re: Pelicans 109 VS Kobe Bryant 102 / Final / Official Game Thread

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you improve the team then if you have no draft picks and refuse to part with your 5 best players?

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If Gordon opts in and the NBA smoothes the salary cap next off season, you stretch Gordon and hope he signs a contract worth 5/mil per year. Therefore your cap hit is only 3.3 mil per year for three years. That would leave about 60 mil on the books for next season including:
Asik-12.5m
Holiday-11m
Tyreke-10.7m
Ryno-8.5
AD-7m

Plus cap holds or salaries from:
Miller-1m
Babbitt-1m
Withey-1m
Ajinca-1m
Smith-1m
Young-1m

Plus Gordon's stretch number:
Gordon-3.3m

If the NBA does smooth the cap will be between 70-75m, which means the Pels would have between 10-15 mil to sign a quality SF, if Rivers resigns for 3 mil that number would go down to 7-12, but still a substantial amount.