Slava wrote:Deng makes $18M a year. Mozgov makes $16M a year. Put together that's $34 mil and not 40% of cap space when the cap is set at $100M+.
I still don't understand how Mozgov and Deng are stretchable when they make more than 15% of the cap.. is it because after signing PG13 you'd be a slightly over the cap team and 15% percent of your salary would be sligtly greater than roughly 15Million per year?
And I meant a resigned Randal + Deng or Mozgov would be *about* 40% of the salary cap. Sorry, if that was not clear, Mozgov or Deng + Randals RFA contract is only 25-28% of the cap.
Slava wrote:We could just not match Randle's offer sheet if that salary is a problem so adding him into this scrap heap is pointless scaremongering which we're not bound to fall for.
Excellent point, I had thought of using him to clear salary, to sign PG13 while his value is still such that that is possible -which probably ends this summer. But, I didn't even think of just letting him walk, if push came to shove.
Slava wrote:We can open up one max slot for Paul George by doing nothing but letting Black's contract expire and not matching Randle's offer sheet. We can open up a second one by dumping Clarkson and one of Deng/Mozgov but then again who is this second free agent we are sure to get? Unless we have an answer, dumping salary for the sake of dumping salary is pointless.
I agree, no need to dump salary just due to rumors... As a fan of a team who has been chasing "big fish" for years,I can tell you... Stuff can go sideways... Never give up assets on the hope of landing a FA... For sure.
Slava wrote:GS dumped $20M per year over two contract years on Utah with 2 protected firsts when they needed money to sign Iguodola. So if you take that as a baseline the asking price won't be Russell or Ingram and we are not half stupid to use top lottery picks to dump salary. That is just a point of no negotiation if a team asks for it.
That was a pretty epic deal for G.S. (turned out well for Utah to, Gobert right?) I think the team your trading with would have to be in the perfect, non competitive, just happy to add assets when they're knowledgeable they cannot add FA's stage of team development. *I* wouldn't consider that deal market value. Teams aren't going to want to help L.A., that's just a warning to a respectable Laker fan poster. If we see L.A.L. against the wall we will leave them there a lot longer when they are going after an all star than we would have G.S. at that time chasing Iggy. Many people were surprised AT THE TIME when Utah took that deal. I doubt they would have done that deal to help L.A.L. land a perinial all star. Jordan Clarkson is also not an asset to move Moz or Deng. That gets you back to taking up over 1/3 of a teams cap space for non impact players to help L.A.L.... Very silly, someone probably would if you add a couple of firsts and Nance.. I wouldn't without Ingram or Russell..
------------If we want to know what it takes to move a 15-18Million per year contract, in the new cba, post Iggy on the Warriors we should look at what Porland is getting offered.
Most people want #15 and #20 for taking on Turner or Leonard, and people who believe Crabbe is useful want at least #20 for him. They know Portland is against the wall.... But that is just realgm, let's see what actually happens..
So, Slava with YOU my Randal + albatross + minor asset deal is DOA? Or was I just asking to much?
Would you do Devin Harris (4million expiring -only 2M guranteed) for Randal + Mozgov + #28?
After the last post you wrote, I tend to think your fanbase should decline this offer...