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

[mvossman]

Unless I got the rules wrong (very possible) you only become MLE ineligible over the 2nd apron. I assume the apron that applies is the $183M figure from 2023/2024, which gives us roughly 10M for DJJ and the 2nd round pick. I think that´s absolutely in the right ballpark for DJJ. Maybe you sweeten the deal with an additional year on the contract. But that seems only fair given that at point we are just two weeks removed from winning our 2nd championship. 

That is probably plenty for DJJ, but if we cross the tax line the MLE becomes the tax MLE which is way less.