Godaddycurse wrote:SpezNc wrote:I am not sure why I didn’t know until now but I just came to the realization that mathematically it’s virtually impossible to extend Quickley (AAV b/w 25 to 30), exercise Brown option (23M), sign Trent (B/W full MLE to 20M) as well as rookie scale for #19 + rookie scale a top6 pick.
Obviously for many reasons the above scenario would not have made any sense anyway. I would argue in all scenarios (convey, not convey) the choice is likely either Trent is back, or Brown option is exercised but not both. Or even none of them back(my preferred choice TBH)
But I found it interesting that should we get lucky on the lottery, this would all but guarantee that both Trent/Brown aren’t going to be back.
what do you mean? we have bird rights so we can operate over the cap to bring brown/trent back and sign Quickley if that is the way FO prefers.
The luxury tax, see below a scenario that could bring us over the luxury taxes.
Obviously I said virtually impossible because Boucher could be traded or maybe Trent/Quick extend for less than expected. But Quick at over 25M + Trent + Brown at 23M + Rookie scale Pick #6 + rookie scale Pick 19 = trying to fit a square in a triangle. Not impossible but difficult. Hence virtually impossible. And then you have to think about Barnes incoming extension.
2023-24 Cap maximum summary
1 RJ Barrett $25,794,643
2 Scottie Barnes $10,130,980
3 Jakob Poeltl $19,500,000
4 Gradey Dick $4,763,760
5 Immanuel Quickley $25,500,000
6 Jalen McDaniels $4,741,800
7 Chris Boucher $10,810,000
8 Ochai Agbaji $4,310,280
9 Kelly Olynyk $12,804,878
10 Gary Trent Jr $15,000,000
11 Bruce Brown Jr $23,000,000
12 Gary Temple $2,093,637
13 Javon Freeman Liberty $1,891,857
14 Pick #6 —> $7,510,680
15 Pick #19 —> $3,475,200
Total $171,327,715
Cap $141,000,000
Cap space $(30,327,715)
Luxury tax $171,315,000
Luxury space $(12,715)