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I was about to forget that we sold the 31th pick, and that ASG said it will be used to improve the team by signing players.

I know that when they said they would spend for the right players, we could not imagine anything because what we could call a "right player" doesn't mean it's the same for ASG, and sure they can use this argument as long as they want.
But it means that they have the money to do it, or they would say "we can't go over the Tax, even for the right player".
Now, when they said they will use the 3M to add players, they said it and not that they would put it in their pocket.


It means that our cap cap can goes at 70.307 + 1.500 = $71.807M
This is at least the amount we went to see them use on players.

We are at $65,097,034 with 10 players. This leaves $6,709,966

So they can use it on:
- two minimum contracts counting max at $854,389 (even if it's a 10 years veteran at $1,352,181, he will only count as $854,389)
- one players at up to $5,001,188

they can also sign:
- one minimum at $854,389
- trade for a player with of salary of up to $3.6M with Childress TPE
- sign one player for at least $2,255,577


IMO, it's the minimum they have to do, unless they really thinks we are fools and continue to not respect anything they said.

the ASG are not going to pay the luxury tax for the third best team in the division.

They could do 2 minimum players and another player for 3.5 million without paying the tax. Thats a far more realistic scenario.

The answer is most likely 3 1 year minimum deals to preserve flexibility to resign Al Horford next season without exceeding a tax threshold. Any commitment beyond 1 year could force them into luxury tax area to resign Horford. That's another reason Jamal Crawford and Maurice Evans are likely to expire and walk rather than be used in a trade or resigned.

2011 lineup:
Jeff Teague / Mike Bibby
Joe Johnson / Jordan Crawford
Marvin Williams
Josh Smith / 2011 1st rounder
Al Horford / Zaza Pachulia

and 4 minimum filler contracts.

The plan for this team is that the core continues to improve and that the time together without major change should make them an even more formidable unit. We'll see. I'd like it better if we got some bargain 2nd round contributions to round out the lineup like San Antonio, Houston, or Utah rather than utilizing the store in Europe system. Our minimum salary vet program sends to have lame returns.

evildallas wrote:The answer is most likely 3 1 year minimum deals to preserve flexibility to resign Al Horford next season without exceeding a tax threshold. Any commitment beyond 1 year could force them into luxury tax area to resign Horford. That's another reason Jamal Crawford and Maurice Evans are likely to expire and walk rather than be used in a trade or resigned

If all that happen and the team does same thing than the two previous seasons, maybe it will be time to forget this team, at least for 6 years.