(05-04-2023, 01:42 PM)omahen Wrote: He is only guaranteed 15 mil for next season, so there is plenty of possibilities to adjust his contract to the right value.
No, it doesn't work that way. The lack of full guarantee does not allow for the possibility of a salary reduction to a lower salary. It only comes into play if CP is waived - made a free agent - and it's money he walks away with from whoever waived him. That would be Phoenix, of course, unless they want to bribe another team to take CP and waive him and pay him $15M, and have the payoff eat into their cap with nothing to show for it.
In addition, by the time we get to July, when a Kyrie S&T might be considered, CP3 will be fully guaranteed or a FA (and not in the mix for a trade).