Ambrose wrote:zimpy27 wrote:Mr Puddles wrote:
The Suns can't do this because there is a limit to how much of your team's salary can be 'dead salary'. The Suns would exceed that threshold if they bought out and stretched Beal, unless he takes a paycut.
Buying and stretching Beal is the dumbest thing the Suns can do anyway, he expires in two years. Take the short terms suffering, and the team would have a ton of capspace in the '27 offseason.
Suns can stretch $97m over 5 years. So Beal just needs to take a $13-14m haircut. Money he'd likely make up using TaxMLE. Similar to Ayton, actually Beal would give up less than Ayton just did.
Stretching saves Suns a ton of tax, more than they will accumulate with Beals dead cap over 5 years.
Suns aren't expecting to be in the free agency race either, they save tax and increase flexibility for trades this season and next.
You think Beal seems like the kind of guy willing to take a $14 mil paycut when he doesn't have to?
If he has an offer from Miami, he'll do it...