Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[omahen]

Yeah talent for talent, that deal doesn't bother at all if we could pull it off. Just more the money side would worry me. The apron rules are no joke

I find this apron thing interesting. Do you really have a signal that teams worry a lot about it? Was the offseason any different than previous ones?

We saw the biggest spenders dump some of their contracts instead to just continue spending more and more. GSW dumped Poole for expiring CP3. Clippers didn't use their option on Gordon letting him walk. Other than that we still saw a bunch of "he really got that much money" contracts all over the league. Many teams are desperate to contend and many teams feel like they are very close, since there really isn't any credible multistar superteam (yeah, I don't buy Phoenix experiment). Jerami Grant, Draymond Green, Brooks, FVV, Stewart, Strus and more all got huge contracts, imho. Bane got max contract. Sabonis got max money, despite being exposed big time in playoffs (really not a fan of that deal). KP got 60 mil for two more years. It surely doesn't signal me as the league turned to a bunch of penny pinchers worrying about their cap situation.

As for Mavs. Asuming cap will rise with similar dynamics as the salaries do. Even if Siakam gets his max deal (assuming 45 mil), Mavs would have 125 mil tied into their top 3 players, leaving a bit over 45 mil for rest of roster to stay under apron 1. Maxi, GWill and Lively take 30 mil of that. So Mavs would have 15 mil to play with for remaining 9 players. Yeah, it would be tight  But possible.