08-25-2023, 04:32 AM
(08-25-2023, 12:06 AM)F Gump Wrote: Cuban doesn't save a penny by stretching the cap hit. The payment stays the same either way. The only diff is in the cap accounting.
That is not 100% correct. The payment to McGee is exactly the same. But the different cap acounting means less money to spend in future years and this is the money that could be saved (by not giving it to other players)
However, as the stretched years fall into Luka's prime, maybe Cuban intends to pay tax then anyway. Then the additional money does not matter much to roster building but Cuban could actually end up paying more money for (but not to) McGee (2,3M+tax)