LeStud wrote:Unsure who posted that proposed deal but just for clarification, pretty sure most of those players in the deal must be renounced to get 2 max's.
I saw this because Thebuzzardman quoted it.
The scenario under discussion is that the Knicks get the #5 pick and pick up Dot, Henry and Trier's team options.
(Yesterday I went through (back of the envelope, but afaics correct) calculations about whose team options the Knicks can and cannot pick up if they pick #1 to #5.)
Let's try the numbers (as far as I can source them) - as far as I understand them aorn - to see what the situation actually is. (I didn't find a salary number for Jenkins myself - it doesn't affect the main scenario we're talking about anyway, but let me take LeStud's number on faith.)
Headline number: Expected salary cap (as announced by the NBA):
$109,000,000(Note: it is possible the league flexes the total salary cap - presumably upwards.)
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Noah $6,431,666
LT $1,000,000
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Frank $4,855,800
DSJ $4,463,640
Knox $4,385,640
Mitch $1,559,712
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KD $38,150,000
KI $32,700,000
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So far $93,546,458
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5 holds : $4,485,790
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So far + 5 : $98,032,248
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Rookie salaries for 2019-2020 per RealGM:
https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/rookie_scale/2020* First round picks can sign for as much as 120% and as little as 80% of the rookie scale.
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Pick, raw salary, salary * 1.2
1 $8,120,700 9,744,840
2 $7,265,800 8,718,960
3 $6,524,900 7,829,880
4 $5,882,800 7,059,360
5 $5,327,300 6,392,760
6 $4,838,500 5,806,200
7 $4,417,000 5,300,400
8 $4,046,500 4,855,800
9 $3,719,500 4,463,400
10 $3,533,500 4,240,200
(who knows, maybe the Knicks trade down)
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Running total: So far + FRP#5 + 5 holds :
$104,425,008----------------------------------------
Space left for picking up options:
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Player, Salary hit, Cap hit "cost" to add ( Salary - $897,158)
Dot $1,618,520 721,362
Henry $1,645,357 748,199
Trier $3,551,100 2,653,942
Jenkins $1,988,119 1,090,961
Total adjustment if picking up these combinations of team options:
Dot + Henry + Trier :
$4,123,503Dot + Jenkins + Trier : 4,466,265
Henry + Jenkins + Trier : 4,493,102
As 4,123,503 < 4,574,992 it is viable (afaics) to pick up the options for Dot + Henry + IsoZo if the Knicks get the #5 pick.
(Similarly for the other combinations.)
Based on those #'s even without a 120% cap hold, short 7mn for 2 max slots and that comes from renouncing Zo, Jenkins, Henry.
There's has been talk about Frank getting traded draft day and it makes sense because someone in that picture must go to actually get to 2 max slots which people have all but assumed was a foregone conclusion.
So, no, this seems like a bad take.
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Fwiw, the remaining space for picking up options (calculated as per the example for FRP#5 above) is
Knicks pick, remaining space, possible option pick-up combinations
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#4 $3,908,392 (Trier + one of Dot/Henry; or Dot+Henry+Jenkins)
#3 $3,137,872 (Trier; or Dot+Henry+Jenkins)
#2 $2,248,792 (Any two of Dot, Henry and Jenkins)
#1 $1,222,912 (Any one of Dot, Henry and Jenkins)
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1) It bugs the **** out of me that there seems no way of making tables on this site
2) Ofc, as always I'm happy to have for any/everyone to point out/correct any errors/misconceptions . But please do be specific.