01-08-2026, 09:34 AM
(01-08-2026, 08:34 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I've been having to work between the Fanspo Trade Checker and the Spotrac Trade Checker to get a full picture of what works/doesn't work. Unfortunately, they disagree about Atlanta's payroll. Both sites have already moved players to their new teams. Fanspo still has the number at $8.3mm under the tax. Spotrac has it at $6.78mm. Most of the difference appears to be some second rounder from 2024 named Nikola Djurisic. He makes $1.272mm this year and Fanspo doesn't show him on Atlanta's roster at all.
Atlanta does have four guys at the end of their roster who are either non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed. But, it doesn't appear they did anything by yesterday to move off of any of them.
I thought the possibilities of an AD deal that keeps Atlanta under the tax were tight when I was using the Fanspo number. But, if it's the smaller one Spotrac number (which I fear is true), this gets even more challenging once the Trae deal becomes official. It kind of lends credence to what Killer has said about why they might be holding this open. If deadlines make deals, Atlanta may have created a deadline.
FWIW, Basketball Reference also shows Djurisic on ATL's roster at the salary you cited above, with a team total of $179,928,695. Only this season for Djurisic is guaranteed, but the contract runs for two more, non-guaranteed, years, the last a TO. He was out injured to start the season and must be playing in the GLeague because there are no NBA stats for him.