mopper8 wrote:So, if we acquire Bosh @ max salary for a TPE + picks, we will have, and re-sign Wade @ max salary, we will have $13,756,551 under the cap to spend (same if we just sign him outright). That's enough room, btw, to keep UD's Bird Rights but not Dorell's. These #s all assume rescinding our QO to Joel Anthony and renouncing his rights.
If we ship out Beasley in the S&T, we will have $18,245,187 to spend, enough to retain both the Bird Rights of UD & Dorell
If we ship out Chalmers in the S&T, we will have $14,137,336 to spend, enough for UD but not Dorell
And if we ship BOTH out in the S&T, $18,653,972
So we'll have anywhere from 13.75 mil to 18.65 mil to spend in FA no matter how we play it with Bosh.
If Wade & Bosh both do opt to take reduced salary, btw, we will have even more space.
Also, for every player we add, we remove a cap hold, reducing the amount that player hits us against the cap. So, e.g., a player that we sign for a deal starting at $5 mil only gets us closer to the cap by ~4.4 mil. So split up properly, 18.65 mil could bring in 20-21 mil worth of players.
I had completely forgotten about that little detail. Thanks!