They_Them_Hatin wrote:I think Beal will be more movable with 2 years left.
I don’t see the KD trade being worth while. I would try and move Beal first. They harassed the wrong GM in Florida for months. Should’ve been harassing Orlando’s GM instead. They keep drafting their replacements and have a lot of depth.
Beal for KCP+Cole+Goga or WCJ & Jett. Orlando needs a scorer, Suns need depth and a competent center. Plus they all expire at the same time. Orlando moves nothing of value if Ja becomes available and have picks 16 & 25 to replace their depth. Beal goes to a contender in a warm tax free state.
Suns
PG Free agent/Cole
SG Booker/KCP/Grayson
SF Dunn/Royce/Jett
PF KD/ Bol Bol
C Goga or WCJ/Richards/Oso
Nurkic trade got us out the 2nd apron so we can combine contracts.
We've tried. We've probably spoken with every other GM in the league to try and reroute Beal somewhere else because Riley wasn't going to take him but nobody wants him. If he was any other expensive contract, it would be an easier sell because in a year or so time, you could move him as an expiring. But having a NTC greatly complicates things because not only would a team have to have the salary to make a deal work in the first place, he'll also need to allow the deal to go through for it to happen. It's also more than likely a team willing to take him on will be a team that isn't going to be very good so why would Beal want to go there.
I don't believe we'll be operating as a team under the 2nd apron. We likely will still need to reduce salary further.
lilfishi22 wrote:We don't need to buy out Martin or Micic because both are expiring/non-guaranteed which I fully expect we'll let them go for nothing. 2nd Apron line is expected to be at $207.8m at the start of the offseason and without Martin or Micic, we'll be sitting at around $202m. But we'll need to add 6-7 vet min guys at around $2.2m to meet the roster requirements so that alone is going to take us back over the 2nd apron.
In essence we will most likely continue to be a 2nd apron team, unless we move KD to a team that can absorb a chunk of his salary. Teams under the 1st apron can absorb up to 125% (+100k) of incoming salary. So if we moved KD, we could take back as little as $43m in salary or a net reduction of around $10m in salary. Obviously teams with cap space can take on more and give back less but I'd say most teams who want KD are probably operating well above the salary cap. Grayson and O'Neal are certainly candidates too.
