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NYK = ed. If the cap goes up that much, Chicago's money would be almost as much as NY's.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10...arly-5-million to $63.2 Million
Spurs have $53 Million committed to 10 players next season. With Dayes deal partially guaranteed for $250,000. Luxury tax likely to jump to $77 million.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/SAS.html
Interesting. Gives us a little more to work with next season.
If Melo has any sense, he'll go to Chicago regardless of money imo.
Not really. Diaw's hold eats all of that space.
theres a joke in there but i'm not gonna......
I'm curious what Diaw's next contract will look like. If it's between 4M & 5M/yr that will still leave SA at least 5M below the cap to address Mills / go shopping. (Assuming Duncan picks up his option and the Spurs fully guarantee Parker's deal.)
Others have already covered the Spurs' perspective ... some extra room to play with beyond Diaw / Mills which doesn't hurt. Most of the other contenders in the West won't have much use for it:
- Clippers, Houston, Portland, are capped out even with this figure going up.
- Memphis is too, but with several expiring deals they'll probably maneuver under it (ZBo trade IMO).
- For OKC, amnestying Perkins this year didn't make sense as they were well over the cap even afterwards. Now, dumping him may get them some cap space if only just a little bit (or give them flexibility to use the full MLE).
- Golden State will have space but need to figure out what to do with / how to replace Bogut which will take up most if not all of it. Unless O'Neal pretends to be 10 years younger like he was today. On edit, forgot they already extended him and he's already hurt - thanks Chinook.
- Including Phoenix too given they will have around $20 million to spend after extending Bledsoe. They can trade up in the first round with the three firsts they have to grab the guy they want, albeit I don't think it gets them to the top tier guys, and sign an eight figure a year free agent. I think they make a serious leap next year.
Minnesota was unlucky this year in close games, but pretty sure they'll have to shake things up with Love's opt out approaching and little cap room to play with. Phoenix would be a very interesting destination for Love, but not sure they want to give up the assets needed without assurance he'll sign.
- Dallas has a lot of cap space and Dirk says he will sign for a lot less, so they may have room for a max guy that could vaunt them to a higher seed. Not that there's much FA talent out there.
Last edited by cjw; 04-19-2014 at 08:59 PM.
Yeah, but it was a decision before. I'd have categorized it as a coin flip. Now, it's a slam dunk.
Good for the Spurs.. Enough to resign some of the players that are expiring this season - Diaw and Mills for decent ~$5 million/year..
Wrong. That's not how it works. Knicks can offer 30 mil more than any team regardless how much the cap goes up.
Both of them signed off waivers or from out of the league in the spring of 2012 for the remainder of the season. This is their third consecutive unbroken part or full season with the Spurs, meaning we have Bird rights for them.
Nah. Their pick-hold, the MLE and the LLE will eat that. The Spurs won't have cap space unless Duncan retires.
There have been rumors that Houston would unload Lin and Osik to pursue Melo. If Morrey can, they could have legit shot at him. Howard at the 5 and Melo at the 4 with Harden and Parsons on the wing, that could be to hard to pass up.
The major difference would be the extra year. Before this news, the difference could have been 40-45M because the annual salary was way different. You may be right, though. I guess we'll see if Melo really wants to win, or just throw more money on the pile he's already made. Chicago, adding back DRose, and adding Melo, would be scary.
Golden State extended Bogut already. They don't have cap room
'Melo loves New York as does his wife...he demanded a trade there and the Knicks were even then....he didn't care..and he wont now especially with Phil Jackson on board. After next year...the Knicks will have huge cap space to work with even after signing 'Melo to the max. Don't be surprised to see a Rondo/Melo/Love big 3 in New York after next year.
Melo-Howard-Harden? It's not gonna work....
Look...no way 'Melo leaves New York. He was born there...he won a college national championship there at Syracuse...and he demanded a trade to go back home there. He's already said he wants to re-sign with the Knicks and will do so for less money. The guy isn't leaving.
Yer, I noticed Phil Jackson getting a mention above. This factor must not be underestimated as it means that NYK are unlikely to be e moving forward. A lot of media gearing up for change of head coach starting next week in NY as well.
Somebody explain to me how we can land Lebron with this piece of news...
Morey's poison pill contracts bite him in the ass, and become his poison. Even though their cap figures are reasonable, their salaries are $15M each, because of the back loading. No one wants to pay either of them that, not even Morey. He's stuck with them.
I forgot to put in my post that his wife was also born in Brooklyn and loves New York. There is no way this guy leaves 30 mil on the table with his wife wanting to stay and both of them from New York and Phil Jackson arriving and big money to spend after 2015 in free agency.
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