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[essential1]

How Lakers Stack Up in 2017 Free Agency Money

Lakers $26mil in cap space.

They can open up $15mil more in cap space.
1. Stretch Nick Young next year (Saves $4mil in cap)
2. Do not keep Tarik Black for the 2nd Year (Saves $6.6mil.. Likely less than that because it is supposedly partially guaranteed)
3. Let Anthony Brown go (Saves $1mil.. If he shows you nothing, just let him go)
4. Trade Lou Williams for a pick ($5.6-6.1mil saves depending on late first or 2nd)

Celtics $43mil
Not including Amir Johnson cap hold, or if they keep Zeller or Sullinger, both RFA (this year).
Include Smart, Rozier, Young & Hunter Team Options. Olynyk, Holland QO. Mickey Non-guaranteed.

Really no moves they can make to shed any other cap that makes sense

Rockets $30mil
Likely try to open up $14mil in space by trading Brewer & Ariza.

Still have $15mil in salary cap space this year. If they use it, then an Ariza trade makes little sense.

Clippers $53mil
That’s if they let CP3 & Blake go. With those two cap holds, their cap space falls to 0

Heat $22mil in cap space

Match Tyler Johnson $12.5mil a year offer from BK, McBob Player Option, Winslow Team Option, Weber & Richardson Non-guaranteed
May have more if Bosh retires.. Would put them at $47mil, but you can’t bank on that happening.
They likely open up to about $30mil in space (assuming they don’t use $10mil more of this years cap). But they will have a really hard time with FA based on how they treated DWade. Riley didn’t even call Wade apparently. That stuff will stick for a couple of years.

TWolves ~$42mil

Wiggins & KAT Team Options, Shabazz RFA, Dieng RFA, Lavine-Payne & Tyus Jones Team Options

Knicks $36mil in cap space
Another year older, have to hope that team doesn’t fall apart. And if DRose is even semi-competent, they likely try to keep him, eating into their cap space.

OKC ~$30mil
Where they get into some trouble is Steven Adams and Victor Oladipo’s RFA. Adams will get $20+mil, Oladipo will get $17+mil. No way OKC can justify paying out $30mil, then re-signing Adams & Oladipo to big long term contracts. The luxury tax bill they would have would be enormous, and if they didn’t do it when they had a young core of Durant, Westbrook & Harden, they won’t do it now without Durant.
Maybe they trade Enes to chase a name, but they will still have to be okay with paying the luxury tax a year later.

Spurs - $18mil - $40mil
If Pau declines his Player Option (he won’t), If they trade Boris Diaw who has $7.5mil non-guaranteed (probably)

Wizards - $5mil - $16mil
Only way they get space is declining Otto Porter RFA & Kelly Oubre $2mil Team Option.
Signed Beal 5 year / $128mil, Mahinmi 4 year / $64mil, Andrew Nicholson 4 year / $26mil

Lakers are not in a bad position by any means next year

 

[junglejim]

2017 cap is apparently going to be around 102M instead of 109M now so goodbye to any hope for westbrook or any other max player next year.

 

[sohi 23]

Gunna have to trade Lou, stretch Young & decline Black to make room for the 30% max right?

 

[licensed to ball]

Man this season is going to be fun as hell to watch.

Can't ****** wait

 

[essential1]

2017 cap is apparently going to be around 102M instead of 109M now so goodbye to any hope for westbrook or any other max player next year.

Again no.

 

[junglejim]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/242743/NBA-Decreases-17-18-Cap-Space-Projection-From-$107M-To-$102M

That gives us approx. $19M in Cap, we would need about 30.6M for a max contract for Westbrook.   

 

[MVP]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...7-18-Cap-Space-Projection-From-$107M-To-$102M

That gives us approx. $19M in Cap, we would need about 30.6M for a max contract for Westbrook.   

Welp. Only way to get him is to trade for him now.

 

[sohi 23]

No it isn't. U don't pick up Black's option & stretch Young = you're pretty much at 30% max.

 

[licensed to ball]

Our summer league games gonna be streamed online?

 

[MVP]

No it isn't. U don't pick up Black's option & stretch Young = you're pretty much at 30% max.

That gets you to 27 million if you do that still short. Finding a trade partner for Lou would get you there, but that's putting faith in Mitch to trade a guy before he's fired. Also this makes the deals we gave out look worse for next summer at least.

