Mo Fiya
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Re: Brendan Haywood Traded to Cleveland
We don't have the room to sign two 20mm guys this off season unless we unload more than JJ and Hopson, even with renouncing AV.
We are not over the cap this season, and I am not sure how we could be over the cap this season. The Haywood contract provides us an 8 million dollar booster rocket to go over the cap in a trade for next year. Lots of takers for that trade. Consider any team over the cap, especially a repeat offender, could send us a nigh 10 million dollar player, which could save them 16 million dollars in the first year (if include all of the tax implications). This year it limits our cap space by 2 million dollars. If we renounce AV, and move Jack and Hopson in a salary dump, we could sign two 20 million dollar contracts this year. Then next year, we could trade Haywood in combination with say Zeller and get back Horford.
I am not saying we can actually pull this off because I am still skeptical that Lebron for example would sign in cleveland, much less any of the other superfreinds, but I think the FO deserves a slow clap for putting Cleveland in an entirely flexible position.
Something else that really sticks out is that in 2015 we have 12 million dollars in team options, and 13 million in expiring ( I am including Kyrie). The biggest contract we have to pay is Jack, and I am confident we will move him this year. That means any player not producing this season gets chopped or traded. Good motivation, and lots of flexiblity roster wise.
We don't have the room to sign two 20mm guys this off season unless we unload more than JJ and Hopson, even with renouncing AV.