01-09-2024, 01:46 PM
(01-09-2024, 01:38 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Sure, now do that same exercise with him here. The 3 contracts would be $125M to start next year. That leaves $47M under tax to add at least 11 players. All depends on the trade as far as what contracts we have going forward. Imagine having Maxi as 1 of those. I’m sure they will look to try and be right at the 1st or 2nd apron, but those paths are horribly tricky.
I would say remaining under the second apron is a goal salary wise for a contender, that means 180 mil or 55 mil for remaining roster. Salary wise, if Dallas is moving 3 players, we are basically moving same salary as Siakam will get next season. So I think, there is plenty of room left. It really helps that two playoff rotation players (Exum, Lively) cost 8 mil combined. Lets say 4 end of bench players cost 10 mil. That means Mavs would have 37 mil for remaining 5 players. I have posted a couple of times - all big three of every contender costs roughly 125 mil. Mavs would not be anything special. Mavs will have tougher time once Luka super max kicks in.