(01-21-2024, 12:22 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I can see that Hayward may be difficult to sign. I’m assuming he is a MLE target for the league. Sportrac says our max possible cap space right now would be -$9,884,226 (round to $10M). THJ/Holmes/Maxi salaries are right at $40M. The trade? THJ/Maxi/Holmes/27 for Hayward/Bridges/Thor. With rounding, that’s about $28M in cap space.
Projected cap for next season is 142 mil and Mavs have 172 mil of salaries committed. If you deduct THJ/Holmes/Maxi (40 mil) you get to 132 mil. Not enough cap space to resign Bridges (assuming his price will be 20 mil), even if you sign Hayward into MLE.
(01-21-2024, 12:27 PM)Smitty Wrote: What about the Non-Bird exception?
Bridges is paid a bit less than 8 mil. So non-bird (120 % of his salary) brings you to less than 10 mil.
Edit: If I understand the non-bird correctly