*A lot. Anything ~MLE and higher and teams are being super cautious.
Jazz trade Fonteccio to Pistons for 2024 2nd
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Remains to be seen. There were hardly any teams with cap-space to offer a 15 million dollar deal to anyone. Plus there's a huge draft class coming in that has prevented a lot of teams looking to improve.
Detroit was one of those teams. Since they had Simone locked into restricted status, it let them offer their cap-space to Tobias Harris.
I dont think a single restricted free agent switched teams or even signed an offer sheet from a team who didnt have their RFA rights. RFA changing teams is always rare, but usually there are some competitive offers that make teams consider their action. Maybe that's the new normal or maybe it was mostly based on circumstances.
*Side Note* Also a reason why I wouldnt want to trade Kessler for a reason as stupid as to lose a few extra games. Walker is easily a guy who could be caught in that grey area of being good but not great enough for teams to pursue him in RFA, making him a great value on his 2nd contract.
A cap space team was never going above the MLE to sign Tech (except maybe Detroit). However, the MLE with full raises isn’t far off from $15 million a year.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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I’m no longer upset about that trade. Filip will be a much more useful player imo
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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In fact the two trades we made may end up being two of the better trades the Jazz have made since the Mitchell trade.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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The trade up for Mitchell in the draft. I don’t count the trade with Cle because that was a start over type of trade.
I’m surprised you didn’t take the salary cap into consideration when you valued him at $15 million per year.