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vasashi17+
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As of Feb 10, 2024, roster stands as:
1. Bron 47.61m
2. AD 40.6m
3. DLo 17.31m
4. Rui 15.74m
5. Reaves 12.02m
6. Gabe 10.5m
7. Vando 4.7m
8. Prince 4.52m
9. JHS 3.7m
10. Wood 2.71m
11. Cam 2.17m
12. Hayes 2.17m
13. MaxC 1.72m
14. MLewis 1.12m
15. Dimwiddie 1.56m (prorated amount of remaining 1.9m MLE)
•Two-way: Castleton, Mays, Giles III (signed 3/1) $0
= 168.1m in team salary; ~3.4m in wiggle from 1st Apron hardcap
= 7.05m in associated repeater taxes; ~2.8m in breach of luxury tax
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| Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:43 am Post subject: |
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As of the beginning of April, the 2024/25 salary cap has reflected no change from previous projections given last on January 30th 2024…
| Quote: | Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
NBA has shared salary cap projections with teams for 2024-2025 season, sources tell ESPN. Projections are unchanged from January.
Salary Cap: $141 million
Minimum team salary: $127M
Tax Level: $172M
First Apron: $179M
Second Apron: $190M
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1776273502594646339
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…so it appears that these projections are based off a 3.68% increase to the salary cap from this season & won’t deviate much, if at all, when the offseason hits. Recall the max the salary cap can climb to is 10% annually, which would bring it to 149.6m.
However, till that becomes the case, the current 3.68% increase towards the cap will have the projections towards summer spending looking as such…
| Quote: | Salary Cap: 141m
90% Cap Floor: 127m
Luxury Tax threshold: 172m
1st Apron: 179m
2nd Apron: 190m
Tax-Payer MLE: 5.18m for up to 2yrs
-using it triggers 2nd Apron, which effectively hardcaps a team at 190m
-no longer restricted towards just free agents & can be used to trade for players on existing contracts making up to 5.18m next year
Non Tax-Payer MLE: 12.86m for up to 4yrs
-using it triggers 1st Apron, which effectively hardcaps a team at 179m
-no longer restricted towards just free agents & can be used to trade for players on existing contracts making up to 12.86m next year
BiAnnual Exception: 4.67m for up to 2yrs
-using it triggers 1st Apron & can’t be used in consecutive seasons (ie Lakers won’t have access to this resource thus summer due to using BAE on Prince this past summer)
-no longer restricted towards just free agents & can be used to trade for players on existing contracts making up to 5.18m next year
roomMLE: 7.98m for up to 3 years
-no longer restricted towards just free agents & can be used to trade for players on existing contracts making up to 7.98m next year
2nd Round exception: 1.88m - 2.07m based respectively on either an up to 3 or 4 year deal with final year being team option
35% max (10+ seasoned player): 49.35m
30% max (7-9 seasoned player): 42.3m
25% max (0-6 seasoned player): 35.25m
Rookie min / incomplete roster charge: 1.88m
Vet min: 2.07m (only 2 seasoned player cap hit applies w/ difference paid by the league)
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe this is the place to ask.
Hypothetically, if Bron walks, how much cap space do the Lakers have? |
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vasashi17+
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers potential cap sheet for the 2024/25 offseason:
| Quote: | 1. Bron 51.4m (player option)
2. AD 43.2m
3. DLo 18.7m (player option)
4. Rui 17m
5. Reaves 13m
6. Gabe 11m
7. Vando 10.7m
8. JHS 3.9m
9. Wood 3m (player option)
10. Cam 2.5m (player option)
11. Hayes 2.5m (player option)
12. MaxL 1.9m
13. MaxC RFA QO caphold 2.3m
14. 2024 FRP caphold (projected to be #17 overall) 3.8m
= 184.9m in potential team salary heading into 2024 free agency |
As you can see from above, we’re already projected to be about 44m over the 141m salary cap. So if Bron opts out & we renounce his bird rights, we could be looking at roughly 7.5m in cap space.
Let’s say all our player option guys (Bron, DLo, Wood, Cam, Hayes) opt out and have their respective bird rights renounced + MaxC and our other free agents (like Prince) aren’t brought back & the Pels decide to keep our #17 pick this year, then the Lakers can maximize their cap space potential and open up to 29.9m in cap space when you consider 7 on the roster remain (AD, Rui, Reaves, Gabe, Vando, JHS, MaxL) as long with 5 incomplete roster charges.
Note: player options & RFA QOs have a deadline of June 29th which is roughly a day before the June 30th free agent moratorium begins. Also cap figures used in my post are provided and can be found here:
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| We have literally no cap sapce. That means we would have to sign and trade Bron, if we want some thing of value in return? |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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^Yeah, a trade of some sort is the only thing we really can do to make a significant move beyond the margins. I believe it’s why the FO made it such a big deal that they can use up to 3 FRPs this summer to to really go for a “star” name. I find that type of transaction highly skeptical, specifically in pertaining with Trae, but supposedly that is the FO’s plan that better moves the needle for us.
When it comes to cap space, there is just way too much turnover to really take it seriously. Also take into account that beyond the optics of moving off of Bron, the max cap space we could develop would need to rely on the salary cap projections jumping to the 10% max allowed in the CBA, in which case that aforementioned 29.9m in cap could max out to 38.5m in cap space IF & ONLY IF the current cap projections max out to 149.6m instead of the 141m it is presently trending at.
That 38.5m would make it good enough for a 25% max eligible player but certainly isn’t enough for a 30% or 35% max level player.
Also when it comes to Bron, I doubt we can just trade him to whoever we want. He can agree to opt in to his 51.4m if he gets rerouted to a destination of his choosing. Otherwise he mostly opts out of his deal and re-ups to a new deal where he stipulates that a no-trade clause becomes a must during negotions.
Lastly, other things to consider, is how eager ownership is to become a repeat tax offender for a squad that has mainly been play-in contenders as of late. Will they want to conduct S&ts and/or use/trade their eligible MLEs at risk of triggering the hard cap Aprons? Will they involve their ‘31 draft pick which is 7 years out and risks “freezing” their future draft picks? This offseason is gonna be a MFer of a landscape to navigate.
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