Any interest in JO or Tinsley

magicman123 · Post #21 » by **magicman123** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 8:32 pm

yea, our future rest with dwight howard, rashard lewis, and jameer nelson, then finding some nice pieces either from trades, FA, or the draft..we might be able to keep hedo, but maybe we can trade some of our expirings, keith bogans and foyle expire next year

Cammo101 · Post #22 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 9:09 pm

Tinsley would be the perfect backup PG for us. Sadly, he makes too much to be our backup PG.

I want nothing to do with JO.

macdalejax · Post #23 » by **macdalejax** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 11:21 pm

Tinsley would be a great starting PG IMO if he'd just get is act together and stay healthy.

JTSUCF · Post #24 » by **JTSUCF** » Sat Jun 7, 2008 12:38 am

Youre leaving out Dwights and Jameers extensions. Not to mention whatever Hedo gets next year. We wouldnt be in a position to add a max player, we wouldnt have the cap space. We only had the window for a max free agent open for 1 season, and that window is now closed.

This is actually an inaccurate statement. As of right now, if the Magic could pull a JO for Lewis swap, the only Magic men who are currently signed through the summer of 2010 are Dwight & Jameer. Per Hoopshype, this would account for roughly $22 million dollars. Given a cap of $60 million for that summer (That would be an increase of $5 million in 2 years) That would leave $38 million available. A player with atleast 7 years in the league would command 30% of the cap as a first year salary. This would be $18 million, which would mean the Magic could have $20 million worth of salary in addition to Dwight & Jameer and still sign a max free-agent. If Hedo opted out of his contract and we signed him to a 5/$50 million dollar deal with 12.5% raises his salary would be $9 million that summer. The Magic could easily fill the remaining $11 million with players on their rookie contracts.

With that said, the odds that Larry Legend would trade JO for the worst long-term contract in the NBA is highly unlikely.

lovehoops01 · Post #25 » by **lovehoops01** » Sat Jun 7, 2008 5:31 am

JTSUCF wrote:
Youre leaving out Dwights and Jameers extensions. Not to mention whatever Hedo gets next year. We wouldnt be in a position to add a max player, we wouldnt have the cap space. We only had the window for a max free agent open for 1 season, and that window is now closed.

This is actually an inaccurate statement. As of right now, if the Magic could pull a JO for Lewis swap, the only Magic men who are currently signed through the summer of 2010 are Dwight & Jameer. Per Hoopshype, this would account for roughly $22 million dollars. Given a cap of $60 million for that summer (That would be an increase of $5 million in 2 years) That would leave $38 million available. A player with atleast 7 years in the league would command 30% of the cap as a first year salary. This would be $18 million, which would mean the Magic could have $20 million worth of salary in addition to Dwight & Jameer and still sign a max free-agent. If Hedo opted out of his contract and we signed him to a 5/$50 million dollar deal with 12.5% raises his salary would be $9 million that summer. The Magic could easily fill the remaining $11 million with players on their rookie contracts.

With that said, the odds that Larry Legend would trade JO for the worst long-term contract in the NBA is highly unlikely.

Besides that, the likelihood of any team going into a summer with only two players under contract for the next season is extremely unlikely.

MagicalMan · Post #26 » by **MagicalMan** » Sun Jun 8, 2008 12:24 am

JTSUCF wrote:
Youre leaving out Dwights and Jameers extensions. Not to mention whatever Hedo gets next year. We wouldnt be in a position to add a max player, we wouldnt have the cap space. We only had the window for a max free agent open for 1 season, and that window is now closed.

This is actually an inaccurate statement. As of right now, if the Magic could pull a JO for Lewis swap, the only Magic men who are currently signed through the summer of 2010 are Dwight & Jameer. Per Hoopshype, this would account for roughly $22 million dollars. Given a cap of $60 million for that summer (That would be an increase of $5 million in 2 years) That would leave $38 million available. A player with atleast 7 years in the league would command 30% of the cap as a first year salary. This would be $18 million, which would mean the Magic could have $20 million worth of salary in addition to Dwight & Jameer and still sign a max free-agent. If Hedo opted out of his contract and we signed him to a 5/$50 million dollar deal with 12.5% raises his salary would be $9 million that summer. The Magic could easily fill the remaining $11 million with players on their rookie contracts.

With that said, the odds that Larry Legend would trade JO for the worst long-term contract in the NBA is highly unlikely.

so assuming Hedo signed for the amount you mentioned, we would have 4 players on the roster and 11million? You think thats enough to bring in a max free agent and fill out 10 more roster spaces?