Post#94 » by younggunsmn » Mon Jul 3, 2023 2:01 am
Was curious about our '24/25 cap situation so I ran some numbers.
I'm assuming that the salary cap will go up the maximum 10% next year, and along with that also the tax levels.
I'm penciling in an extension for Ant which assumes he does not meet supermax criteria,
and an extension starting at 27.5 million for Jaden.
I'm assuming he will get slightly higher than the 4/108 Cameron Johnson just signed with the Nets
2024/25 Estimated Salary Cap 149.523,100
2024/25 Estimated Luxury Tax 181,823,400
2024/25 Estimated 1st Apron 189,580,600
2024/25 Estimated 2nd Apron 201,073,400
2024/25 Estimated 25% Max (0-6 yrs) 37,380,750
2024/25 Estimated 30% Max (7-9 yrs) 44,856,930
2024/25 Estimated 35% Max (10+ yrs) 52,333,085
2024/25 Estimated 2 Yr vet min 2,220,984
Guarantees:
1. Towns 52,333,085
2. Gobert 43,827,586
3. Edwards 37,380,750
4. McDaniels 27,500,000 (estimate)
5. Reid 13,986,432
6. NAW 4,600,000
7. Moore 2,537,000
8. Minott 2,019,699
9. Miller 1,800,000
Total 185,984,552
+ 5 vet mins 11,104,920
Total 197,089,472
Player Options:
Milton 5,200,000
+2,979,016 than a vet min
Brown Jr 4,100,000
+1,879,016 than a vet min
Draft Picks
Own 1st rounder
2nd, lesser of Mem/Washington
Free Agents
Conley (unrestricted, bird rights)
Anderson (unrestricted, early bird rights)
Garza (2-way restricted)
1. Towns 52,333,085
2. Gobert 43,827,586
3. Edwards 37,380,750
4. McDaniels 27,500,000 (estimate)
5. Reid 13,986,432
6. Milton 5,200,000
7. NAW 4,600,000
8. Brown Jr 4,100,000
9. 1st round pick 4,000,000 (estimate, early 20s pick)
10. Moore 2,537,000
11. Minott 2,019,699
12. Miller 1,800,000
13. 2nd round pick 1,800,000 (estimate, 3 year Hinkie)
14. Vet min 2,220,984
203,505,536
So we are looking at being right up against/over the highly punitive 2nd tax apron,
over 20 million into the luxury tax.
No hope of using even the taxpayer MLE.
And that's before even thinking about re-signing Anderson or Conley.
And if Edwards meets supermax criteria, his extension will start about 7.5 million higher.
So we could technically run this team back, it' would just cost a LOT of money.
I'm not going to run the 2025/26 numbers, but they will probably be about right along the same lines with the raises in the big 4 deals roughly cancelling out the 10% max bump in the cap
Naz will have a player option for that cap year, and NAW, Milton, and Brown would all be unrestricted free agents.
We will have no 1st round pick that year and have Utah's 2nd rounder.