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Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 3m3 minutes ago
To be clear on Barnes: Only $1M of his salary is guaranteed for next season if he's waived by July 1. Otherwise, Charlotte owes him $3.5M.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 3m3 minutes ago
It is unlikely Charlotte keeps Barnes, who'll become a free agent.
Sounds like Matt Barnes could be a possible FA target this offseason, with Charlotte likely to waive him. Either way, we will know by July 1.
Could be wrong on this, but we could use our MLE on him. With the 3% annual MLE increase, that's a $3.376 million exception for teams over the tax apron.
He was on schedule to make $3.542 million next season, so it wouldn't be much of a pay cut (In addition, he would still be getting the $1 million guaranteed from Charlotte if they waived him from his previous contract). At 35 years old I'd imagine he's willing to come off the bench for a team of our level.
This obviously also depends on which direction the Cavs go in the draft. Taking a player like Justin Anderson at 24 all but eliminates Barnes as a possibility with the other needs we have.
I don't believe there are any other exceptions that can be used for Barnes, since the bi-annual exception was eliminated for luxury tax teams in the latest CBA.
To be clear on Barnes: Only $1M of his salary is guaranteed for next season if he's waived by July 1. Otherwise, Charlotte owes him $3.5M.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 3m3 minutes ago
It is unlikely Charlotte keeps Barnes, who'll become a free agent.
Sounds like Matt Barnes could be a possible FA target this offseason, with Charlotte likely to waive him. Either way, we will know by July 1.
Could be wrong on this, but we could use our MLE on him. With the 3% annual MLE increase, that's a $3.376 million exception for teams over the tax apron.
He was on schedule to make $3.542 million next season, so it wouldn't be much of a pay cut (In addition, he would still be getting the $1 million guaranteed from Charlotte if they waived him from his previous contract). At 35 years old I'd imagine he's willing to come off the bench for a team of our level.
This obviously also depends on which direction the Cavs go in the draft. Taking a player like Justin Anderson at 24 all but eliminates Barnes as a possibility with the other needs we have.
I don't believe there are any other exceptions that can be used for Barnes, since the bi-annual exception was eliminated for luxury tax teams in the latest CBA.