Mike Malone is one of those coaches who hates young guys and loves vets, even if they are over the hill. He probably pushed for it to.
Westbrook to Utah in Dunn sign and trade
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Cash can’t exceed $7,005,000
TheStormofWar
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I think a large portion of it was getting Dunn to the Clips, honestly. We do free Dunn's caphold and still have the roster spot open when we buyout Russ.
Which is what I said.
lol technically yes but you made it sound like more than 5k over
Jaanipoeg
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I mean, he wasn't wrong haha
Cap hold meaningless. Roster spot, also meaningless. There is no difference between trade/no trade. It's the same. We may have wanted to do a favor to Dunn, but we also could have asked for more pick compensation instead of cash like the Hornets. We took the money.
In some ways you can argue a 2nd round swap is more valuable than a first round swap if the team that is getting swapped on still owns it first. That team could be in position to tank and wouldnt change it's decision to tank based on a 2nd round swap.
If Lauri gets moved, Russ could go with him or we could just keep him as a tank commander. $4M is cheap in NBA terms. Ya ya, "just let the kids play". However it could be entertaining and there would still be minutes available. Trade some of Collins, Sexton, and Clarkson and then Russ could have a portion of their minutes with plenty left for the young guys.
Or they need to get to the salary floor…
Does the buyout mean Russ's salary counts against Utah's cap? Does this move eat in what they could offer Lauri for the R&E?
The number you cited was what I found for 23/24. I assumed it would go up as the cap goes up. Either way, I wasn't wrong lol.