You have to remember the new NBA cap rules being implemented.
Spurs will have to spend 90% of the increased 134 million salary cap in order to receive the redistribution of the tax from teams in the luxury tax at the end of the season.
This past year the Spurs received 16.25 million from the tax pool from the 10 NBA teams in the luxury tax.
Spurs will have to reach 120.6 million minimum in salaries. With Victor & a new Tre deal, Spurs should be around 100 million. Factor in the other picks, that may increase very marginally.
This is with Birch, Graham, McDermott taking up 32 million in space.
In order to maintain cap flexibility moving past this bad free agent class, they may choose to sign a valuable veteran locker room addition that doesn’t intend to play much or get in the crosshairs of development on a one year deal to fulfill the gap to the 90% apron.
To those saying, “PaYiNg George Hill 10 million?”
You have to remember the new NBA cap rules being implemented.
Spurs will have to spend 90% of the increased 134 million salary cap in order to receive the redistribution of the tax from teams in the luxury tax at the end of the… https://t.co/wa99XaLc8v
— Eric Salinas (@EricSal_7) May 24, 2023
by callmearookie
6 Comments
Frontload Tre’s deal (20mil/10il/0mil, 10/year avg). Problem solved.
we should be using our cap space to take on some bad contracts for draft capital anyway
shouldnt be much of a problem
Give me a veteran point guard and center 🙏
There has to be a shitty contract out there the Spurs can eat in exchange for that protected CHA pick and some seconds. Some bean counter needs to math it out – how much net to the Spurs for being at X salary threshold, whatever. Be nice to get someone who is a net positive, but it makes no sense if, for example, the Spurs have to pay a guy $20M not to play in order to get $10M in luxury payout.
That said, fuck it, bring back Boban. Pay him a bunch of money to be a team ambassador and play garbage time minutes. Him and Victor together would be hilarious. No, I’m not serious.
I appreciate the information but let’s not start posting these super fan Twitter accounts like this Salinas guy and that PJ Hoops page as if they’re legit spurs sources.
In all the 2k simulations it has us pickup up Westbrook.
I am actually not fully opposed as it would offload a bunch of the stress of other players, but also I don’t know how beneficial it would be for their development…