thecampster

you bastard...I'm a dude...I'm very suspect....you meant me didn't you?

Big time board Kobe!!!

Kobe and Toppin owning the floor.

I love Jacob Toppin.

Man, Jack McVeigh plays a little angry. He's playing prison yard rules.

For the questions I got earlier related to salary, the cap, LT and 1st Apron I wanted to relay some reminders for those paying attention. Immediate implications: Your current cap status is what is taken into account when considering flexibility in trading (this is where the 1st apron talk comes into play...what can we do right now). Luxury Tax Implications: These are calculated at the end of the year after the last game is played and before the dead period begins. Do not confuse the 2. We can operate all year above the LT and not pay the tax at the end of the year. What we can't do is exceed the Apron and trade as normal.

Somewhere in between but yes. They'll leave room for a mid-season signing.

K, Spotrac pending board is updated. See below. the $15.577 is what I posted about with 3 roster positions open. Assuming Niko is healthy, one of those is his at $1.2 million. We have $13.3 million to spend under the apron. A vet minimum 10 year exp salary is $3.6 mil. So do with the above what you will.

NAW first year salary is what counts.

The expanded 7 team trade has us sending out Plowden and getting David Roddy back. Welcome back sir!

If another team signs him away...zero and we're back to 12. Its a minimum deal, like 2 mil....I haven't included it.

I fully expect Newell to be at College Park for most of the year. +Asa Plowden is tendered so he counts.

$180,367,856 Current Salary $187,895,000 LT $7,527,144 Room LT $195,945,000 1st Apron $15,577,144 Room 1st Apron $207,824,000 2nd Apron $27,456,144 Room 2nd Apron 13 slots used (including Asa). Theoretically, we have 15.577 million to spend before restrictions kick in. Don't get caught up in the LT. Get caught up in the apron. That's where restrictions on exceptions kick in. LT impact - Restrictions on differentials in trades and a tax (not big if under 15 million over the LT). 1st Apron - limitations in sign and trade, can't sign over mid-level exception free agents and trades salary matchings. Can't go over 100% in a trade. 2nd Apron teams can't aggregate contracts in trades. The takeaway here is we need 2 players. We can use our left over Exceptions (remember, you can split out that TPE and not all of it is gone). We have up to 15.577 million to spend before hitting the 1st apron and there are some very interesting ring chaser type players out there who could be had on 1-2 year deals to back up our key positions. PG (need 1 vet for emergency fill) 1) Ben Simmons 2) Kyle Lowry (sorry, got a little sick. let me clean that up) 3) Delon Wright 4) Gary Payton II 5) Other (open to suggestions) Center (need 1 vet for emergency fill) 1) Jaxson Hayes 2) Bismack Biyombo 3) Alex Len (big body filler type) 4) Thomas Bryant 5) DeAndre Jordan (big body filler type)

I mentioned on draft night the trades saved us money for a potential use of the TPE. Pre-Trades - pick cap commitments 13th pick - $5,157,960 22nd Pick - $3,372,240 Total - $8,530,200 23rd Pick - $3,237,480 Difference - $5,292,720 These are the subtle moves that lead to success. When you state you might have taken Asa at 13, then basically you say you got the player you want and saved over $5 million on the cap, below the apron. Now let me put the Giannis talk to bed. Post trades/draft we are about $43 million below the 1st apron, $55 million below the 2nd apron and need at least 2 players. Giannis makes $54 million a year. We aren't getting him without also sending out real salary (OO or JJ). So before anyone trumpets yay Giannis, ask yourself if its worth OO, the TPE and whatever other players you could have gotten. Likeliest scenario (my mind). We sign Niko to the active roster. We bring back LaVert and we get someone's Salary dump with the TPE.

Public service announcement: No player in this years' draft is going to be the reason their team wins it all this year. The trade for zingus shows we are in win now mode. Don't lament not getting your pick this year. No rookie is helping us this year.