re: Windhorst says Pels aren't done, linked to Buddy and Lauri (eta: ScoopB also says Buddy)

Let’s assume we sign Hart for $10-12 mil per. How much space would we have after that?

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Buddy honestly isn't a perfect fit with the current roster, but he fits so well with Zion I think you have to try to figure it out.

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Buddy and Graham playing off of Zion is faptastic

Kevin O’Connor also mentions Buddy as possible S&T guy for Hart on the Mismatch podcast. Not going to type out a transcript but the timestamp is 38:40ish for anyone interested.

Edited to remove Lauri

I’d love to get Markkanen but I don’t see how we can afford him and I really want Hart back. I love the energy he brings and he’s not afraid to guard 1-4. If they can bring Hart back and bring someone like Paul Millsap to mentor Zion as the backup 4 is really like our roster the way it’s constructed. I think Graham will be a very solid starting PG and NAW will flourish at the 2 guard. Having someone like Garrett Temple should teach the backcourt a thing or two about the right way to be a pro.

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I’d love to get Markkanen but I don’t see how we can afford him and I really want Hart back.

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we are like $40M under the tax right now. We aren't even at the cap yet, not including Hart, Wenyen, Iwundu, and that's 13 roster spots.



Let's see:
BI $29,467,800
JV $14,000,000
Zion $10,733,400
Graham $10,930,233
Sato $10,000,000
Temple $5,000,000
Hayes $5,348,280
Kira $3,822,240
NAW $3,261,480
Murphy $3,053,760
Billy $$2,327,220 estimated
Naji $1,517,981
Didi $1,489,065

I believe that's $96,163,177. with 13 players. That's $16M under the cap, and $40M under the tax.
As i said, Iwundu can just be bought out to give the roster spot to Herb or someone else if Herb is taking a two way. Gabriel isn't guaranteed. So you either keep Hart or you bring in someone else to take that 14th spot, and do whatever with Herb or someone else for the 15th roster spot.

Maybe we will just be a under the cap team for the year, which would be advantageous if we want to absorb a bad contract for a late 1st or something at the trade deadline.

I’d offer Hart 4 years $46 million and Markkanen 3 years $45 mil. That’s $26.5 mil a year combines for both players leaving us around $8.5 mil if we had $35 million.

I just re-listened and you’re probably right. Regardless, he doesn’t think we are done either.

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Why? No one has shown interest in hart so why would we bid against ourself?

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We've done that once already this offseason...

That’s not like it’s a big overvalue of Hart. He was figured to get between $9-13 mil per. That’s a fair number for a 6th man type to me. I’d love to get him for the MLE and be able to still get someone like Buddy or Markkanen. We still need more shooting it doesn’t matter where it comes from.

If we got Buddy, I actually think it should be NAW and Buddy starting and let Graham light it up with second unit. He could still finish games though along side NAW, maybe even a 3 guard lineup with Ingram and Zion against smaller teams.