MIN Will Eat your 2009-10 Salary. Any Takers?

shrink · Post #1 » by **shrink** » Thu Apr 2, 2009 4:26 pm

I threw this up on the Trade Board, which I think is a very good path for the Wolves to take this summer. Do you have thoughts on this? I'll let you know if there are any interesting offers.

shrink wrote: Minnesota is in a perfect position right now to eat 2009-10 salary to help get teams under the lux, or to shave off more room under the cap. They don't have urgent goals in 2009, and they don't have enough room under the cap in 2009 themselves to do anything, or offer it in trade. However, they have the flexibility to take on 2009-10 salary in trade, and the talent of the players involvd isn't an issue.

Expirings for expirings.

MIN can't take on 2010-11 salary, because every dollar would reduce its raw cap space next summer. However, they could certainly trade their expirings for another team's expirings that cost more (within 25% + $100,000), to give the other team raw cap space.

For example, I'd be looking at deals like:

MINNESOTA GETS: Bad expirings ($16) + "incentive"
OTHER TEAM GETS: Mike Miller ($10) + Madsen ($3) + $3 mil TPE.

Right now, MIN has only two players with 2010-11 salary on the books .. Al Jefferson and Sebastian Telfair. Every other player is an expiring, and in my mind, an expiring that could be traded, so the Wolves have expirings in all sorts of sizes and usefulness. They also have lots of picks to smooth out a deal.

MIL and WAS seem like good places to start, but who else would like to improve their finances this year? Who would like to dump non-productive expirings for a player or two that could help them on the court?

Devilzsidewalk · Post #2 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Apr 2, 2009 4:28 pm

trade board sucks, everybody is an idiot

shrink · Post #3 » by **shrink** » Thu Apr 2, 2009 4:30 pm

Devilzsidewalk wrote:trade board sucks, everybody is an idiot

I resemble that!!

Devilzsidewalk · Post #4 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Apr 2, 2009 4:48 pm

me too actually

john2jer · Post #5 » by **john2jer** » Thu Apr 2, 2009 5:40 pm

Me three.

Gotta wonder what 2009-10 Salary tastes like. It's lunch time and I'm hungry.

skorff26 · Post #6 » by **skorff26** » Thu Apr 2, 2009 11:51 pm

Teams that might be willing to trade us something to take on salary

Denver - Steven Hunter, 09 1st, +? (they will want to cut more salary) for TE
Detroit - Kwame, 09 1st (gives them more free agent cap space) for TE
Houston - Aaron Brooks, Brian Cook for Madsen (Luxury tax?)
LAL - Morrison, LAL 09 1st for Madsen (more money to resign people)
Mil - Ridnour, Alexander for Cardinal (to cut salary, or any other scenario that's available, it has been discussed plenty)
NO - J. Wright, Butler, A. Daniels for Madsen, Brown (luxury tax)
NY - QRich, 3 million cash for Cardinal (luxury tax)
OKC - Wilkins, one of their later 1sts (gives them more cap space) for TE
Orl - Battie, orl 1st, + something for Madsen
Pho - help them swing a 3 way deal to cut their salary
SAC - KT, Hous 1st for Cardinal
SA - Kurt Thomas, SA 1st for TE
Utah - Harping, Utah 1st for Madsen
Wsh - been discussed quite a bit already but something with etan thomas.

Post #7 » by **revprodeji** » Fri Apr 3, 2009 12:53 am

I would only do it for a big fish. Someone that could be a starter.

shrink · Post #8 » by **shrink** » Fri Apr 3, 2009 5:52 am

Thanks skorff! A bonanza of stuff to work with there!