KuruptedCav wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:No, it is for any team who uses above the tax payer portion of the MLE, i parsed that portion out because it will obviously be higher once the MLE is $12.2 million this summer.jbk1234 wrote:
The taxpayer portion of the MLE is the relevant language. It's for teams already in the tax and is roughly half of the standard MLE.
Wizards used above the taxpayer MLE but were not a tax paying team, were still hard capped by at the apron.
https://www.sportsbusinessclassroom.com/nba-2022-23-luxury-tax-tracker/
I struggle to find many plausible scenarios where a $170mil hard cap is a problem this year.
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For 13 guys (the 7 guaranteed players + all team options, non-guarantees, full MLE, BAE, and pick #49) Cavs are at about $144 million. LeVert's cap hold is $28.19 million, if he is re-signed his number will obviously be lower than that, idk by how much, hard to project.
So yeah, should have no issue staying below $170 million but they will be in the neighborhood for sure, if they plan to re- sign LeVert.