2015/16 is when all the players will be on the book at their re-signed contracts. Below is an attempt to figure out what the pay structure has to be. I made quick guess and adjusted to fit the total to be the 73M luxury limit of today. I looked at the hoopshype salaries for the teams/players for reference. Also, the numbers for the first 6 Jazz players below were numbers that were floated about in some previous threads, combined with recent contract signings - trying to get the new-normal. The trade-offs: 1) I don't recall a single team salary structure that has 6 players all paid near equal as high as this. They are either top heavy with scrubs or lower average distributed among 9 or so players. 2) I don't recall teams having 4 players below 1M as shown below. This situation may not be realizeable. 3) I used existing players to show the payment slots. But i chose to re-sign Millsap rather than Big Al to illustrate this salary arrangment and to discuss if it is feasible. (Assumption is that Big Al is high priced enough that 1 of the other 5 in the top six has to go, so i chose to leave him out of the equation.)
So if the players in the list all become worth or near-worth these salaries (All-star, borderline all-star) can you contend with this sort of salary structure? Boston sort of had this with the 'big 4' (I don't know what Ray Allen's $$ was while at Boston) Pierce is a $15m guy, KG 12, Rondo is 11.
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Player
Derrick Favors…….12,000,000
Enes Kanter………..12,000,000
Gordon Hayward….9,000,000
Alec Burks…………….9,000,000
Maurice Williams…..7,000,000
Paul Millsap…………10,000,000
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Randy Foye…………..4,000,000
DeMarre Carroll……4,000,000
Jeremy Evans……….2,000,000
Backup PG…………. 1,300,000
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Scrub SG…………………800,000
Scrub SF…………………800,000
Scrub Center………….800,000
Rookie……………………475,000
…………………………..73,175,000 (This year’s tax limit)
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For reference: Contracts Signed this year
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S. Ibaka 12.5M………Taj Gibson 8M………….Ty Lawson 10-13………….Omar Asik 8
J Lin 8………….OJ Mayo 4………….Batum 11………….J. McGee 12.5………J Holiday – 11
Ry Anderson 8.5
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Other Salaries
AK 10M………….Bogut 13………..Aldridge 13………Brook Lopez 13-17
K Love 13-17………..J Noah 11-14…………..D Lee 12-13
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Journeymen
Brandon Bass 6.5………….Carl landry 4……………Chuck hayes 5.5-6……….Jason Thompson 5-7
So if the players in the list all become worth or near-worth these salaries (All-star, borderline all-star) can you contend with this sort of salary structure? Boston sort of had this with the 'big 4' (I don't know what Ray Allen's $$ was while at Boston) Pierce is a $15m guy, KG 12, Rondo is 11.
.
Player
Derrick Favors…….12,000,000
Enes Kanter………..12,000,000
Gordon Hayward….9,000,000
Alec Burks…………….9,000,000
Maurice Williams…..7,000,000
Paul Millsap…………10,000,000
.
Randy Foye…………..4,000,000
DeMarre Carroll……4,000,000
Jeremy Evans……….2,000,000
Backup PG…………. 1,300,000
.
Scrub SG…………………800,000
Scrub SF…………………800,000
Scrub Center………….800,000
Rookie……………………475,000
…………………………..73,175,000 (This year’s tax limit)
.
For reference: Contracts Signed this year
.
S. Ibaka 12.5M………Taj Gibson 8M………….Ty Lawson 10-13………….Omar Asik 8
J Lin 8………….OJ Mayo 4………….Batum 11………….J. McGee 12.5………J Holiday – 11
Ry Anderson 8.5
.
Other Salaries
AK 10M………….Bogut 13………..Aldridge 13………Brook Lopez 13-17
K Love 13-17………..J Noah 11-14…………..D Lee 12-13
.
Journeymen
Brandon Bass 6.5………….Carl landry 4……………Chuck hayes 5.5-6……….Jason Thompson 5-7