Devilanche wrote:Pre-season sounds great so far .
I hope this means we cut our losses with Bazely (in terms of no extension and reduced bench role if not traded away )
I think Bazley and Nwaba are matching salaries that could take back two guys making $10 million each for two guys not even making $10 million combined. or they can just let Bazley's contract expire and Nwaba has a team option on 6/29/23 - at that point you will know how much potential salary cap space the Thunder have and who will be available to make the best decision possible.
I don't think they have interest in taking on a guy who has another year on his deal. Spots 1-12 are basically spoken for on the 23-24 team, spot 13 will go to the top lottery pick the draft in 8 months. Then if the options are picked up on Nawab and Muscala they have 15 guys. If the options aren't picked up they have 2 spots open and about $28 million under the cap. They also can have up to 4 FRP's in the '24 NBA draft.
They can always opt out of Muscala's team option then sign him to the minimum after they use their $28 million is cap space. They will also be able to carry 5 additional players so they might just use the space to take on bad contracts at a price of a draft pick down the line. Presti will never run low on draft picks ever again during his GM career.
