MettaWorldPanda wrote:Does anyone have the Pompey pay wall article on what the Sixers need to do in order to sign Tucker to the deal? Did they mention Heat S&T? I need details.
DIRECT FROM THE ARTICLE:
However, several league sources say Tucker will choose the Sixers’ three-year, $30 million offer over opportunities to remain in Miami or go back to Milwaukee after free agency begins at 6 p.m. Thursday. Tucker could receive $27 million guaranteed with reachable incentives that could get him to $30 million, sources say.
The problem is, the Sixers won’t have the available salary-cap space if James Harden picks up his $47.36 million player option, as he previously said he would.
Sources believe Harden will sign a two-year extension for a little less than the maximum after picking up that option. So if Harden opts in, the Sixers will have $151.7 million in salary tied up with 13 players. And this is where things get tricky.
If the Sixers add a player via sign-and-trade this summer or use their $4.1 million biannual exception or the $10.3 million non-taxpayer mid-level exception (which is the best path for Tucker), they can’t go over the $155.7 million luxury-tax apron for next season.
So the team would have to shed about $8.2 million to use the non-taxpayer mid-level exception and have enough room under the luxury-tax apron to afford a veteran-minimum contract ($1.8 million) for their 15th roster spot.
Right now, all the Sixers have to offer free agents are minimum contracts and an MLE of around $6.4 million after acquiring De’Anthony Melton and his $8.25 million salary in a draft-night trade with the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Sixers could send Melton to a team that would take on his salary without sending a player back to create the space needed to acquire Tucker. They just wouldn’t be able to aggregate his salary along with another player to make the deal work. However, it wouldn’t make sense to get rid of the three-and-D player who provides what they need.
Another avenue for the Sixers could be an attempt to package a combination of Furkan Korkmaz ($5 million), Matisse Thybulle ($4.3 million), and Georges Niang ($3.4 million) to a team without getting a player back in return.
An outside option could be trying to do a sign-and-trade with the Heat for Tucker.
