Official trade Exum and/or Bradley into cap space thread
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K. I’m not talking 2019-2020. When you negotiate an extension, you can give a raise on years already under contract. If the Jazz had capspace, they could have the RAISE take effect for 2019-2020. They could do this to make the future years lighter per year or to structure the deal so that it’s more team-friendly than it might otherwise be (i.e. a team option somewhere [I think]).
For the record, I think the Jazz aren’t reading any real interest in something like this happening and they are so desperate to save face and show Exum they believe in him that they are mostly-bluffing about how much they value him.
TLDR; he’s here because no one else wants him/his contract (and the Jazz don’t want to pay what it would cost to dump him). I would love to be wrong about everything about this topic.
TLDR; he’s here because no one else wants him/his contract (and the Jazz don’t want to pay what it would cost to dump him). I would love to be wrong about everything about this topic.
Either play Bradley or trade/release him.
I'm fine with either.
I'm fine with either.
LoPo
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I understand but I'm not worried about future years. We are clearly tied to this roster for the next couple years. I worry more about 2 things - the luxury which we are really far from and keeping Royce.
The salary cap goes up $7-8 million for 2020-21. It almost makes more sense to make sure we are over the cap so we have the full $10 million MLE. Conley goes up $2 million and Gobert, Donovan, and Bojan probably up $1 each. Ingles actually goes down $1 million.
So I'm fine locking Royce up even if it eats into 2020-21 space and beyond. He is worth it.
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The issue is he is already guaranteed this year and the Jazz don’t pay players to leave on miserly principle (although they are happy to pay someone to take up a roster spot which is even more wasteful).
I’m hoping a team with a small trade exception will take him. With Neto and Bradley gone I think the Jazz could offer ~$3 million to a player which is significantly more than the minimum.
I’m not sure you understand. The Jazz won’t have capspace for all intents and purposes next offseason, whether they extend Royce or not.
At any rate, the money in this theoretical scenario of opening $10-$11 million in capspace would be best spent on a PF, then on depth.