closg00 wrote:BearlyBallin wrote:Goodwin is on a two way contract so he can’t be poached by another team, but he is limited to 50 days with the Wizards. Around that time maybe the team will have an open roster available for him.
I read somewhere his current salary is half of the rookie min, so around $ 509,000 ?
Understood, but either he signs again on a two-way (unlikely), or the Wiz have to offer a contract. Given that we already have JD in the wings, the exact same set of circumstances that led to Matthews being pinched exists.
Hey, we all want to keep Jordan Goodwin! Who wouldn't? But, no, the circumstances don't remotely resemble those around Mathews. I just posted a reminder of how that went down. The current situation is not similar.
We cannot convert Jordan Goodwin to a regular contract right now -- & it's hard to see how we'll be able to do it before the trade deadline.
Right now we have 15 guaranteed contracts. I.e., if we were to waive, say, Isaiah Todd to create a roster spot for Goodwin, we'd still have to pay Todd's full salary this year.
That alone probably wouldn't stand in the way of making the move, but... we are @$90K under the luxury tax line right now. Cutting Todd & signing Jordan would take us over that line. Thus, we'd be paying a high premium to add Goodwin.
Unless there's a big move at this year's trade deadline, it's not going to be possible to add him this year. & for that matter it won't get any easier for next year either! Here's why:
As it stands, we have just over $145m in guaranteed contracts to 11 players
next year: Beal, KP, Kuzma, Morris, Wright, Deni, Davis, Kispert, Gafford, Gill & Todd.
In addition, we have a cheap team option on Vernon Carey at $2m, & assuming we don't make the playoffs (& have to give up our 2023 R1 pick) we'll add at least 1 rookie at @$4.5-5m & -- plus at least 1 player out of R2 (unless we keep mismanaging the draft, that is!).
That would give us 14 players at almost $152m -- i.e. over this year's luxury tax line.
According to
https://hoopshype.com/salaries/washington_wizards/ we have the right to give Goodwin a qualifying offer for next year. That means we have some control over him. & we would have the roster spot to give him a multi-year contract. But how much room we'll have under next year's tax line will affect what kind of deal we can make.
Plus, I assume you've noticed that none of the preceding includes Rui. Of course, we don't have to pick up Carey's $2m option, in which case there'll be a roster spot for him. But, unless he signs for that same low $2m price, it's hard to see how we can wrap up Goodwin & still remain below the tax line. Unless, of course, it takes a pretty big jump!
You've probably also noticed that I included Todd for next year. That's b/c he has a fully guaranteed contract for next year too! Why did we give him 3 guaranteed years, you're wondering...? Beats me!
Thus, it should be obvious that we'll need to make some significant moves at this season's trade deadline if we are going to keep Goodwin.