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Cavs 2015-2016 Team Salary and Trade Assets

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Chris Parker said:
This is a pretty brutal situation, and I am sure LeBron is aware of it. They can't spend $30M on their center position. I have no idea what the solution will be but two of TT, TMo and Andy will gone by 2016, I'd guess. Whiteside will be a UFA in '16 would he fit? There's a sign & trade or something in their future.

I'd be also surprised if Smith comes back for much more than he's making now. I am sure he can get more somewhere but would bet the Cavs hard ball him expecting him to take it to stay w/LeBron. He's the new Mike Miller. Shumpert's more D than 3 so I wonder what he's worth, and if they can save a couple mill there. They'll have to hold the line somewhere and hope to fill with the James Posey and PJ Browns of the world, imo
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I'd venture to say that Gilbert will keep all three here if he can and that money will not be an issue. Plus both TT and Andy can play the 4 as well, so it's not like we are spending that money just on the center position.

There's even speculation that the Cavs could even go balls to the wall and try to trade Haywood for someone like Iguodala and have a ridiculous total salary and, in turn, luxury tax. Of course that is just speculation, but it's a trade that could make sense for both sides since Golden State's young guys are about to get paid big time and we just don't know where Gilbert's limit is on spending.

I'm really hoping that something like that happens and we go full-on dynasty mode, spending whatever is necessarily to maximize the prime years of what could end up being the greatest player of all time.
 
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New salary cap projections sent out to NBA teams: 2015-16: 67.1 million, tax 81.6, 2016-17: 89 million, tax 108. 2017-18: 108, 127 tax


2015-2016: 67.1 Cap, 81.6 Tax

2016-2017: 89 Cap, 108 Tax

2017-2018: 108 Cap, 127 Tax

First off, Kyrie Irvings contract is going to be a bargain from 2016-2019

Next: Tristan and Shump gonna get paid. By us.

Love: Likely opts in for next year, then gets his next contract(from us) in the 2016-2017 offseason.

LeBron: remember Jordan doing those one year deals during his second stint with the Bulls? Think thats what is going to happen here. What he is going to do is make sure he can(rightly) get the max from us the next two seasons. But he will want to be a free agent the summer of the lockout/ext, because one of the bargaining points will be much larger % for true max players or even having a designated 1 player per team who can make any amount(team still subject to the luxury tax)

Anyways, this news should not in any ways be seen as a negative to our situation.
 
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http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12711616/teams-told-nba-salary-cap-hit-100m-2017-18-season


In subsequent years, sources said, league officials are projecting a slight decrease in the cap, down to $100 million in 2018-19 (with ‎a $121 million tax line), $102 million in 2019-20 (with a $124 million tax line) and $107 million in 2020-21 with a $130 million tax line.

Last month, the NBA announced that the players' union had formally rejected a so-called "cap-smoothing" proposal that would have paid players the same 51 percent of basketball-related income they get under the current collective bargaining agreement while artificially lowering the cap over several years to prevent a big spike -- which would dramatically raise salary levels for free agents that season -- and would phase in the increase over several years.​
 
With the $108 million projected cap, LeBron's 5 year max deal will be worth $217,350,000, or $43.4 million/year. Love will probably demand something similar. The Cavs would have $93,425,000 tied up in Kyrie, Love, and LeBron in 2017-2018. $126 million in 2019-2020.
 
Kyrieville said:
With the $108 million projected cap, LeBron's 5 year max deal will be worth $217,350,000, or $43.4 million/year. Love will probably demand something similar. The Cavs would have $93,425,000 tied up in Kyrie, Love, and LeBron in 2017-2018. $126 million in 2019-2020.
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Because of the number of years in the league, Loves max will not be as high as LeBrons. Also, not sure Love will be willing to wait to sign his extension until 2017-2018. The total value of the contract is going to be based on the cap the year the contract is signed. So LeBron would only get that 43.4 per year deal by signing an extension in 2017.

In any event, spending a ton of money in premium players is a good thing. Not something to worry about.
 
I don't see Gilbert not spending every dime imaginable to keep this team a championship contender, especially if they're going deep into the playoffs every year.

Not only does that generate more money for the Q, but it generates more traffic & money for the Horseshoe, as well, which is even more $ in Gilbert's pockets.

I can assure you that we won't see them deal key rotation pieces in cost cutting deals. If we deal anyone from the rotation, it'll be for other rotation pieces that fit better, etc.

I also cannot see 2 of TT/Moz/Andy being dealt, firstly because 2 of the 3 are TT and Andy. Secondly, because Moz has been a godsend and is the center we need going forward.
 
MoFlo said:
I don't see Gilbert not spending every dime imaginable to keep this team a championship contender, especially if they're going deep into the playoffs every year.

Not only does that generate more money for the Q, but it generates more traffic & money for the Horseshoe, as well, which is even more $ in Gilbert's pockets.

I can assure you that we won't see them deal key rotation pieces in cost cutting deals. If we deal anyone from the rotation, it'll be for other rotation pieces that fit better, etc.

I also cannot see 2 of TT/Moz/Andy being dealt, firstly because 2 of the 3 are TT and Andy. Secondly, because Moz has been a godsend and is the center we need going forward.
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Yeah, I don't think I agree with Chris Parker's idea of getting rid of 2/3 of our bigs. I think all three are retained. Andy will be retained because of loyalty and also because, when healthy, he is one of the best bigs in the league (hopefully he is still serviceable next season). Tristan will be retained because of his youth/fit/reliability. Mozgov will be retained because we traded two firsts for him. Why would we trade two firsts if we weren't planning on keeping him for the long run? He's just too valuable. He's a perfect fit and our only true center. I see us keeping all of LeBron, Kyrie, Kevin, Timofey, JR, Tristan, Iman, Delly, and Joe for the foreseeable future, save for trades. But none of those guys will be lost to free agency if we have anything to say about it.

I'm praying that we capitalize on Haywood's contract and bring in someone valuable. I know our salary situation would be ridiculous, but bringing in 3+ years of championships would make that hit all worth it and more.
 
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It's not like the money is coming directly put of Gilberts pockets. the revenue from the new TV deal alone will help offset the costs. I wouldn't worry fellas.
 
bigfoot5415 said:
It's not like the money is coming directly put of Gilberts pockets. the revenue from the new TV deal alone will help offset the costs. I wouldn't worry fellas.
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Will be interesting to see how many minutes Andy would get next year if all the bigs return.
 
Paul said:
Will be interesting to see how many minutes Andy would get next year if all the bigs return.
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I would love for him to be healthy because when Mozgov goes to the bench, we're so small on the floor. I think LeBron is the second tallest rotation player behind Mozgov.
 
kookoo said:
I would love for him to be healthy because when Mozgov goes to the bench, we're so small on the floor. I think LeBron is the second tallest rotation player behind Mozgov.
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Both Love and Tristan are taller than LeBron.
 
I would sign Love to a max deal this summer. Not sure if I would sign him in the next CBA for 40 million per year... Even with the new rules that doesn't seem right and should be for the LeBron's, Durant, Shaq and MJ's of the world (you know like the year-in year-out MVP candidates that carry a franchise... )
 
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Shumpert played enough minutes to qualify for the higher qualifying offer

Player - Qualifying Offer
Thompson 6,777,589
Shumpert: 4,433,683
Dellavedova 1,147,276
 
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