Always asking for extra.....
No You Smirking Douche Canoe
Making the numbers work
You see, there's this thing called THE SALARY CAP. https://www.spotrac.com/nba/cap/Which means, cough, you can't just spend as much money as you like.
If we had cap space, we could make a straight offer to Jalen Brunson. Hello.
It's debateable whether or not the Kings would be interested in Randle's offensive presence or that he constitutes a good match with Sabonis. Homles is an excellent role player at C-PF. If Julius stays in NY, he is also going to be a C-PF. HAS TO. Cannot sentence Obi Toppin to 15 fucking minutes every other night. Perhaps the Kings turn their nose up at our offer, and take Jaden themselves. Or Houston beats them to him at #3. Stranger things have happenned. Don't see how they can pass on Banchero.
The Pistons and Spurs presently have what
The NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker refers to as
positive cap space.
No one else does.
Am I going too fast for you? The Knicks and Thunder are on the cusp of cap space, in a domain referred to as
projected practical cap space, which
denotes cap space with cap holds renounced if team salary was below the cap maximum. Assumes veteran club options declined and non-guaranteed players released.The Knicks are listed as roughly -4.8 million, and the Thunder at -2.5 million.
Whatever the fuck that means? Though it would suggest we can't make any bodacious offers for a UFA like Brunson.
I do not believe that the Kings could absorb Randle's salary straight up.
Would the Kings be more inclinced to take Randle and the #11 in exchange for Moe Harkless and the #4?
Naturally. Would the Knicks. My counter would be Randle straight up for the #4.
Not sure Randle has that appeal at this point.
In any event,
New York Knicks Salaries
Team Payroll:
$120,644,081
2021/22
Team Payroll Rank:
28
Key: Player Option / Team Option / Qualifying Offer / Two-Way Contract
New York Knicks
2021/22
PLAYER 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Julius Randle $19,800,000 $23,760,000 $25,660,800 $27,561,600 $29,462,400
Evan Fournier $17,142,857 $18,000,000 $18,857,143 $19,000,000 $0
Derrick Rose $13,445,120 $14,520,730 $15,596,339 $0 $0
Alec Burks $9,536,000 $10,012,800 $10,489,600 $0 $0
Nerlens Noel $8,800,000 $9,240,000 $9,680,000 $0 $0
Kemba Walker $8,729,020 $9,165,471 $0 $0 $0
Taj Gibson $4,910,000 $5,155,500Potentially 35,000,000 in cap space opens up in 2023-2024 with team options on Rose, Burks and Noel.
God only knows how we divest ourselves of KEMBA.
This year, capologist Brock Aller, the Rose-WWW-Perry tryptich and assistant GMs Walt Perrin and Frank Zanin are going to have to be very creative over the next two months.
For starters, do we re-up Mitchell, or get creative with him vis a vis sign and trades. He is an unrestricted free agent, so he can exert some gonad sweating pressure on the front office.
Anyway, we don't have BoD to argue the merits of how much you pay a Jalen Brunson.
BoD seemed to think Fred Van Vleet's contract was cool. He is due to make roughly 21 million and 23 million in 2022-23 and 2023-24. And while we all thought it was a four year deal for $85 million, HoopsHype indicates that Van Vleet has a PLAYER OPTION for 2023-24.
Van Vleet and Brunson. Dynamic smurf guards at 6'1". Van Vleet turned 28 in Ferbruary. Brunson turns 26 in August. Hmmmmmmmm
Now, what if Jalen Brunson and his father made it plain to the Mavericks' Mark Cuban that Jalen wanted to be a Knicks at, oh, say $23 million x 4. Just by coincidence, Julian Randle would offer Dallas the kind of size and inside presence they need; just by coincidence, Julius is a native of Dallas; and just by coincidence Julius is due $23 million in 2022-23 .
Might Julius for Jalen straight up be on the table?
It might.
Might Cuban try and leverage our #11.
Fuck you Mark.
Might Cuban settle for the return of the 2023 Dallas #1 pick we are currently holding?
Let me get back to you Mark.
Personally, I have a hankering for 6'8" combo guard Dyson Daniels at #11.
Not sure if he is sitting there at #10 that the Wizards pass.
Anyway, thrills and chills.
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