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[The Jom]

Looking at BB Reference, DAL has most of the core group under contract for next season with the only significant unsigned player as DJJ. Based on his performance so far, I think he will be looking for something more than the vet minimum he's no now.

Without DJJ and without Hardy's non-guaranteed contract, DAL is just under the projected LT for next season by roughly $7.5MM. 

Given the Salary Cap Projections and MLEs, which are complicated enough to make my head hurt, Is it possible to keep the gang together for another year?

I feel like there will be less angst this summer about FA acqusitions and trades if this proves to be a team with growth potential if given a little time and am looking for some of the salary cap experts' input.

If you assume as I do that the LT is a hard no unless it’s a temporary way to land another star, then your question answers itself. But you’d have to think trading an expiring Timmy this summer won’t prove as difficult as it has the past couple years. (That’s one reason to keep playing him ahead of Hardy, in my view. A couple hot games in the playoffs could affect his value pretty significantly. And history says that’s not unlikely.)