No matter what moves we make, we will get bashed. How the F won't we have cap space next year when the cap is going up and DRose comes off the books?
We'd definitely have cap. The question is that I don't know how much NBA will add in cap next summer.
Yahoo predicts $107 mill for NBA salary cap
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/nyk/salary/
2017
Guaranteed Salaries: 47,462,408 (Melo, Noah and O'Quinn)
Non-Guaranteed: 4,503,600 (KP... I assume we'll pick up his option so it will be added to guaranteed salaries)
Cap hold: 23,404,161 (D-Rose, Holiday)
Cap space: 28,254,873 (w/o Lee's contract. W/ Lee's contract, it'd be around $15,754,873... It'd probably be lower if we give Lance, DWill or Gallo 2-3 year contract)
If we want to go after Westbrook, Blake or CP3, we have to renounce D-Rose's bird rights
I hope it's helpful