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Punch Bowl Re-Filler
From what I read the amount that is considered for trade is the average of the salary he is currently making + the salaries he will earn for his new contract. So $49M + $6M = $55m/5 years = $11M. If you have a different link showing an alternate interpretation, I'd love to see it.Actually, no. Favors has an outgoing salary of about 10 million, but only counts as 6 million for us. PPP-contracts are pretty complicated to trade.
What I'm unsure of is how it impacts salaries coming in. For example, we're currently sitting at $1.7M under the cap if the $6M is counted. However, in a trade, we'd need to get back roughly an equal amount since his value is either $10M or $11M (depending on your understanding of the PPP or mine). So our cap room disappears. So a Jack/Bennett deal likely needs filler. Wonder if Quin could turn Bennett into a useful player. If Cleveland is truly clearing cap space for Lebron, I'd have to think they'd want to offload AB.
I'd be open to either scenario. Varejao would bring some nasty, even though he's hurt a lot.