BBallFreak wrote:twix2500 wrote:Shrink what is the Wolves financial goals. How does 2 yrs of Tyler (This year and next) prevents the Wolves from their financial goal? Is their a salary cap goal for this coming summer?
They're trying to stay out of the tax. A reasonable goal.
Yep. MIN is right up against the tax right now. Taylor has paid the tax in the past when he had a legit contender, so the plan was to pay Jimmy the max next year, but stay under this year to keep the repeater clock from starting. I don’t think Taylor would see the Wolves as legit contenders after this trade, so I think they would refuse to do a deal where they add salary.
You make a good point though. In 2016, when everyone was spending like crazy, Thibs wisely sat out with our cap space, and just signed short term bench players, Jordan Hill (exp), Brandon Rush (exp) and Cole Aldrich (2 yrs +1 partially guaranteed .. thought to be a hometown discount at the time). He kept his powder dry until 2017, where he signed Teague, Taj Griffin, and Crawford. He paid a bit more to keep the deals short, 2 years, with only Teague with a PO on year 3. This coincided with Jimmy’s deal expiring. The Wolves were locked into a two year window, and they left themselves a financial escape hatch in 2019.
That plan may have backfired. The Wiggins max was always assumed (not saying that was wise) and the Gorgui extension looked acceptable at the time. With the other free agents getting paid for two years too, this made it nearly impossible to cut $30 mil under the salary cap to legally renegotiate Jimmy’s deal, which he says is the main reason he wants out.
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Flash forward to this deal. Paying Tyler Johnson plus Richardson would be more expensive than Butler, plus you need to pay Bam and the FRP. Now, Waiters isn’t as good, and his deal runs an uncomfortable three years, but so did Dieng’s and for more money. At least the other three pieces are economical, and letting Taj expires helps make the money work. MIN may pay Tyus Jones, but perhaps if they can trade Waiters now or later for a two year deal with less money on it, they may be back to financial balance in 2020.
Which one is going to get a player at .50 on the dollar and which is going to have to sell one at .50 on the dollar? The fact Thibs is even talking to Miami shows hes a chump, theres nothing on that roster we should value in a Butler trade.
