re: Jrue trade completed

Not upset about it, just saying I'd rather have sent Frank and kept at least 1 of them.

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Steven Adams did not have to waive his $2M trade bonus (7.5% of owed salary) to make the deal to New Orleans work.

Cap hit for Adams is now $29.59M

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Puts us even closer to LT territory.

We currently have 11 players under contract (once Ingram signs his max), with 128,663,167 in space tied up

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Didn't we get semi-official word at one point that Gayle had expressed willingness to pay some tax if necessary?

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I think she is, but I doubt she is for a team that’s going to be in a battle for the 10th seed

ETA: marks is still saying we’re 6 mil below the tax line. So we still may be able to spend about 4 mil on 1 player and add two other minimums.

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How I would finish up the offseason:

1. Target one guy who is solid and getting minimum offers, give him 2.5 to 3-ish

2. Find a former total bust that wants a chance to rehab his career. Give guaranteed min (beats partial guarantee offers)

3. Old vet on min

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So, for some examples of each:

1. Korkmaz, A. Roberson, C. Boucher, N. Peele, A. Len, S Harrison, Napier

2. Sterling Brown, Justin Anderson, Vonleh, MKG, Caboclo, T. Maker, Mudiay

3. D. Carroll, J. Henson, S. Hill, Mahinmi, De Colo, Delly

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List of potential gets from Mac. Would be perfectly fine with a few of those guys on cheap deals.

Some of those guys are gone.

We aren’t going to pay the tax this year. You don’t do that until you’re a true contender because of the Repeater Tax.

I think at this point, given how long it took to complete, how close we are to tax, and how little we have to work with to improve the roster, it’s perfectly reasonable to say you like the player in Adams (I love adams, big fan), but question the all around cost acquire him (picks, cap space, losing out on other FAs, etc). It’s all reasonable.

But it’s done and it’s time to see what else Griff has up his sleeve and enjoy a more vocal, tougher, more aggressive team.

Let’s see what he does before we make these assumptions.

If miller gets cut can we bring him back at vet min?

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Didn't we get semi-official word at one point that Gayle had expressed willingness to pay some tax if necessary?

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Repeater tax is a thing. Though Adams should be on vastly less next year.

It's a palatable trade in vaccuum, when you stack it up a against opportunity cost, there's a clear winner and loser.

Our of all the things to worry about in the trade, he chooses Kenny and Zylan lol

That's cute