Post#418 » by SlimShady83 » Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:04 am
Karmaloop wrote:SlimShady83 wrote:Laker have, $14.2m ish to spend this season, just a question. What happens if they DON'T spend that, what happens to next season, how much will they have? does it roll over next season If they don't spend this season?? Next offseason more talent IMO should wait then, even though there a couple players I'd like this off season; Sharpe/Laravia etc, still be ok with them waiting, at least in FA.
Not sure where you're getting $14.2M unless LeBron is willing to take a substantial haircut. I'm not going to say never, but that seems unlikely at this point. They're at $118.2M minus cap holds assuming that LeBron and DFS opt out and they waive Shake Milton. Figure in a new max deal for LBJ, and that number climbs to just over $172.3M. Given the lack of teams with spending power, my guess is DFS gets something around nt-MLE or maybe slightly higher. Something like 3 years, $42M sounds about right so that would push the Lakers to ~$186M. That gives the Lakers roughly $20M to stay below the 2nd apron. They only have ~$9M to spend to stay below 1st apron, so they'd need to dump salary if they wanted to use the nt-MLE. Obviously, LeBron taking a haircut would change the equation but I don't think he will.
Google.
How much can the Lakers spend in free agency?
Their primary way to upgrade their roster will be a future first-round pick (either 2031 or 2032), over $70 million in expiring contracts and either the the non-taxpayer midlevel exception (projected to start at $14.1 million annually) or the taxpayer midlevel exception (projected to start at $5.7 million annually)
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