(08-06-2022, 09:08 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I think it could be as simple as Powell for Beverley. Utah ends up in a Mitchell deal with the Dallas pick and part of the compensation is taking the protection off of 2023. Also saves Utah tax. They are $20mm over the line and any deals they do probably need to cut salary fairly substantially.
I don't understand this. I thought UT was far under the tax line with no tax concerns. $20M over (a payroll in excess of $170M) would make them one of the league's big spenders. Spotrac has them at only $142M.
Obviously, all owners (especially those with a rebuilding tanking team facing reduced attendance for a while) want to reduce payroll. So that would be a plus in the trade you mention. I too have proposed UT-related trade ideas based on that premise. But it looks to me like tax paying (and the multiplier on salary that creates) has nothing to do with it.