Keep Boozer, use the full MLE on Mirotic, and use the BAE (about $2 million) to get another cheap bench player (or starter at SG!
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OR
Amnesty Boozer, leaving about 12.4 million in cap space to sign Mirotic and one more free agent, plus the room MLE of 2.7 million
To me, it's not an easy choice. The guys in that 5-7 mil range we could sign with cap space after Mirotic signs mostly suck balls, especially at SG (imagine paying Jordan crawford 7 mil a year!). BUT, Boozer kinda also sucks and projects to be the third best PF next year. IF Thibbs will play Boozer off the bench as the backup C, and/or Thibbs will let Taj guard the SF some (when he's in with 2 out of Boozer, Noah, and Mirotic), I think keeping Boozer might be best.
The BAE vs room MLE are pretty close in dollar amount, but I wanted to be thorough on what I preceive as the total differences in the two scenarios. It mostly comes down to Boozer vs. a free agent costing 5-7 million.