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“He’s looking for a Clint Capela-type of money,” Marks told Brian Windhorst.

For those who have forgotten how much the then-Rockets center received, here’s your reminder: Capela signed a five-year, $90-million extension deal with Houston in 2018. He was 24 at the time of the deal. Daryl Morey traded him to Atlanta in a four-team, 12-player deal not long before COVID-19 hit. Houston received Robert Covington in the deal and went small ball (under now Nets assistant Mike D’Antoni) to an extent not seen before in the NBA.

Capela had been more productive than Allen in the lead-up to that deal, comfortably averaging a double-double and two blocks a game. Allen has not yet had that success but in the Orlando “bubble,” he excelled, his game developing across a number of areas. In six seeding games, he averaged 15.7 points and 11.0 rebounds along with 1.2 blocks and most surprisingly, 4.2 assists. Then, in the Raptors four-game sweep of the Nets, he averaged 10.3 points, 14.8 boards (the highest in the NBA playoffs), 1.8 blocks and 2.3 assists. Those are Clint Capela numbers. Moreover, Allen is the Nets most durable player, missing two games in the “bubble” to rest after having played every game prior to the hiatus. He missed two games in 2018-19 as well.

For teams between $0 and $4,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $1.50 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $7.5 million.
For teams between $5,000,000 and $9,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $1.75 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $8.75 million.
For teams between $10,000,000 and $14,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $2.50 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $12.5 million.
For teams between $15,000,000 and $19,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $3.25 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $16.25 million.
And for teams $20,000,000 over the cap or above, the tax rate is $3.75 for every dollar over the cap, and increasing $0.50 for each additional $5,000,000 over $20,000,000.

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“He’s looking for a Clint Capela-type of money,” Marks told Brian Windhorst.

For those who have forgotten how much the then-Rockets center received, here’s your reminder: Capela signed a five-year, $90-million extension deal with Houston in 2018. He was 24 at the time of the deal. Daryl Morey traded him to Atlanta in a four-team, 12-player deal not long before COVID-19 hit. Houston received Robert Covington in the deal and went small ball (under now Nets assistant Mike D’Antoni) to an extent not seen before in the NBA.

Capela had been more productive than Allen in the lead-up to that deal, comfortably averaging a double-double and two blocks a game. Allen has not yet had that success but in the Orlando “bubble,” he excelled, his game developing across a number of areas. In six seeding games, he averaged 15.7 points and 11.0 rebounds along with 1.2 blocks and most surprisingly, 4.2 assists. Then, in the Raptors four-game sweep of the Nets, he averaged 10.3 points, 14.8 boards (the highest in the NBA playoffs), 1.8 blocks and 2.3 assists. Those are Clint Capela numbers. Moreover, Allen is the Nets most durable player, missing two games in the “bubble” to rest after having played every game prior to the hiatus. He missed two games in 2018-19 as well.

So what do you think?

The Nets are going to be in a pretty interesting situation this off-season. Joe Harris has been talked about as priority number 1 and it really comes down to what he's getting because they are already in the luxury tax. For those unfamiliar, this is how that works:

For teams between $0 and $4,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $1.50 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $7.5 million.
For teams between $5,000,000 and $9,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $1.75 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $8.75 million.
For teams between $10,000,000 and $14,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $2.50 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $12.5 million.
For teams between $15,000,000 and $19,999,999 over the cap, the tax rate is $3.25 for every dollar over the cap.
The incremental maximum for this level is $16.25 million.
And for teams $20,000,000 over the cap or above, the tax rate is $3.75 for every dollar over the cap, and increasing $0.50 for each additional $5,000,000 over $20,000,000.

Theres a lot to unpack here in regards to the Nets.

How much will Joe Harris get?
He averaged 14.5/4.5/2 on 48.6/42.5/72 shooting splits. He had better shooting splits the 2 previous years but had less of an offensive role. He's also a solid defensive player that can defend at least 3 positions, not all NBA level but certainly passable.
Some comparisons from last off season:
J. Lamb - 10.5 per/3 yr
JJ Redick - 13.25 per/2yr
T. Ross - 13.5 per/4yr
D. Green - 15 per/2yr

Safe to say he will get something in that range. Lets say 10.5. That adds a 21 million dollar tax payment for this year (plus what they pay Joe Harris for his services).

If they bring back Allen the next season, they could be looking at a luxury tax payment of nearly 50 million dollars for essentially their 5th and 6th guys... plus the players salaries. Also factor in Nash and D'Antoni have historically liked to push the ball and play faster AND SMALLER. They already have DeAndre Jordan, is there enough minutes to play both of them and Durant at the 5? They also drafted Claxton who Nets fans seem to really like.

So can they do it?
Is it worth it?
How much will Allen get on the open market?
Should they look to move him for a more cost controlled player that fits a little better?

JimmyPlopper wrote:How about Charlotte? They could use an anchor like Allen and may not have many options with their cap space.