05-04-2023, 09:16 PM
(05-04-2023, 04:16 PM)omahen Wrote: The apron you need to look at is a hard cap apron caused by SnT. Not sure exactly how much will be next season, somewhere around 165. With 161 mil for just 7 players it is not possible to execute by Phoenix. They could of course stretch Bertans. Phoenix needs to offload much more salary to make this happen
You're correct as to the biggest issue, and as to the impact ("Phoenix needs to offload much more salary to make this happen"). The obstacles ---
1 Using current cap estimate of 134M, the 1st apron will land at about 170M and the 2nd at 180M.
2 PHX w 7 players is at 166M (spotrac), and filling up the rest of the 15-man roster the very cheapest way (all minimums) lands them at about 182M (minimums are 2M each for apron calculations).
3 A plan to SW Bertans, while it could help them later perhaps, isn't applicable to the math of whether PHX would be under 1st apron in order to be able do that trade.
...Bertans would count at full contract in that calculation.
...Kyrie-Bertans for CP-Ayton doesn't lower their cap at all.
...It helps a little that the last 3 minimum slots wouldn't be counted on cap until filled (but 2 or more have to be filled when the games start).
4 I wonder if one or both teams would prefer Bullock-McGee in this equation, rather than Bertans. While the math is similar, it offers different choices.