I have seen the idea of sign-and-trading Mike Conley thrown around so I wanted to make a thread to clear some things up about it.
We can most definitely sign-and-trade Conley but there are some restrictions and limitations.
- The expected luxury tax for 2021-22 is 136.6M
- Without Conley our salary’s are at 130.4M
- The luxury tax apron is 4M over the luxury tax cap
- In essence the luxury tax apron for 2021-22 is 140.6M
We can not be over the luxury tax apron after a sign-and-trade. So that obviously limits the amount of salary we could take back in a deal which would be 10.2M at max.
Now you can’t add a player with Conley in a sign-and-trade but you can do simultaneous deals at the same time but both have to work within the cap.
For example, we could agree to trade Conley, Bogdanovic and pick 30 to the Pistons for Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee. They would have to be two separate transactions happening simultaneously though.
As long as the Pistons have enough cap space to absorb Conley’s salary without giving back more than 10.2M. Plumlee is right at 8M so it works for both sides.
Conley would be signed and traded to the Pistons for Mason Plumlee. Then simultaneously we would then send Bogdanovic and 30 to the Pistons for Grant.
I am really thinking outside of the box here but these are some real possibilities if the front office wanted to get creative.
TL/DR
We can sign-and-trade Conley but only can take back a max of 10.2M in salary in a one for one trade.
We can sign-and-trade Conley as part of a bigger deal that would be two separate deals happening simultaneously as long as both deals work under the cap by themselves.
We can most definitely sign-and-trade Conley but there are some restrictions and limitations.
- The expected luxury tax for 2021-22 is 136.6M
- Without Conley our salary’s are at 130.4M
- The luxury tax apron is 4M over the luxury tax cap
- In essence the luxury tax apron for 2021-22 is 140.6M
We can not be over the luxury tax apron after a sign-and-trade. So that obviously limits the amount of salary we could take back in a deal which would be 10.2M at max.
Now you can’t add a player with Conley in a sign-and-trade but you can do simultaneous deals at the same time but both have to work within the cap.
For example, we could agree to trade Conley, Bogdanovic and pick 30 to the Pistons for Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee. They would have to be two separate transactions happening simultaneously though.
As long as the Pistons have enough cap space to absorb Conley’s salary without giving back more than 10.2M. Plumlee is right at 8M so it works for both sides.
Conley would be signed and traded to the Pistons for Mason Plumlee. Then simultaneously we would then send Bogdanovic and 30 to the Pistons for Grant.
I am really thinking outside of the box here but these are some real possibilities if the front office wanted to get creative.
TL/DR
We can sign-and-trade Conley but only can take back a max of 10.2M in salary in a one for one trade.
We can sign-and-trade Conley as part of a bigger deal that would be two separate deals happening simultaneously as long as both deals work under the cap by themselves.
