What is our cap situation for next year now that we unloaded BI?

We have about 20m+ under the tax because of Olynyk, which puts us on slightly worse footing than having BI.

BI would have likely put us back in the tax via sign and trade, though, unless we got a huge goddamn TPE. Which is unlikely given how few teams have cap space, thus requiring a sign and trade.



We are still probably going to have to make tough decisions about some pieces like Hawkins soon simply because of how much they are making vs our on court productivity.

This also assumes we don’t do a total overhaul by moving Zion, which turns over about $50m in salaries and some of those could be subsequently dealt.

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We have about 20m+ under the tax because of Olynyk, which puts us on slightly worse footing than having BI.

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I am seeing that we have 10 guys signed for next year at about 168M. If we get a top 3-5 pick, that's another 12-14M. That's not including the other 3-4 guys to finish off the roster. I don't see how we aren't a tax team, unless we make some moves..

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We are still probably going to have to make tough decisions about some pieces like Hawkins soon simply because of how much they are making vs our on court

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It's time to cut bait on Hawkins. The back injury is terrifying. He's never going to be totally right. He's also not cheap. If he can't start or become an effective 6th man, he needs to go. He's had every opportunity this year..

Hawk is in his second season and he didn’t get much run in his first… He needs to be given the green light and just go though, but we have a HC that pulls him everytime he misses a couple shots.

With 13 players on the roster next season, including the 2025 pick (lets say pick 2) and signing Boston the pels cap will be $182,821,574.

They still need to add one more player to make 14.

I think they will definatley move McCollum and Olynyk to get under.

Player 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29

Zion Williamson $39,446,090 $42,166,510 $44,886,930
Dejounte Murray $31,557,135 $33,597,072 $31,330,172
CJ McCollum $30,666,666
Trey Murphy $25,000,000 $27,000,000 $29,000,000 $31,000,000
Herb Jones $13,937,574 $14,898,786
Kelly Olynyk $13,445,122
2025 PICK #2 $10,308,600 $10,824,200 $11,339,800
Jordan Hawkins $4,741,216 $7,021,740 $10,469,414
Jose Alvarado $4,500,000 $4,500,000
Yves Missi $3,353,040 $3,512,760 $5,595,827 $8,623,169
Karlo Matkovic $1,955,377 $2,296,271
Antonio Reeves $1,955,377 $2,296,271
BJ Boston $1,955,377 $2,296,271
Totals $182,821,574 $150,409,881 $132,622,143 $39,623,169



$187.9 million luxury tax threshold

Nope I want to trade Hawk, Jose, and CJ so we can build our future team.

I am also impartial on Zion. I am mainly impartial on Zion because of CJ, Hawk, and Jose. If we had "the future core" to pair with him and we had a vision of what that looks like then cool.

Instead we currently have (3) players that are meaningless to the overall future of the Pelicans and a hurt Murray.

In regards to Hawk, it would be 50/50. He could be shite next year or he could get better and his value could increase.

I don't think we would have too big of an issue getting off his 7M contract at 23 y/o. Some trash team will think he's worth the chance. His 30 pt game spurts will get teams thinking.

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Our starting point guard is injured and won't be available for much of next season, so you want to trade away his backup. Brilliant.

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I don't disagree on moving on from Hawk as a whole but this shite is absolutely hilarious.

Jose is 26 and Hawk is 22. One of those guys hasn't peaked yet and can also still be developed

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1 is a rotation player and the other isn't.

It's extremely unlikely that Hawk will provide more consistent value than Jose over the next 2 seasons of Hawks contract.

It's a no brainer on who to keep if it came down to a decision on the 2.

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This isn't a stab at Jose but his stat line through 4 years is absolutely mediocre at best and he's 26 y/o.

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I'll say it again; if you think Jose's value to this team can be ascertained strictly by looking at his stat line you are absolutely clueless and don't understand basketball at all. Seriously, did Jose stiff you once when you were begging for an autograph? Your irrational dislike of him is bizarre.

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if you think Jose's value to this team can be ascertained strictly by looking at his stat line you are absolutely clueless

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If you actually think Jose means anything to the future success of this franchise as a whole then you are absolutely clueless. And again this is me saying that while I really like Jose as a player, person, and hard worker.

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if you think Jose's value to this team can be ascertained strictly by looking at his stat line you are absolutely clueless

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And y'all say this like the dude has led us to the playoffs or playoff series wins. But yeah I'm clueless...

Y'all legit aren't capable of taking criticism without it turning into a love/hate argument. Whether I like or dislike Jose has nothing to do with this.

"I love Jose but he's average" somehow = "OMG you hate Jose, what did he do to you"

So dumb

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Show me the stats that measure energy and getting the crowd in to the game, both things which Jose unquestionably gives this team in many games.

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Holy shite. The fact that this would be a difference maker to you in regards to a player that isn't a difference maker shows how dense some of y'all are....

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Backup, rotation players do not "lead" teams to the playoffs. But backup, rotation players (especially those on cheap contracts) can be key, valuable pieces to a quality team. This really shouldn't be hard to understand.

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Is it hard to understand that we are not a quality team and Jose isn't the key to a fricking thing on this roster?

The worst thing I said about Jose in this entire thread is that he's average and you are defending him with your life. Again its weird.