NBA still projects the cap to climb to $108 million in 2018-19, $109 million in 2019-20 and $114 million in 2020-21. https://t.co/2T1j4NRnQF

 

[essential1]

A few things

1. This negatively hurts all teams. A lot of teams went into this free agency expecting the cap to be near $110mil, at worst $107mil. Being at $102mil decreases everyone's cap space.
2. No team of impact has room for 2 max cap space. Not one.
3. $30.6mil max is based on $109mil. A 30% max also isn't 30%, it usually comes out to slightly less. In this case, it was $26.54mil (28.23%).. At $102mil, 28.23% is $28.79mil
4. The projection is almost never correct... This year was projected at $89mil in June/July of 2015. Over a month ago it was $92mil, and it ended up at $94.1mil
5. If it stays at $102mil. Lakers get max cap space with 2 moves... Trading Lou Will into cap space (which now becomes easier with teams having $7mil less in space), stretching Nick Young.. Don't pick up Black's 2nd Year, let Brown go, and you have max cap space plus around $10mil

 

[junglejim]

Our summer league games gonna be streamed online?

NBA.com usually gives you a day pass to watch a game for free then you can pay per game if you want them.  Other than that you can always find streams on reddit and other places for free if you catch it at the right time.

Has anyone tried Ballstreams?  If so, what was your experience?  I was trying to decide between the league pass and ballstreams but was just curious as to what the difference would be streaming wise.

 

[pmatic]

I think ESPN is streaming games this year.

 

[pmatic]

The trade and extend option for Westbrook:

Russell Westbrook is eligible to renegotiate and extend his contract.

Such a renegotiation and extension could bump Westbrook’s 2016-17 salary from $17.8 million to the new max salary of $26.5 million. That’s an out-of-nowhere $8.7 million that Russ could collect. He could then extend for an additional three seasons for up to $91.5 million:

2016-17 – $26.5M

2017-18 – $28.5M

2018-19 – $30.5M

2019-20 – $32.5M

http://thefranchiseok.com/new-salary-cap-estimate-could-help-thunder-with-westbrook/

If the Lakers were to trade for him, they could do this, but give him an opt out to enter free agency in 2018. Then he can be eligible for the 35% max.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Looking forward to not trading for Westbrook and developing young players instead.

 

[MVP]

The trade and extend option for Westbrook:
http://thefranchiseok.com/new-salary-cap-estimate-could-help-thunder-with-westbrook/

If the Lakers were to trade for him, they could do this, but give him an opt out to enter free agency in 2018. Then he can be eligible for the 35% max.

Hmm this would work. But I think this may give OKC a little more hope unless he specifically says he's not coming back. He's already said he's not doing an extension with them though. But with the lockout sure to happen they're may be al other provisions that make it more difficult to leave.

Also Boban gets a 3 year/21 million dollar deal

 

[CP1708]

The trade and extend option for Westbrook:

Russell Westbrook is eligible to renegotiate and extend his contract.

Such a renegotiation and extension could bump Westbrook’s 2016-17 salary from $17.8 million to the new max salary of $26.5 million. That’s an out-of-nowhere $8.7 million that Russ could collect. He could then extend for an additional three seasons for up to $91.5 million:

2016-17 – $26.5M

2017-18 – $28.5M

2018-19 – $30.5M

2019-20 – $32.5M

http://thefranchiseok.com/new-salary-cap-estimate-could-help-thunder-with-westbrook/

If the Lakers were to trade for him, they could do this, but give him an opt out to enter free agency in 2018. Then he can be eligible for the 35% max.

No thank you.

All the young guys >>>>> 1 player makin 26-32 million a year.

Just keep building Mitch. Russ alone isn't beating GSW anyways, just keep building.....

 

[MVP]

If only they'd let the Arenas provision run it's course.

 

[kingjaffejo]

 

[essential1]

Teams only try to sign guys under Arenas Provision if they think that there is a chance that the team will not or cannot match. Because it's not as if they can go out and offer a 4 year max to the guy anyway.

See Lin. See Asik. They didn't have the space to match. Lakers had $60mil.

So while you wait for the Arenas Provision to play through, which it wouldn't, come August 1st, you end up signing him for the same deal anyway.

 

[pmatic]

View media item 2093816
Calderon's shot chart.

 

[licensed to ball]

View media item 2093816
Calderon's shot chart.

Don't see what there is to complain about looking at that.

Solid backup pg.
Veteran presence.
Expiring contract.
Good shooting.
2 2nd round picks.

Mitch did well yesterday man, real well.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[three6mafia2007]

I'm pleased with the Calderon signing, but his weaknesses will definitely show once the season starts. Still a good shooter, but a bad, slow-footed defender

 

[pmatic]

Calderon makes DLo look like Westbrook athletically.