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What are implications for Spurs, moving forward?
Well ESPN is forecasting a chilly free agency next season with a lot of opting in. So much for 2018 as the plan.
Good article as a whole if you are interested: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20143724/nba-nuclear-winter-forecasted-free-agents-summer-2018
This summer, only 14 teams entered free agency with cap space, ... only 22 players have been signed with cap space, down from 60 last year.
The early projections for 2018-19: nine teams with cap space, and potentially 10 teams paying luxury tax.
"The real story is the nuclear winter for free agents coming next year," one team executive with authority to make personnel decisions told ESPN. "Teams planned the last two summers for the cap to be much higher. The fact that it went way down from the projections crushed teams."In particular, they projected the market to be tighter for the NBA's middle class in a star-studded free-agency crop."Free agents will get squeezed," a general manager said.
.."The top guys will always feed first and then the year of the cap e, there was a lot left for everybody else to feed. Next year, the top players will still get theirs, and then there will be not much left."Teams that managed their cap with an eye toward the future instead of prioritizing the present could benefit next summer. Rebuilding franchises with cap space are positioned to pounce on a potentially historic free-agency class, taking advantage of a system that will see the majority of teams over the cap, many hovering near the luxury tax or well into it.
The Los Angeles Lakers are the headliners of the group of teams who can aggressively recruit a free-agency class that could include All-NBA-caliber talent such as LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Paul George, Russell Westbrook, DeMarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan and Isaiah Thomas. The Lakers are projected to have $30 million in cap space and could create two max slots via trades and/or using the stretch provision.
The Chicago Bulls ($50 million projected space), Philadelphia 76ers ($40 million) and Atlanta Hawks ($40 million) are other franchises set up to be aggressive shoppers next summer.
What are implications for Spurs, moving forward?
LMA opting in confirmed.
Why I see this as an ESPN attempt to control NBA free agency course? These mofos gotta be deep inside in Vegas. Money laundering anyone?
All the more reason to sign Kyrie and trade LMA.
Assurance at the Power Forward position
In before "well...there wasn't anyone good in that FA class anyway...".
Lol. If that happens, then this off-season was an even bigger up than I thought.
Golden State possible 38.5 million tax bill
Houston possible 56.2 million tax bill
Oklahoma City possible 74.5 million tax bill
Yeah these GMs are "light years ahead". Dumb s who doubt PATFO. Capela and Thompson are there for the taking these next 2 summers.
Are these numbers representing how much each of these teams is paying in penalties this season? I'm asking because I thought GSW are looking at an almost 200 million payroll.
Which makes the Gasol deal in particular so worrisome. We had the chance to take a huge opportunity to have good cap space. We could have signed a top dog and possible 2 borderline allstars that had to take a pay cut. Instead we have a 39 year old taking that coin. The best thing could have happen was Gasol opting in. He saved us a massive 1 million this season. 1 ing million and a blown 2018 agency.
Yea, I still like him even if he did lay a turd against GS.Assurance at the Power Forward position
Called it in the offseason thread earlier.
The more I think about, the more I'm starting to believe Aldridge will opt in on that easy $23M
Drunkford's residential ST fleshlights will then say Spurs were all in on 2019 anyways... then after the huge Parker extension to go along the Pau, Mills, and Green extensions those fluffers will change the year to 2023
It's funny how the article mentions the cap situation of 3/4 NBA teams but any single word about the Spurs...
I still like him as a third or fourth option. And since being in San Antonio he's become an underrated paint defender. Don't hate the guy, just kinda neutral about him being on the team
I was really glad the SA stayed away from the "new market" deals. But then they went and re-upped guys on big, long-term deals without really having an established star foundation to justify it. I do think that Patty and Pau are better values than Turner, Crabbe, Bazemore and the like. But it's terrible to lock up your cap at a time where cap space could become valuable again.
I had no problem with it if the Spurs didn't want to do any silly deals and overpay for this years' top free agents, but never ever did I image they'd blow 98 million on Gasol and Mills. I am just ing shocked. I was OK with signing Rudy Gay (who I hope does well and recovers strong from his achilles injury as I also genuinely like the guy) and saving all that cap space for next year. I did not expect the Spurs to blow that much money on two players who were almost useless in the playoffs, though.
Once again the league owners and GMs acted like a bunch of drunken hicks with money for the first time and ed themselves and everybody else.
Maybe it gives teams weary of trading for LMA/Green a bit of security?
Seriously those two useless s we re-signed are just as bad as any "new market" deals.
$98,000,000 to Gasol and Mills is literally just as bad as any of those stupid deals
Just wait until Parker and Green's contract extensions....
According to this article, these potential tax penalties would be for the teams' projected 2018-19 salaries.
$98,000,000 to Gasol and Mills is literally just as bad as any of those stupid deals
Just wait until Parker and Green's contract extensions....
People are going to absolutely melt down. Tony will probably get 3 years he is asking for or maybe 4 more years. Green most likely also will be extended also. Also, bank on someone that would have been a great signing now or 4 years ago to get a big deal thrown their way, like Zach Randolph.
It's not the owners' faults. They tried to head off this e by proposing smoothing. The players rejected it. The owners/FOs are at the mercy of market pressures. You can't not sign guys. All it takes is one team willing to overpay, and the "smart" teams end up with no talent and having to either give big one-year deals or paying floor money.
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