07-08-2023, 04:56 PM
(07-08-2023, 03:17 PM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: IT is a little more complicated than that... My guess is he will get 4/$75 million, BUT it can't be a straight S&T because Charlotte has to make enough room under the cap to fit his 1st year salary to prevent it from becoming BYC. IF BYC hits they can only take back 50% of the salary and that would take teams like Dallas (hard capped) out of the equation. While I don't think Charlotte is desperate to stay under the cap, the deals have to keep them under the TAX far enough to sign Oubre.
It probably won't matter to know, but CHA's need is to be "under the cap" after such a trade is done, not before -- so what would matter is the salary they get back, not what PJW makes. But if they have a desire to keep Oubre, his rights (or contract) will be on the cap and prevent PJW from being able to be an under-cap snt at the numbers he's been chasing.
The over-cap route is actually possible, even with the BYC issues. If we theorize THJ as the outgoing, the number for PJW year 1 would have to be ~20.8M as a minimum, so the smallest possible 4 yr snt deal would be ~77M. If you don't like those numbers for PJW, maybe you say "Too bad, but our MLE money isn't enough for him" when asked.