All teams face that dilemma, OKC got rid of Harden to avoid the tax. Warriors have kept everyone largely because Curry is earning $11M. Tim Duncan earns around $10M, IINM. GS will also benefit by having convinced Thompson and Green to sign max deals under the lower cap. They could have easily insisted on doing an opt out like Hayward to earn a ton more money in a couple of seasons.
Seriously? We've already been over this. The tax line would be around $130mil with a $100mil salary cap.
Great post.
The league already rewards teams that build through the draft with restricted free agency and Bird rights. In most cases, teams control the players they draft for ~8 seasons. They then can offer these same players larger contracts than any other team, and don't have to worry about having cap space to re-sign them. Other teams can only offer opposing teams' free agents 4 year contracts at a lower dollar amount, and must have the cap space to do so.
The Jazz can't 'extend' Rudy for 5 years at anything below the max. They can extend him for 4 years, for 5 years starting at the max, or wait until free agency to make him a 5-year offer starting at less than the max.
Why are you so quick to always slam me? I have OFTEN given credit to you for your knowledge of the cap rules and have acknowledged when I have been wrong. But it seems like so many posts I make, you immediately jump into attack mode. I swear I have never been to Toronto, never slept with your SO, sister or any other member of your family.
Thanks. That is something I didn't know about an extension. I appreciate you telling me. So that probably means we'll hear an announcement that the Jazz will put off contract talks until after next season. Jazz would certainly match anything he was offered, so little risk. And it will NEVER come to shopping the market. They know they got burned with Hayward's opt-out clause. Didn't SA wait to give Kawhi his deal? Or was that GS with Green?
Do you not see who posted it?
1. I was wrong to correct the estimate of $121mil tax line for a cap of ~$100mil. That does make sense.
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Good take
Yes, I knew about BRI vs. cap. The percentages usually are a bit less, IINM. For example, to say someone is eligible for a 30% contract with the cap at $100M might mean $29M-ish in salary, not $30M (I could be wrong). Just easier to say "cap" since most don't care to get into a discussion of BRI. That's also why I said $15-20M as the "gap.". And yes, the gap would increase as BRI grows larger. I accounted for that in starting at $15M and increasing to $20M. In any case, I think we can all agree that in 2018/19, when all FIVE players come off their rookie deals, the Jazz can't afford to pay them max (even based on BRI).
Either that or they're receiving more players than sending out and need one extra spot.
