08-27-2025, 03:03 PM
(08-27-2025, 09:11 AM)omahen Wrote: Huh, tough blow. I think Cleveland can get under 2nd apron if they don't guarantee Wade and dump Strus. I wonder if this will be seriously considered under these conditions.
Seems extremely unlikely. That's not enough to get them under A2, and probably not close. Spotrac shows them almost 20M over A2 but they also only have 13 players and must add another (which costs 2.1M).
In addition, "if they don't guarantee Wade" - which I assume means he gets waived - saves them nothing unless they stretch his salary, because the total of payoff of his partial guarantee plus the cost to refill that roster slot would add up to about the same number as his salary they began with.
In addition, who has cap room to take Strus if they want to give him away to save money? And what would that cost in assets for that salary dump, to get someone to take and pay an injured player about 16M (with the obligation of another year at 16.6M)? His injury has a lot of iffiness in the recovery timeline - it's the same injury that looked so simple with Roddy B and wrecked his NBA career because he could never seem to get healthy again.