    Wow indeed. I didn’t think it was that bad but I wasn’t counting Barton’s $13million.

    They do need to shed salary then. Getting rid of Faried might even cost them a first rounder. Chandler was easier to get rid of because he is a good player.
     
    Sarni, Jul 5, 2018
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    Advanced stats say Michael Beasley is garbage, I hope we stay away from him.
     
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    It's dumb. Imagine if they just paid harden that 80 some mil amt kept Ibaka.
     
    dviss1, Jul 5, 2018
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    But, he's less garbage-y now than he's ever been, so there's that...
     
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    Goddamnit. BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE STAUSKAS, RIGHT???
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jul 5, 2018
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    You wanna sign that guy to our MLE?
     
    dviss1, Jul 5, 2018
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    I would’ve. Who else is out there? Maybe Beasley.
     
    Scalma, Jul 5, 2018
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    Bjelica is a horrible Defender, if he can't hit 3s, he is pretty useless
     
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