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Sources: Lakers hustling to create max salary slot

The Lakers were engaging additional teams on Tuesday to take on the contracts of three players on the roster, trying to create a max salary slot, league sources told ESPN.
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Lakers are trying to free up another max cap spot. This is insane. The Lakers are rapidly becoming the stupidest franchise in sports.

Losing Horford hurts the Celtics, but they can't commit over $100 million to a player his age. Harrison Barnes turned down $25 million for next season to test free agency, which seems pretty crazy too. Barnes is decent, but a 14.3 ppg scorer from a non-playoff team does not deserve more than $25MM a year. I think a lot of these guys are missing just how many free agents there are on the market this summer.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
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Sources: Lakers hustling to create max salary slot

The Lakers were engaging additional teams on Tuesday to take on the contracts of three players on the roster, trying to create a max salary slot, league sources told ESPN.
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Lakers are trying to free up another max cap spot. This is insane. The Lakers are rapidly becoming the stupidest franchise in sports.

Losing Horford hurts the Celtics, but they can't commit over $100 million to a player his age. Harrison Barnes turned down $25 million for next season to test free agency, which seems pretty crazy too. Barnes is decent, but a 14.3 ppg scorer from a non-playoff team does not deserve more than $25MM a year. I think a lot of these guys are missing just how many free agents there are on the market this summer.
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Barnes opting out if a bafflingly dumb decision. Dude was never worth the money he got. If the kings resign him the gm should be fired. Take the cap space and run.

Boston could not give Horford that. This is smart for all parties.

If kawhi, kemba and butler all resign, there will be a ton of unused cap space out there.
 
Kawhi, Kemba, Kyrie, and Butler are going to suck up a lot of cap space. Somewhere around the 10th or 15th best free agent, I think the supply/demand equation is going to flip in favor of the buyers.

This is going to be the off-season where we learn which GMs got game.
 
the Q said:
Barnes opting out if a bafflingly dumb decision. Dude was never worth the money he got. If the kings resign him the gm should be fired. Take the cap space and run.

Boston could not give Horford that. This is smart for all parties.

If kawhi, kemba and butler all resign, there will be a ton of unused cap space out there.
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Yeah, as I said in the other thread, if I'm Boston I want Al back at about three years $55M. Ballpark $18M per. Four years at $20+, I'd pass.

@nelsonmuntz is right that free agency is going to be wild. The longest contract is four years for any team but the existing, but some of these guys are going to be surprised that people don't want to give them even 4 years at inflated numbers. Too much dead cap space out there on too many teams.
 
I believe their exception is worth 9 million. A smart management will be able to turn 23 million plus this exception into an extremely good 6 man rotation. 7-15 are going to be minimum + 2nd round guys.
 
Walker11 said:
I believe their exception is worth 9 million. A smart management will be able to turn 23 million plus this exception into an extremely good 6 man rotation. 7-15 are going to be minimum + 2nd round guys.
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That’s the hard cap apron exception. They also could split that up between multiple players if they wanted to.

Teams who are taxpayers only have like 5m or something like that.

Another terrible rule by the nba.
 
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Walker11 said:
I believe their exception is worth 9 million. A smart management will be able to turn 23 million plus this exception into an extremely good 6 man rotation. 7-15 are going to be minimum + 2nd round guys.
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Collison and someone to start at SG for 23M seems feasible. Get a good 6th man with the MLE, and fill out the bench with ring chasers. There's definitely a path to a competitive team
 
the Q said:
That’s the hard cap apron exception. They also could split that up between multiple players if they wanted to.

Teams who are taxpayers only have like 5m or something like that.

Another terrible rule by the nba.
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I legitimately am extremely confused by the NBA salary cap.
 
Walker11 said:
I legitimately am extremely confused by the NBA salary cap.
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Because it’s unnecesarily complicated. Just like the nfl.
 
Walker11 said:
I legitimately am extremely confused by the NBA salary cap.
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the Q said:
Because it’s unnecesarily complicated. Just like the nfl.
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Sounds like even the Lakers front office is genuinely confused about it, as they try to figure out how to create enough space for another max contract and still have enough players to field a team.
 
8893 said:
Sounds like even the Lakers front office is genuinely confused about it, as they try to figure out how to create enough space for another max contract and still have enough players to field a team.
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Best part is the $5 mil stretched cap hold for Luol Deng is legitimately affecting their ability to get a max (unless they can convince the Pelicans to do the trade on the 30th).
 
the Q said:
That’s the hard cap apron exception. They also could split that up between multiple players if they wanted to.

Teams who are taxpayers only have like 5m or something like that.

Another terrible rule by the nba.
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Why is that a terrible rule? The cap complexity all comes from the NBA coming up with ways for teams to go a little over the cap. It doesn't even stop teams from going way over the cap if they want to, although it becomes very expensive for them to do that.

The NBA salary cap is very player friendly given the guaranteed revenue split it has built in.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Why is that a terrible rule? The cap complexity all comes from the NBA coming up with ways for teams to go a little over the cap. It doesn't even stop teams from going way over the cap if they want to, although it becomes very expensive for them to do that.

The NBA salary cap is very player friendly given the guaranteed revenue split it has built in.
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Everyone should have the same exception. Like the good ole days
 
HuskyHawk said:
Expected. He has a huge contract hit, and they are drafting Morant. They should now have some cap room.
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Especially since Jonas opted out.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Expected. He has a huge contract hit, and they are drafting Morant. They should now have some cap room.
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I'm happy because this all but guarantees nobody is getting #2 from them and the Knicks will get Barrett
 
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Good trade for everyone involved, except maybe Crowder. Conley will be a perfect fit for that Jazz team.

In addition, this takes away a max contract slot that was available for a free agent. Utah is now close to the cap, and I would expect to see Memphis stay under the cap with a team that will win 20 games next year.
 


I like Ilyasova. He is a very productive 20 mpg guy right now, and is better than Mirotic. Ilyasova is only $7MM/year and only has 2 years left. Snell has a bad contract at $11.5/year and no one is going to take it, even if you package it with Ilyasova.
 
navery12 said:
I'm happy because this all but guarantees nobody is getting #2 from them and the Knicks will get Barrett
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What do you make of them working out Garland the other day? Smoke? Insurance?
 
Rubio would be a decent pickup at point if Boston loses Kyrie. A pass first point would be great for the other players.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Rubio would be a decent pickup at point if Boston loses Kyrie. A pass first point would be great for the other players.
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It's an okay move. Helps the Jays development but doesn't really add much. I'd prefer they try for a young star on a similar timeline as Tatum/brown if possible
 
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8893 said:
What do you make of them working out Garland the other day? Smoke? Insurance?
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The optimist in me thinks it was preparing for the scenario where Barrett goes 2 and doing their due diligence on Morant vs Garland.

The realist in me says they're overthinking what should be an obvious choice
 
husky429 said:
It's an okay move. Helps the Jays development but doesn't really add much. I'd prefer they try for a young star on a similar timeline as Tatum/brown if possible
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Deangelo Russell?

Not much out there that fits your description
 
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