07-08-2022, 08:40 PM
(07-08-2022, 08:37 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Repeating something here that I wrote in the Brunson Thread as my math here isn't accurate in the above post. I used some dated numbers from something that had been posted not realizing Kemba was in those numbers. Apologies. Moving too fast. In a trade matching deal, Brunson can make a little over $24mm with Burks/Noel as the outgoing. The ship has sailed on the deal outlined in that post.
Unless I'm not accounting for enough cap holds, I think the deal above is still possible, but not because NY is operating over the cap. With the cutting of Gibson, there is enough room to get Brunson a declining contract starting in the same $28mm which yields Dallas a $14mm TPE or allows Dallas to trade match using Brunson's $14mm outgoing. So, the deal above (or the Bogdanovic deal in the Brunson Thread) could still work if Dallas participates in a S&T with Brunson getting the larger salary using the newly expanded cap room NY now has. But, they no longer 'need' Dallas which means Dallas might have to pay for the privilege if they have a deal lined up that requires Brunson's outgoing salary. So the S&T theory probably took a hit with the Gibson cut. The idea of not having to pay for the S&T most certainly took a hit.
Maybe removing protections on the '23 pick?