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56/4 would be a little bit less than current MLE projections.

What? Are you sure?

The new CBA has a limit of 10% cap increases. If we calculate 110% of last year's MLE it lands at only about 11.4M.

The new CBA uses 12.2 for the MLE. It seems unlikely there would be much jump (if any) off that number, in light of the 10% ceiling.

Starting at 12.2M, with max raises, a full MLE deal is only 4/54.

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Back to the question of Green, in light of the last half of last season (which is our best evaluation of what we are paying for), 4/70 seems way rich. I can justify a bit over MLE's 54, but not that far over. And one thing these numbers on paper ignore is the reality of a hard cap world, where your payroll has limits (not every half-decent player gets a max), and your payroll limits look something like this, with names inserted:

40-star  LUKA 40
40-star  KYRIE  40
20-starter and strong supporting player  THJ  18
20-starter and strong supporting player  [BERTANS 17 - alternate DB sw 4.5 + MLE player]
10   MAXI 11
10   RB 10
5    MCGEE 6
5    #10 PICK   5
2 each - all minimums  HARDY
In theory they will try to squeeze an MLE of 12M into the mix somewhere.

So --- In the pecking order going forward, is Green really one of your 20s, or close to it? He's an energy guy, who does good things at times, but I don't see him as one of those 20s. His offense is weak. Defense-only guys get paid less. So far he's just a backup, and some games was close to invisible, even in the back end of the season, which is all the data we have to work with on who he is.