Hornets Cap Outlook

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #81 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:36 pm

Shiny new salary cap site.

https://www.whatsthecap.com/

Post #82 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:44 pm

Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:Shiny new salary cap site.

https://www.whatsthecap.com/

So we'll have $5 mil in cap space?

That's barely the signing of our 1st round pick!!

GlenRiceARoni · Post #83 » by **GlenRiceARoni** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:45 pm

BigSlam wrote:
Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:Shiny new salary cap site.

https://www.whatsthecap.com/

So we'll have $5 mil in cap space?

That's barely the signing of our 1st round pick!!

Lol. I wish we had $5m in cap space. It's all gone after the plumlee trade

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Bassman · Post #84 » by **Bassman** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:21 am

Welcome to the disaster of this front office' choices. Welcome to the treadmill. Welcome to ... oh never mind. I think we all knew how bad it would be, but it's still depressing.

316Hornets · Post #85 » by **316Hornets** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:25 am

The core is still young, it's not as if we have an aging DRose or Joakim Noah. It's a little intimidating to be locked into the guys we have, but I don't think it's all bad. A solid draft choice and a trade could get us right where we need to be.

catch20two · Post #86 » by **catch20two** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:19 am

Can't blame Cho for any of this. It's MJ's fault. Fred Whitfield's too.

TheKingofSting · Post #87 » by **TheKingofSting** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:02 am

Kemba wants Blake Griffin. I have to wonder if he knows our crappy cap situation.

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GlenRiceARoni · Post #88 » by **GlenRiceARoni** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:22 am

The situation isn't nearly as dire as many of you make it out to be.

You're talking about a lineup that has one of the best net ratings for two years running.

Too much negativity

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TheKingofSting · Post #89 » by **TheKingofSting** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:00 am

GlenRiceARoni wrote:The situation isn't nearly as dire as many of you make it out to be.

You're talking about a lineup that has one of the best net ratings for two years running.

Too much negativity

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Cho will have to get creative, at this point we can't afford to upgrade the bench.

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Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #90 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:16 pm

It really depends on HOW the bench gets upgraded. Signing some young guys with potential and having an energetic & athletic bench seems doable to me. Cliff would hate that though. He wants vets who aren't going to make as many mistakes. That's going to be more difficult.

Cho is going to have the draft picks and both exceptions but no real cap room to work with. Given this & his contract situation, I'm expecting a trade or two.

Post #91 » by **JDR720** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:15 pm

So we have 5m cap space? Does that include sessions or no?

BlackOutBuzz · Post #92 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:16 pm

JDR720 wrote:So we have 5m cap space? Does that include sessions or no?

No, we're well over.

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GlenRiceARoni · Post #93 » by **GlenRiceARoni** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:01 pm

TheKingofSting wrote:
GlenRiceARoni wrote:The situation isn't nearly as dire as many of you make it out to be.

You're talking about a lineup that has one of the best net ratings for two years running.

Too much negativity

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Cho will have to get creative, at this point we can't afford to upgrade the bench.

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We have the MLE and a lotto pick...

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TheKingofSting · Post #94 » by **TheKingofSting** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:06 pm

GlenRiceARoni wrote:
TheKingofSting wrote:
GlenRiceARoni wrote:The situation isn't nearly as dire as many of you make it out to be.

You're talking about a lineup that has one of the best net ratings for two years running.

Too much negativity

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Cho will have to get creative, at this point we can't afford to upgrade the bench.

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We have the MLE and a lotto pick...

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The MLE won't get you much of a rotational quality player in this landscape. The draft will be huge and we may bemaking some trades.

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HornetJail · Post #95 » by **HornetJail** » Thu May 11, 2017 1:07 am

yeah it will. The MLE is jumping to $8-9M.

GlenRiceARoni · Post #96 » by **GlenRiceARoni** » Sun May 14, 2017 8:42 am

I really think the MLE can net someone solid because so many teams are over the cap this time around.

The big names will swallow up the remaining cap space and there will be some legit talent floating around.

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Kembastockton · Post #97 » by **Kembastockton** » Sun May 14, 2017 12:30 pm

316Hornets wrote:The core is still young, it's not as if we have an aging DRose or Joakim Noah. It's a little intimidating to be locked into the guys we have, but I don't think it's all bad. A solid draft choice and a trade could get us right where we need to be.

Exactly. We may capped out, but it is with young players who still have upside and nba skillsets. Maybe not much, but that makes them tradeable. Being on the tread mill implies that the team doesn't have many moves available. We actually are in a pretty good position. Let me throw some options out there for you guys you may not have thought about. Blake wants out of LA. Clippers most certainly don't want to loose him for nothing. The same is likely with JJ. So...

Nic/Frank /future lotto protected
for
Blake/JJ

Clips get a solid vet, a young player with potential, and a pick. If Blake and JJ resign we have our team to compete w/ Toronto, Boston, and Cleveland. If they don't resign we now have our cap space to make a run at Haywood.

Same with Melo. The Knicks want him gone. Mike wants him in Charlotte. They probably already have an under the table Jordan Brand deal if he gets here.

MKG/Nick/11/future 1st
Melo/Porzi

Knicks get value for Melo
Charlotte gets a superstar and a young stud. These trades might not happen, but they are to show you that when you have quality young players, picks, and skilled vets you have options.

catch20two wrote:Can't blame Cho for any of this. It's MJ's fault. Fred Whitfield's too.

I seriously doubt that Mike ordered Cho to trade for an over payed Dukie.

GlenRiceARoni wrote:I really think the MLE can net someone solid because so many teams are over the cap this time around.

The big names will swallow up the remaining cap space and there will be some legit talent floating around.

"Get Out the Way, Let the Real F. Ballas thru" - Juvenile

I think we will do some type of trade first. Cho likely will want to upgrade the team in some way, and then save the exceptions to see who is available after the free agent frenzy dies down.

HornetJail · Post #98 » by **HornetJail** » Sun May 14, 2017 6:08 pm

^ Neither of those trades even remotely make sense. New York would be dealing Melo to hand the keys to the franchise over to Porzingis. A more likely scenario is Plumlee, expirings, 11 for Melo, which I'm not crazy about, but wouldn't hate. The Clippers trade doesn't make sense either because both Blake and Redick are free agents, both would have to agree to come here, and for that to work financially, Redick would have to accept a contract less than $5M (assuming a Blake max is upwards of $30M)

Post #99 » by **fatlever** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:40 am

Read on Twitter

Post #100 » by **fatlever** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:40 am

Read on Twitter

I'm assuming this kills our ability to offer anyone the full MLE and also stay under the tax, right?