2025 Offseason Thread Vol.5

3ammy3uck3ts · Post #1701 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:32 am

Just get that Terry for The Giddler sign and trade done. Scammer for a pedo.

Post #1702 » by **MettaWorldPanda** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:34 am

Enso wrote:
MettaWorldPanda wrote:Guaranteed we aren’t seeing chit in any salary relief. NBA cleared him in there investigation and if the feds do anything he’s still innocent until a trial that will surely be postponed until his contract is up.

Of course NBA cleared him, they don’t want that kind of bad pr

Yeah just like Tim Donaghy. Even if he gets charged his lawyers will say he’s innocent and do everything possible to make sure his contract can’t be voided. By the time any of this is resolved Rozier will have collected his 24.9 million.

HeatFanLifer · Post #1703 » by **HeatFanLifer** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:50 am

CWebb2491 wrote:
MettaWorldPanda wrote:

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Insane how the CBA has all the restrictions to phuck us over but not to help in a situation like this….

The man is literally being federally investigated for affecting games he plays in….

How should a team have to pay that player millions? Or be confident doing so?

Worst trade in our franchises history by FAR.

Wow. Everything you just said I agree. Unbelievable.

Vertical Limit · Post #1704 » by **Vertical Limit** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:54 am

It is strange that neither Terry or Malik have been placed in the commissioner list at the minimum.

Enso · Post #1705 » by **Enso** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:54 am

I don’t trust a guy who made that kind of money and still didn’t fix his teeth

3ammy3uck3ts · Post #1706 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:08 am

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marson · Post #1707 » by **marson** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:31 am

Enso wrote:I don’t trust a guy who made that kind of money and still didn’t fix his teeth

marson · Post #1708 » by **marson** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:38 am

FAFO to Silver, letting gambling spiral out of control creates a league full of players who are just fine sitting on the bench, cashing massive checks, and chasing shady side hustles.

Get Terry Rozier off my team.

Daffy · Post #1709 » by **Daffy** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:50 am

3ammy3uck3ts wrote:

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Less than 15m? What happened to all the expirings we have? Powell, Rozier, Fonteccio..potentially Wiggins.

Daffy · Post #1710 » by **Daffy** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:52 am

Daffy wrote:
3ammy3uck3ts wrote:

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Less than 15m? What happened to all the expirings we have? Powell, Rozier, Fonteccio..potentially Wiggins.

Well i just realized. Bam salary spikes as well as other cap holds. Man I thought we were going into FA in great shape next year. Smfh.

Vertical Limit · Post #1711 » by **Vertical Limit** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:11 am

The projected salary cap of 2026 is 165 million and we woild have about 131 million in contracts by that time.

And this is assuming we offer Jovic’s qo which is about 6.5 million.

And also assuming we dont trade Wiggins for expirings by the upcoming feb deadline.. we offload wiggins and that’s 31 million more to work with..

Hoops3355 · Post #1712 » by **Hoops3355** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:30 am

Wiggins gonna opt out and get a nice MLE deal where he wants to be if he’s here. If D Rob of all people opted out and got a better deal. Wiggs will find a place to call home no problem. I’d be surprised if we don’t make a move at the deadline someone is gonna shake free and become sellers. At worse we’ll send Terry to a tax team that needs that savings and net a 2nd.

DBurks2818 · Post #1713 » by **DBurks2818** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:35 am

I don't think Barry is right about next season. Obviously the team can just renounce all those cap holds and have plenty of cap space, right?

MartyConlonJr · Post #1714 » by **MartyConlonJr** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:37 am

I did that maths recently and arrived at a similar thing cap wise.

We need to:
1. move Wiggins for expirings
Either:
2a. Trade Herro for expirings.
2b. Trade Davion for expirings, not take JJJ's team option and not offer Jovic a qualifying offer.

Note: I do think I was looking at 25-26 cap, not 26-27 cap which is 11 mill more. Maybe Davion can stay. So it is Herro, or JJJ and Jovic. But either way Wiggins gots to go!

MartyConlonJr · Post #1715 » by **MartyConlonJr** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:41 am

Does anyone else find the clause in Tyler Herro's contract about him getting an additional $1 mill bonus if he is DPOY to be hilarious?

Like either Miami proposed it as an incentive, or, more likely, Herro's camp asked for it. Either way, that conversation must have been awkward and hilarious for the side that was receiving the request.

Kobewade11 · Post #1716 » by **Kobewade11** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:26 am

MartyConlonJr wrote:Does anyone else find the clause in Tyler Herro's contract about him getting an additional $1 mill bonus if he is DPOY to be hilarious?

Like either Miami proposed it as an incentive, or, more likely, Herro's camp asked for it. Either way, that conversation must have been awkward and hilarious for the side that was receiving the request.

Andy has been doing this for years as a mechanism to manipulate the salary cap. Those obscure, unlikely to hit bonuses lower the player’s cap hits and dont count against the teams total salary. Sometimes its the difference between being able to add one more guy in FA or not.

SA37 · Post #1717 » by **SA37** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:32 pm

3ammy3uck3ts wrote:

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I would love to see the Lakers get f'd over with Doncic leaving, but I just don't see that happening. There is basically no better franchise in the NBA and no better city to live in (in terms of off-court opportunities). Miami is probably the only team with (potentially) cap space that could compete with what LA could offer (better team, less off-court opps). How much does the off-court stuff matter to Doncic?

SA37 · Post #1718 » by **SA37** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:42 pm

Daffy wrote:
3ammy3uck3ts wrote:

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Less than 15m? What happened to all the expirings we have? Powell, Rozier, Fonteccio..potentially Wiggins.

Wiggins has a PO for $30M. I'd be surprised if he opted out, but it depends on which teams have cap space. I don't see non-playoff teams having any interest (Utah, Brooklyn...etc). Not sure how many playoff teams are in line to have cap space.

3ammy3uck3ts · Post #1719 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:15 pm

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CrossOver · Post #1720 » by **CrossOver** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:18 pm

SA37 wrote:
Daffy wrote:
3ammy3uck3ts wrote:

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Less than 15m? What happened to all the expirings we have? Powell, Rozier, Fonteccio..potentially Wiggins.

Wiggins has a PO for $30M. I'd be surprised if he opted out, but it depends on which teams have cap space. I don't see non-playoff teams having any interest (Utah, Brooklyn...etc). Not sure how many playoff teams are in line to have cap space.

Wiggins is absolutely opting out of that. He'll be 31 years old looking for at least one more multi-year deal with a lot of teams having cap space next season as well.