Summer 2009 Cap Space Estimates

[shrink]

I had this buried in another thread, but I seem to keep returning to it, so I thought I'd give it its own thread.

MOST:
50,917,798 11 players next year
4,822,800 #1 pick (MIN)
1,465,440 #17 pick (MIA)
1,129,320 #24 pick (UTAH)
977,160 #27 pick (BOS)
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$59,312,518 .. over the cap

LEAST
50,917,798 11 players next year
2,623,200 #7 MIN
1,392,240 #18 MIA
0,000,000 UTA pick defered
957,120 #29 BOS
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$55,890,358

The cap last year was $58.68, and it should go down. We could always sell/trade picks to clear more cap space, but I don't think we'll be far enough under the cap to do anything signicant, and to do so would mean we'd have to dump our MLE.

[Vindicater]

yet another reason to hope utahs pick gets defereed

[casey]

I'm not sure where you're pulling those rookie numbers from, but they're not accurate.

edit: looks like you're using the max salaries for last year's rookies. Might as well use what it's going to be for next year, since we already know what it is: http://www.nbpa.org/cba_exhibits/exhibitB.php

[Vindicater]

So whats the new salaray estimate?