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Philadelphia has a committed payroll of $34.5M next year for 7 players. They must charge the rookie scale amount for their upcoming draft pick, that's $1.5M more. They must then add the cap holds of 3 minimum salary vets at $0.44M each.

So their lowest possible committed payroll is roughly $37.5M, giving them $21M in cap room. However, they are almost sure to retain Bird Rights for Iguodala and Williams. Williams' cap hold is cheap - about $1M (and they'd get to subtract one of the minimum salary vets from the calculation, making it just a $0.6M charge to their cap figure). Iguodala's cap hold is $8.4M. So after factoring their cap holds, the Sixers will have a payroll of $46.0M, leaving them roughly $12.5M in cap space.

They could have $13.5M if they trade their first round pick. But that's unlikely because they need to make that decision before the draft, and the draft takes place before free agency. I seriously doubt they'd give away their pick just to give them an extra $1M to use in a longshot gamble at signing Arenas.

So effectively, Philadelphia will have no more than $12.5M in cap space. They can offer a five year contract starting at $12.5M with 8% raises. That amounts to a 5-year deal worth $72.5M.

Ernie Grunfeld could simply offer Arenas an extension of his existing contract with 10.5% raises and crush that offer. A new contract starting at just $12.8M with 10.5% raises totals $77.4M over 5 years (or $97M over 6 years).

One other issue. Iggy's cap hold is only $8.4M prior to him signing a new contract. He's going to want more. If anybody else offers more, he'll sign that contract and force Philly to match. The moment Philly matches, Iggy's cap figure will be his new salary which will restrict Philly's cap space.

The same goes for Williams. There are sure to be several suitors for Williams who will quickly offer $4-5M a year for him. Once such an offer is on the table, Philly won't have long before they have to match, replacing Williams $1M cap hold with a new salary figure of $4-5M.

Time will not be on Arenas' side.

magicfan4life05 wrote:Hey miller, do you know the thread he had all the salary info for each team?

thanks

BDM22 wrote:You're forgetting Iguodala. He's not going to play for the qualifying offer, and I'm not sure of the number, but there is a hold on the cap.

10scott10 wrote:

BDM22 wrote:You're forgetting Iguodala. He's not going to play for the qualifying offer, and I'm not sure of the number, but there is a hold on the cap.

3.8 million is the cap hold i think, but i am unsure

510Reggae wrote:So when teams wait out their massive expirings / bad deals, thats when they have the BEST salary cap management in the NBA?

I'll give this award to the team that wins the ring. The Celtics have some good salary cap management.

Teen Girl Squad wrote:Open space this season /= good management. Webbers contract proves that. They just happen to have a good young team and ditched all their bad contracts (via trade and buyout).

_BBIB_ wrote:If the Sixers steal Josh Smith from the Hawks they will be team I hate most in the league.

And what a scary future they could have.

Louis Williams
Iggy
Thad Young
Josh Smith
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