Kahn's goals now: dev, draft 2010, cap space

[Wolves2011]

Right now they have $30 million comitted.
But Brad Miller and Tyrus Thomas are expiring. Tyrus is a restricted free agent.
They might let him go.....if they could sign Wade...
Thats why I think we might want to think about chasing Tyrus.... if he plays well this year....
[If Hollins plays well it might not be necessary.]

Wyn is projecting a $53.6 mil cap for 2010-11. Deng $11,345,000, Hinrich $9,000,000, Salmons $5,808,000 (player option), Rose $5,546,160 (team option), Tyrus Thomas $6,256,806 (team option), Noah $3,128,536 (team option), James Johnson $1,713,600, Taj $1,117,680, They'll also have a cap hold for their #1 pick next year.
If all options are picked up that puts their salary at $43.9 mil + 1st rd pick
If they don't pick up Thomas' option, they are at $37.7 mil + 1st rd pick. Assuming a $53.6 mil cap and $1 mil for their first round pick, this would only leave them at $14.9 mil under. LBJ and Wade max deals are going to start at like $17.4 mil. I don't see them not picking up Noah or Rose. They would probably need to make a trade(s) for expirings to have enough cap room.

I'm not sure about this, but I think the "max contract" amount is a percentage of the Cap. So if the cap goes down, the Max contract amount might also go down.

[Either that or teams tie up more of their cap money in a few superstars.]

If someone knows with "Certainty" if what I've said is correct I'd appreciate it.

FYI, when the NBA released the new cap level this summer, they also said they expected the cap to fall to the $50 million level next season, even lower than what you've shown.

[Biff Cooper]

Right now they have $30 million comitted.
But Brad Miller and Tyrus Thomas are expiring. Tyrus is a restricted free agent.
They might let him go.....if they could sign Wade...
Thats why I think we might want to think about chasing Tyrus.... if he plays well this year....
[If Hollins plays well it might not be necessary.]

Wyn is projecting a $53.6 mil cap for 2010-11. Deng $11,345,000, Hinrich $9,000,000, Salmons $5,808,000 (player option), Rose $5,546,160 (team option), Tyrus Thomas $6,256,806 (team option), Noah $3,128,536 (team option), James Johnson $1,713,600, Taj $1,117,680, They'll also have a cap hold for their #1 pick next year.
If all options are picked up that puts their salary at $43.9 mil + 1st rd pick
If they don't pick up Thomas' option, they are at $37.7 mil + 1st rd pick. Assuming a $53.6 mil cap and $1 mil for their first round pick, this would only leave them at $14.9 mil under. LBJ and Wade max deals are going to start at like $17.4 mil. I don't see them not picking up Noah or Rose. They would probably need to make a trade(s) for expirings to have enough cap room.

I'm not sure about this, but I think the "max contract" amount is a percentage of the Cap. So if the cap goes down, the Max contract amount might also go down.

[Either that or teams tie up more of their cap money in a few superstars.]

If someone knows with "Certainty" if what I've said is correct I'd appreciate it.

FYI, when the NBA released the new cap level this summer, they also said they expected the cap to fall to the $50 million level next season, even lower than what you've shown.

My $17.4 mil is high. It should be $16.6 mil. Players are entitled to a 5% raise as a max salary regardless of the 25 or 30% cap value that is the other max salary limitation. I was incorrectly using 10.5% raise which is the year-to-year raise within the contract. (1.05 * $15,779,912 = $16.57 mil for LBJ and Wade)

See Coon FAQ 11
http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q11