Article: The New Salary Floor Rules and How the Spurs Get There

[RC_Drunkford]

Lol at Spurs still having to pay Pee-Wee Primo $4.3M this season. Hilarious.

Anyways, Brooke Lopez or bust for me tbh. Think he’d be the perfect Vet to bring in to not only help Wemby and the gang on the court as a big body stretch-5, but also a great locker room guy who PATFO would love to have around for tutelage purposes. Doubt MIL let’s him walk, but Spurs should offer him as much as they can on a 2-yr deal tbh. Makes a lot of sense for us.

It's a long lasting tradition in San Antonio to pay charity salary to a player that's not on the team. Pau Gasol, Demarre Carroll, Primo... I almost forgot Khem Birch

[lefty20]

Didn't want to confuse the normies by including it in the article but it's notable that NBA teams still haven't received a finalized version of the new CBA. I know that a few teams are asking that the salary floor rules be relaxed this season due to how long it's taking to finalize the CBA. But, ultimately, it's likely that the rules I detailed in the article will still be implemented -- even if the language isn't available until the last second.

Wright better get spending...

[spurraider21]

Wright better get spending...

Tre Jones ins't gonna pay himself!

[Mr. Body]

> Any player (or, for clarity, any player representative or person acting with
authority on behalf of a player) who publicly expresses a desire to be traded
to another Team shall be subject to a fine and/or a suspension. The
maximum fine that may be imposed by the NBA on a player pursuant to the
foregoing shall be $150,000.

[Big Empty]

Any scenario they get Poeltl back?

He’s 27 and now in his prime. Im wondering stats of he & Lopez vs Centers that matter like Jokic or AD

[ambchang]

Tre Jones, 3 years, $30M, $20M in year 1, $5 each in years 2 and 3

[Chinook]

Tre Jones ins't gonna pay himself!

"Quiet Glue" is about to be "Quiet, Expensive Glue"

[kobyz]

One player who might be available for a second round pick is killian hayes, player who still with potential but probably a odd man out in Detroit

[lefty20]

One player who might be available for a second round pick is killian hayes, player who still with potential but probably a odd man out in Detroit

3 years in the league and he's topped out at 46% TS.

Any potential he has is locked away so deep that finding it risks awakening the Balrog.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Is the loss of $5 million in tax revenue really that big of a deal? Especially with the more onerous penalties for being over tax thresholds there will likely be teams that will be desperate at the trade deadline that might be ripe for the picking up of additional draft capital. Could probably even get cash to offset the loss of tax revenue. At this point I think they should make strictly basketball decisions. If they reach the minimum doing that then fine, but not to just add salary for salary sake.

[Mr. Body]

I've posted the numbers before. Tre Jones is better than Kilian Hayes.

[spurraider21]

I've posted the numbers before. Tre Jones is better than Kilian Hayes.

basically every player in the nba is better than killian hayes

[timvp]

Is the loss of $5 million in tax revenue really that big of a deal? Especially with the more onerous penalties for being over tax thresholds there will likely be teams that will be desperate at the trade deadline that might be ripe for the picking up of additional draft capital. Could probably even get cash to offset the loss of tax revenue. At this point I think they should make strictly basketball decisions. If they reach the minimum doing that then fine, but not to just add salary for salary sake.

Any salary cap room below the floor disappears once the regular season begins. Basically, no matter what you do, no team can enter the regular season with more than $13.6 million in cap space.

[kobyz]

3 years in the league and he's topped out at 46% TS.

Any potential he has is locked away so deep that finding it risks awakening the Balrog.

Maybe it's just the need of change of scenery, hard to explain how skilled player like him struggle that much

[buttsR4rebounding]

Any salary cap room below the floor disappears once the regular season begins. Basically, no matter what you do, no team can enter the regular season with more than $13.6 million in cap space.

I didn’t catch that. Thanks.

[scott]

Is the loss of $5 million in tax revenue really that big of a deal? Especially with the more onerous penalties for being over tax thresholds there will likely be teams that will be desperate at the trade deadline that might be ripe for the picking up of additional draft capital. Could probably even get cash to offset the loss of tax revenue. At this point I think they should make strictly basketball decisions. If they reach the minimum doing that then fine, but not to just add salary for salary sake.

I think the CBA smartly structures it to achieve it's intended purpose (not having teams below the floor). It's not just the loss of the $5MM in revenue, it's that you also have to cut a check for your floor deficiency. So being below the floor isn't saving you any money - you have to spend the same amount and get nothing in return. This is a good structure to achieve the intended results (money going to the players)

[TekXX]

The league is trying to screw cheap billionaires.

[CGD]

There are gonna be some weird ass unintended consequences from this that we can’t even see yet. Like I can see a rando on a team the equivalent of a Mamu getting 6M for a year. Or like the 53rd pick in a draft with no buisness getting a deal

[Mr. Body]

It'll work itself out before long. Most of the people ing about the new CBA are fans of teams spending like sailors on leave. I'm not sure I believe the claims that rich players will get richer. More likely, as I think we're already seeing, there will be downward pressure on extravagant contracts. But then the floor ensures the money has to go to players, so it has to go somewhere, which will be the non top salaries.

[baseline bum]

I have a question. The Spurs were tanking last season. This season, they would be building back better with Wemby in. Outright tanking required the Spurs to maintain only a floor level salary. Why should they repeat that ploy this year? They can still make a below tax but above the floor salary team that will be compe ive right?

To have cap flexibility next summer when they have a better idea how to build around Wemby and when the Atlanta picks will have their maximum value to go land a star.

[Knox]

Looks like Lopez is a strong MIL lean:

https://syndication.bleacherreport.c...ikely.amp.html

[JPB]

The new salary floor rule is a boon for players in general. Previously, teams could wait most of the season before trading to hit the floor, but by then the payouts on most of the acquired salaries had already been made. Now, every team is forced to take on enough contracts from the start of the season.

I fully believe the "no costly mistakes" and "see what we have" edicts. The team we have is what we have. There's an outside chance of taking on salary for assets, but it feels like that market/tactic has dried up. Big money teams seem more likely to trade off long-term contracts for expirings rather than sell off assets (they may no longer have) to get off bad contracts. The real problems they're facing are long term, not necessarily immediately.

As mentioned in other threads, I'm interested in picking up a vet or two on small expiring salaries, like Patty Mills or Nicolas Batum.

Batum is really not a bad idea.

[KingKev]

Wicked article. Use cap space for future draft capital and expiring, complementary player(s) to VW. We aren’t competing next year anyways but need to be compe ive. NO DOGSH!T LONGTERM CONTRACTS.

[spurs1990]

One year deals for Mills and D Green if they run out of runway

[rascal]

Probably depends. The Spurs might overpay him to stay just for salary floor purposes. But if there's a sizable trade or a big free agent signing, they'd let him walk, IMO.

Spurs need to make moves to upgrade the roster not over pay players.