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Our off-season salary cap situation

Seriously, the mods should sticky this thread. Really good one. Every option to trade or sign a player on draft day or in free agency will run though the numbers and rationales outlined in this thread.

pls sticky.
 
Am I crazy to think that Booker might end up a victim of the numbers? DL has allowed for some extra flexibility and he seemed to specifically aim at adding even more of it in the Kanter trade by including Novak's contract in it. It really looks like he's setting up for a big move(or series of small moves?!?).
 
If I understand correctly, then Yes, Booker will be a victim of the numbers IF A BIG DEAL PRESENTS ITSELF.
 
GVC said:
It all depends on what the Jazz get back in the trade, no? You wouldn't trade Booker+ for an upgrade on the wing?
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I kind of doubt that we can get an upgrade at the wing for about 7M in a trade. A wing better than Burks for 7M is crazy good deal with the coming cap jump and I doubt anybody would let that go. We might be looking for an upgrade to Hood... but I kind of want to see what he can do when he's not constantly injured.

In a way it looks like the we might be better off aiming at signing 3 players at about 5M(making our bench better, in which case Booker probably stays) than going after one at huge deal(making our starting lineup better).
 
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GVC said:
I think it's more likely the Jazz use Booker in a trade to a team looking to shed salary to sign free agents than use their space to sign a significant player themselves. The guarantee date on Booker's contract is 7 days after the July moratorium ends (when players can actually sign), and he comes with only a $250k buyout. The Jazz could then use their remaining cap space to bring over Pleiss, Tomic or both to fill out the bigs rotation.

Note: Booker can be traded for players making up to $7,262,500 in the offseason. The receiving team could then waive Booker for $250,000, creating as much as $7,012,500 in cap space. A very crafty signing by DL.
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This.
 
Unless the Jazz get an all star or borderline all star player, I'll be furious if Booker is let go. Fortunately that seems like the most likely scenario if he isn't back next season
 
I see one other possibility

The Jazz pay the Luxury Tax. Hear me out.

If you take the long term view paying the luxury tax for a single season in order to get players that are on good long term deals could pay huge dividends. The following year the cap will jump by 20-30 million so they will be well under the cap the following year. If the Jazz are aggressive before the cap goes up they will be loaded with affordable assets in 2017. If the Jazz wait until the cap goes up they will be overpaying every scrub that is left over in 2017.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Those 10 guys come to $52,150,669. Your math was off.
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Plus the $2M hold for our first rounder and another $500k for a minimum salary gets us to $54.6M, which I rounded up to $55 in my post.
GVC has an interesting post about helping another team clear space with Booker's contract. But I just don't see the Jazz dumping Booker unless they get a significant upgrade at PF. And all this talk about upgrading the wing completely ignores Alec. DL - and I'm sure Snyder also had input - gave Burks a $10M contract to just push him aside? If they hadn't liked Burks, they would have just let him become a RFA.

Instead of having guys like Clark, Evans, etc. as backups, I'll bet DL will go after a couple more Booker-like players to get minutes in the rotation. Then our deep reserves become Ingles, Millsap, etc. Not sure what is doable, but a trade to "speed things up" might entail bringing in a starting PG and moving Exum back to the bench. AS Lindsey said, Dante is just a placeholder when he's on the floor. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if our significant move is for a PG.
 
In other words, Hayward's contract has gutted our options, I was fearing this would happen, now what...
 
heyhey said:
I see one other possibility

The Jazz pay the Luxury Tax. Hear me out.

If you take the long term view paying the luxury tax for a single season in order to get players that are on good long term deals could pay huge dividends. The following year the cap will jump by 20-30 million so they will be well under the cap the following year. If the Jazz are aggressive before the cap goes up they will be loaded with affordable assets in 2017. If the Jazz wait until the cap goes up they will be overpaying every scrub that is left over in 2017.
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As far as that's concerned, I think that the Jazz should use the structure of the Booker contract to create additional flexibility with other players too. As of right now, the Jazz will have a couple of roster spots open for the remainder of this season. I'd fill every single one of them with a veteran player on a one year contract that has an unguaranteed team option for next year. This way, they don't have to renounce their exemptions, and have unguaranteed contracts that can be used in sign-and-trades, or can be cut outright in the event that they make a splash and still want to utilize the Full MLE as well. Of all the years to be creative with the cap, this upcoming offseason is the best time to use it. By trading Kanter, the Jazz only really have Burks and Booker as contracts that can be paired with assets to facilitate a sign and trade to go over the cap. I'd like to see the Jazz create some unguaranteed cap filler to provide some opportunities through trades without sacrificing flexibility as well.
 
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