Summer of 2010: free agents & cap situation

[Tirion]

So we are geared to have some cap room in 2010, but how much can we possibly pay to any free agent who actualy will want to come here? casey? shink? other cap experts? what's your calculations are?

Also list of 2010 nba free agents:

The Big Dawgs:
Joe Johnson
Ray Allen
LeBron James (player option, likely)
Dirk Nowitzki (player option, unlikely)
Josh Howard (player option, likely)
Marcus Camby
Rip Hamilton
Stephen Jackson
Tracy McGrady
Shaquille O'Neal
Dwyane Wade (player option for 10/11, unlikely)
Michael Redd (player option for 10/11, likely)
Tyson Chandler (player option for 10/11 - 50/50)
Eddy Curry (player option for 10/11 - 50/50)
Amare Stoudemire (player option for 10/11, unlikely)
Brad Miller
Manu Ginobili
Chris Bosh (player option for 10/11, unlikely)

The Rookie Contracts:
Shelden WIlliams (restricted)
Rajon Rondo (restricted)
Adam Morrison (brah ha ha)
Tyrus Thomas (restricted)
Rudy Gay (restricted)
Kyle Lowry (restricted)
Randy Foye (restricted)
Marcus Williams (restricted)
Josh Boone (restricted)
Renaldo Balkman (restricted)
Mardy Collins (restricted)
Brandon Roy (restricted)
Sergio Rodriguez (restricted)
LaMarcus Aldridge (restricted)
Quincy Douby (restricted)
Ronnie Brewer (restricted)
Andrea Bargnani (restricted)

Solid players:
Amir Johnson
Al Harrington
Cuttino Mobley
Tim Thomas
Brendon Haywood
Mike Miller
Darko Mlicic
Travis Outlaw
Udonis Haslim
Raja Bell
TJ Ford (player option for 10/11, unlikely)

Old & Bad:
Mark Blount
Bobby Simmons
Brian Cardinal
Troy Hudson
Jerome James
Kenny Thomas
Shareef Abdul-Rahim
Bruce Bowen
Quentin Richardson
Matt Bonner
Luke Ridnour
Earl Watson
Damien Wilkens
Matt Harpring
Etan Thomas
Antonio Davis
Ben Wallace
Derek Fisher

who do you like?

[big3_8_19_21]

well our cap space depends a ton on what FAs we keep this summer and for how much as well as the post-rookie contracts of Foye and McCants as well as how much it costs to bring over Pekovic that summer. I don't know how much money we will really have...it really depends on Foye's play.

[theGreatRC]

Thanks for the list, tanat-os, I was wondering who all the free agents are when we finally have room to shell out some money.

Here is who we have on contract in 2010:

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/minnesota.htm

The people I like from that list are:

Brenden Haywood
Tyson Chandler
Brandon Roy
Joe Johnson
Josh Howard

The people that I like from that list that have a 5% chance of coming here:

Lebron James
Dwyane Wade

Hopefully in 2010, if we have enough money, that it will convince these stars to come to Minny and not just a big city like NY.

If there was a year that was good for cap space, i'm glad that we are looking to have that space in 2010, unless Mchale screws that up by getting players with longer deals.

[Tirion]

Tyson Chandler would be ideal. Love would come off the bench a-la Bill Walton in '86 Celtics.

[big3_8_19_21]

The only problem is EVERY team is gunning for 2010 cap space. There will be plenty of big markets with big cap space, most likely. On a side note, if we signed Brandon Roy, I would LOLOLOLOLOLOL so hard at the Blazers board...but Roy's a Blazer for a long time, I'm sure.

[4ho5ive]

Chandler
Haywood
Amir Johnson
Outlaw
JHo
most of the rookies not named Morrison, TT

[Tirion]

Dream frontcourt of 2010/11 season

C - Tyson Chandler/Kevin Love
PF - Al Jefferson/Nicola Pekovic
SF - Mike Miller/Ryan Gomes

[big3_8_19_21]

No way is there enough minutes for that front court.

I'd also switch Pekovic and Love on that depth chart.

[wolves_fan_82au]

Mcgrady wouldnt be bad

Ford/Foye
Miller/Mccants
Mcgrady/Gomes
Jefferson/Love
Haywood/Pekovic

but a lot can change in a year we have 3 draft picks next year

[Tirion]

yeah that would be good, but enough with the pipedreams, how much money exactly will we have to throw on somebody?

[andyhop]

yeah that would be good, but enough with the pipedreams, how much money exactly will we have to throw on somebody?

There is no way to answer that this far out with so few players signed for 2010.In theory we could have up to $45m in cap space that year more likely we might not even have enough to offer a max deal to anyone.

[deeney0]

Lets wait and see where the holes are the next couple of years.

[Krapinsky]

If we resign Miller and McCants, and then bring over Pekovic, we'll hardly have any cap space at all.

[MilMinMan]

I will once again pimp Hoopus for salary cap info: http://www.canishoopus.com/pages/contract-info

But, ShamSports also has great stuff if you don't like us: http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages ... wolves.jsp

I seriously caution everyone against using HoopsHype. They're not terribly well-respected amongst cap nerds.

[wolves_fan_82au]

Ogilvy/Pekovic
Jefferson/Love
Miller/Brewer
DeRozan/Mccants
Foye/Lawson

think thats a good future team

[funkatron101]

Sam Mitchell.

[Devilzsidewalk]

The people that I like from that list that have a 5% chance of coming here:

Lebron James
Dwyane Wade

5% is probably too high of an estimate.

[dunkonu21]

where did u get Ogilvy from. *Barf*

[casey]

Salaries
Al Jefferson $13.00Mil
Corey Brewer $3.70Mil
Kevin Love $3.64Mil
2009 #9 Pick $2.45Mil
2009 #14 Pick $1.90Mil
2009 #28 Pick $1.08Mil
Total $25.77Mil

Cap Holds
Mike Miller $14.82Mil
Randy Foye $10.74Mil
Total $25.56Mil

Question Marks
Rashad McCants
Ryan Gomes
Craig Smith
Sebastian Telfair
Nikola Pekovic
Two 2009 2nd Round Picks

Salary Cap ~$61Mil

It's too hard to say at this point how much we'll have to work with. We'll have a better idea after Gomes, Smith, and Telfair are dealt with this summer.

[wolves_fan_82au]

where did u get Ogilvy from. *Barf*

well the miami pick will be 20-25

and i havent really seen much else of anyone
ive seen ogilivy a lot

plus hes a aussie