CBS Sports: Salary cap could be $2 million higher than projected

[Marcus Bryant]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/writer/ken-berger/25229735/sources-salary-cap-could-be-significantly-higher-than-projected

[Mr. Body]

Maybe they want to figure this out soon.

[Big P]

This could be a big help...waiting for the experts to chime in.

[spurraider21]

waiting for tspence + wojtek to confirm

[NASpurs]

So this means instead of trading Splitter + Mills, the Spurs can now trade Splitter + Reggie Williams because of the extra $2 million?

[BillMc]

So this means instead of trading Splitter + Mills, the Spurs can now trade Splitter + Reggie Williams because of the extra $2 million?

Hope you're right.

[NASpurs]

Hope you're right.

I hope I'm right too. :lol I will never claim to be an expert in this cap space/CBA stuff.

[DPG21920]

So this means instead of trading Splitter + Mills, the Spurs can now trade Splitter + Reggie Williams because of the extra $2 million?

It would be damn close - close enough to where LA or Tim wouldn't force the Spurs hand over less than a million IMO. But it's about what other teams want. Just because the Spurs want Mills, doesn't mean another team taking players would be ok not getting Mills.

But if the report is true, LMA's max goes from 18.9M to 19.46M - an increase of 500K. The salary cap goes from 67M to 69M - an increase of 2M (all rough estimates). So that nets the Spurs an additional 1.5M in cap space to work with.

[BillMc]

I hope I'm right too. :lol I will never claim to be an expert in this cap space/CBA stuff.

Me neither bro!:toast

[Marcus Bryant]

Yep, good news.

[Nathan89]

good news

[tmtcsc]

Well that doesn't hurt things.

[Axegrinder]

Crazy timing on this news..could change things for many

[Uriel]

Bad news for Holt, tbh :lol

[Beaverfuzz]

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[apalisoc_9]

How does this affect Leonard Max?

still 5/90?

[ducks]

Who cares Leonard will sacrifice and not sign max according to u

[spurraider21]

Bad news for Holt, tbh :lol
not really, considering the cap just reflects league income. if the cap shot up, that just means holt made more money

[Spur-Addict]

Who cares Leonard will sacrifice and not sign max according to u

:lol He has bought real estate in your head. He's living there, or at least vacationing.

[cd021]

Thats a really big deal. $69.1. That would give the $18 million in hypothetical cap space. They probably would still need to move Splitter but could fit Duncan and LA under the cap (Would give them $26 M in cap if they don't take back any money in any deal).

[Das Texan]

This was all part of Popovich's grand plan.

[Ron Swanson]

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:lmao

[Spur|n|Austin]

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[Chinook]

Maybe they want to figure this out soon.

That's literally the point of the moratorium.

[cjw]

Thats a really big deal. $69.1. That would give the $18 million in hypothetical cap space. They probably would still need to move Splitter but could fit Duncan and LA under the cap (Would give them $26 M in cap if they don't take back any money in any deal).

And things to note:

1.) Wouldn't have to move Splitter until all other chips fell in place (in event Green leaves instead, can just use that cap savings and hold Splitter in interim)

2.) Less likely that Patty needs to be unloaded

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I think the point here is that we have been using shitty numbers for the past couple of months.

If Splitter is unloaded then that is the trade. You resign Duncan for $8m, give Gino the lower exception or renounce him until you can use the exception, extend QO only to Verde and KL, renounce all other FA, and without Splitter's salary you are there at ~$19m in cap space. You can toggle Duncan's number to whatever to make it work.


The luxury-tax threshold, projected to be $81.6 million for the coming season, also is expected to be pegged at a significantly higher number, sources said.

Before the gap between cap and tax was ~$15m. If that goes up then it becomes easy to resign Green and KL. Their holds are both ~$7.5m. Green at $12m and KL at his max would have put us right at the the apron before but they may have even more wiggle to use the MLE with this news.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Teams are the ones that do the reporting that goes into the accounting. They likely have known this figure since March and finally told the agents.

[Uriel]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a cap of 69.1M mean the Spurs can sign Aldridge to a max deal without having to trade away Patty Mills along with Tiago Splitter?

[cd021]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a cap of 69.1M mean the Spurs can sign Aldridge to a max deal without having to trade away Patty Mills along with Tiago Splitter?

Spurs would need to use cap space to resign Duncan (reportedly for $6-$7 million) so they would probably still need to move Splitter.

[Richie]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a cap of 69.1M mean the Spurs can sign Aldridge to a max deal without having to trade away Patty Mills along with Tiago Splitter?

If it's a $2m bump then yes we can which is huge for us. If it's a $1m bump then I'm sure we'll be able to manage it as we'll be so close to his max that it's basically all moot.

[Brazil]

Since when we are discussing basketball in the Spurs forum ? thought it was a forum dedicated to Parker favorite sandwiches discussion

[pookenstein]

Since when we are discussing basketball in the Spurs forum ? thought it was a forum dedicated to Parker favorite sandwiches discussion

I heard he got back to his lightning fast days when he stole the last pork chop off of Kawhis plate...

[SupremeGuy]

Since when we are discussing basketball in the Spurs forum ? thought it was a forum dedicated to Parker favorite sandwiches discussionWe should be talking about how we're probably going to lose either Green or Splitter because of a below average fat point guard, tbh.

[Brazil]

We should be talking about how we're probably going to lose either Green or Splitter because of a below average fat point guard, tbh.

Ikr... it's a topic never discussed here... you should create a thread about it tbh

[SupremeGuy]

Ikr... it's a topic never discussed here... you should create a thread about it tbhYou're the one that brought it up, tbh.

[NASpurs]

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[Mr. Body]

It's a bit ridiculous that the league won't tell the teams at this point. I don't get the reasoning.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

It's a bit ridiculous that the league won't tell the teams at this point. I don't get the reasoning.

They have the revenue figures and they don't have to report them until then. Just fucking with teams I guess.

[DMC]

Bad news for Holt, tbh :lol
He's not required to meet the cap, obviously. He'd like as much space as possible though.

[Brazil]

You're the one that brought it up, tbh.

I brought the fact we were discussing more about sandwiches than bb lately

never mentionned anything about losing green or splitter tho

but again create a thread... we explicitely said we should be... it means you feel there ain't enough of it

[ducks]

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA · 7m7 minutes ago
Impossible to tell now with 100% precision, but cap being at $69M vs $67M could be difference b/w Spurs keeping Mills and trading him.

[Spurs9]

How do they not even know the cap yet tbh?