08-26-2026, 10:49 AM
@KeithSmithNBA
New Orleans will use some of the NTMLE to sign Bennedict Mathurin. In order for them to stay below the tax, and now a first-apron hard cap, some other salary will have to be shed first. @JakeLFischer reported that they were looking for trades for the $7M salary of Jordan Hawkins.
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I'd take Hawkins expiring for some SRP's and just waive him.
New Orleans will use some of the NTMLE to sign Bennedict Mathurin. In order for them to stay below the tax, and now a first-apron hard cap, some other salary will have to be shed first. @JakeLFischer reported that they were looking for trades for the $7M salary of Jordan Hawkins.
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I'd take Hawkins expiring for some SRP's and just waive him.