JBSouthpaw wrote:Hollinger takes a look at all the extensions, here is his summary on Jalen:
By locking in Suggs for five years on a deal where the money descends year-to-year — something that wouldn’t be possible via matching an offer sheet — the Magic give themselves the upside of potentially the most important years of the contract. Those are the years at the end of the deal, right when the rest of their roster is at its most expensive (presuming a max extension for Paolo Banchero).
Suggs’ deal will pay him $35 million in 2025-26, according to league sources, which doesn’t sound great. However, having him locked in at $26.8 million and $26.7 million in the last two years, for his age-27 and age-28 seasons, sounds absolutely delightful. Orlando will have two max deals by then and will potentially have to pay other recent draft picks and/or fortify the roster via midlevel free agents and trades. Declining Suggs 8 percent a year while the cap is rising 10 percent a year leaves Orlando some generous wiggle room to navigate the new Apron Era.
This smells like moving some picks next year:
This strategy likely involves a bit of short-term pain because there’s another wrinkle to this as well. The Magic have 15 players under contract for next season and will have two first-round draft picks in June. By front-loading Suggs’ contract, they put themselves $11 million over next year’s tax line. They have the optionality to get back under, with four different team options totaling $24 million plus a couple of other tradable contracts, but it’s an interesting choice when a more traditional structure would have taken the tax and apron much further out of play next season.
magic have 11 players under contract next yr..harris,moe wagner,houstan and joesph all team options..picks easy fit with joseph and houstan not picked up
edit after see you had the 4 ..my bad
