bigfoot5415
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If we acquire Love, Thompson will be gone. Period.
If we acquire Cousins, he and TT will both be on their rookie contracts next season.
TT will get similar money to what Favors will get in FA, if not a little less. Favors role has always been limited, but turned out decent numbers. He averages 9 pts and 6 rebs in 20 mpg in his career, but has always had that percieved upsdie because of his size and skill. I expect him to get around $11 mil per year in his next deal. As for TT, he will put up better numbers, because of his increasing playing time, but still considered undersized. He will get $9 or $10 mil per year (if not a deal similiar to Varejao's current).
What worries me is Kyrie getting 30% of the cap because of the Derrick Rose Rule after his current deal is up. Assuming the cap is @ $60 mil that year, we will owe him $18 mil.
We may have $28 mil commited to him and TT in 2015. Add 5 for Dion, 2 for Tyler, and say 8 for atleast two draft picks from now til then. Thats $43 mil for that core. Its hard to make a move unless it will be before everyone rookie contracts expire.
If we acquire Cousins, he and TT will both be on their rookie contracts next season.
TT will get similar money to what Favors will get in FA, if not a little less. Favors role has always been limited, but turned out decent numbers. He averages 9 pts and 6 rebs in 20 mpg in his career, but has always had that percieved upsdie because of his size and skill. I expect him to get around $11 mil per year in his next deal. As for TT, he will put up better numbers, because of his increasing playing time, but still considered undersized. He will get $9 or $10 mil per year (if not a deal similiar to Varejao's current).
What worries me is Kyrie getting 30% of the cap because of the Derrick Rose Rule after his current deal is up. Assuming the cap is @ $60 mil that year, we will owe him $18 mil.
The rule allows a player finishing his rookie contract to make 30 percent of a team's salary cap -- up from 25 percent -- if he's twice been voted an All-Star starter, twice been voted All-NBA or won an MVP award
We may have $28 mil commited to him and TT in 2015. Add 5 for Dion, 2 for Tyler, and say 8 for atleast two draft picks from now til then. Thats $43 mil for that core. Its hard to make a move unless it will be before everyone rookie contracts expire.