Cavs 2011-2012 Salary Thread

[Douglar]

Color Key:

Red = Team Option
Orange = Not Fully Guaranteed
Green = Qualifying Offer
Blue = Player Option or Early Termination Option

Contracts:

Player	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Anderson Varejao	8,368,182	9,036,364	9,704,595
Luke Walton	6,087,927
Kyrie Irving	5,375,760	5,607,240	7,070,730	9,191,949
Daniel Gibson	4,792,332
Tristan Thompson	3,894,240	4,062,000	5,138,430	6,777,589
Dion Waiters	3,105,500	3,245,200	3,385,000	4,282,025	5,566,633
Omri Casspi	2,277,306	3,313,480
Tyler Zeller	1,302,600	1,361,200	1,419,800	2,180,813	2,835,057
Kelenna Azubuike	1,069,509
Alonzo Gee	1,060,120
Samardo Samuels	854,389	1,091,099
Manny Harris	854,389	1,091,099
Donald Sloan	762,195	1,084,293
Roster Spot 14
Roster Spot 15
Guaranteed Totals:	35,033,476	23,312,004	21,013,960

Draft rights:

• Milan Macvan - under contract until 2015 with an optout for 2013

Free Agents:

• Semih Erden - Qualifying offer 1,029,389
• Luke Harangody - Qualifying offer 1,029,389
• Antawn Jamison - Free agent amount 22,615,073

Notes:

• Cavs owe $12,250,000 to Baron Davis in 2012-13. That amount counts towards the teams salary floor. That amount will be reduced by Baron's 2012-13 salary.
• Varejao has: 5% trade kicker; Annual $1Mil unlikely bonuses excluded; 2014 has $4Mil guarantee
• Gibson has $2,492,332 guaranteed for 2012
• Casspi has $223,660 in likely incentives for 2011-12 & $379,551 in likely incentives for 2012-13
• Walton's 7.5% trade kicker included; 2011-12 & 2012-13 have up to $1,000,000 in unlikely incentives not included
• Some portion of Kelenna Azubuike money might be guaranteed
• Cavs are going to make a qualifying offer to Gee

Edits:

• 9/29/2011 - tweaked Gee's & Samardo's qualifying offers
• 11/26/2011 - Gee's contract became guaranteed on 8/15. (?)
• 12/9/2011 - Added Kyrie at 106% scale and Tristan at 111.1% scale
• 12/11/2011 - Corrected Kyrie and Tristan to 120% scale
• 12/12/2011 - Added Anthony Parker
• 12/14/2011 - Cavs Amnesty waive Baron Davis
• 12/17/2011 - The big trade exception is gone
• 12/22/2011 - Manny out, Mychel in
• 01/18/2012 - Corrected Kyrie and Tristan to a bit less than 120% scale
• 02/05/2012 - More Kyrie and Tristan tweaks
• 03/15/2012 - Walton Trade
• 03/17/2012 - Kapono waived; Harris and Sloan signed; Added Cap holds; Varejao's bonuses now unlikely
• 03/20/2012 - Hollins waived & Wally Renounced
• 04/17/2012 - Changed Sloan to min salary non-guaranteed for 2012-13
• 04/23/2012 - Changed Manny Harris to min salary non-guaranteed for 2012-13
• 04/28/2012 - Prepped for free agency
• 06/29/2012 - Post Draft

[Lottery God]

I like how Tristan Thompson will come in his rookie year making more than JJ Hickson. Makes me smile.

[ImWithDan]

2013 is going to be a HUGE year for the Cavs.

They'll have an influx of young talent and money to burn in free agency.

Cleveland will take it's lumps the next few years but if the front office drafts well, this team is going to be set up to make some serious noise.

[dr aj]

Mad titties. I had no idea Parker was a FA this season. Hopefully we don't resign him and find a better starting 2 guard who is athletic and can defend.

[Tornicade]

whats the source for these? we were discussing gees contract and multiple sources are reporting different things. I cant find any reference that the cavs made a qualifying offer and some of the sites show him as unguaranteed

[Mdog1]

Shouldn't Irving and Thompsons salaries in theory be lower than that? They aren't able to sign until the 1st correct? That is when the CBA expires and salary league wide is expected to be cut. I would think their salaries will be slightly lower than they are estimated.

[Tornicade]

those salaries appear to be estimated on what the new cba rookie scale may call for. Under the current CBA agreement irving would be due about 4 million dollars and thompson around 3.3

[Douglar]

those salaries appear to be estimated on what the new cba rookie scale may call for. Under the current CBA agreement irving would be due about 4 million dollars and thompson around 3.3

Good catch. I'll update my numbers according to this--

http://www.nbpa.org/sites/default/files/EXHIBIT%20B.pdf

[wuck]

According to Jason Lloyd:

Cavs pick up 3rd year team option on Christian Eyenga today. He'll be under team's control through 2012-13 season.

[Jon]

nt

[Douglar]

So it looks like the 2011-2012 salary cap is going to be pretty close to $51 Mil this year and the MLE is going to be about $5 Mil.

The Cavs will have about $61 Mil salary allocated against the cap for next year after they sign the rookies.

That means if they waive Jamison under the amnesty rule, they could create about $5Mil in cap space for free agents.

Since that's no larger than the MLE, it doesn't really give them much advantage for getting free agents.

But the Cavs might use the amnesty rule anyway if it gets them out of the luxury tax, which may be as low as $60 Mil this year.

[hud11]

So it looks like the 2011-2012 salary cap is going to be pretty close to $51 Mil this year and the MLE is going to be about $5 Mil.

The Cavs will have about $61 Mil salary allocated against the cap for next year after they sign the rookies.

That means if they waive Jamison under the amnesty rule, they could create about $5Mil in cap space for free agents.


Since that's no larger than the MLE, it doesn't really give them much advantage for getting free agents.

But the Cavs might use the amnesty rule anyway if it gets them out of the luxury tax, which may be as low as $60 Mil this year.

I thought I had read the expectation was that the salary cap would be right around where it was last year - at 58M or so?

[Douglar]

I thought I had read the expectation was that the salary cap would be right around where it was last year - at 58M or so?

I guess i made the assumption that the cap would role back as much as the player BRI percentage. Maybe I'm wrong. Will know soon.

[Douglar]

http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.co...38893/33514559

The cap ($58 million) and tax ($70 million) levels can be no lower than last season's levels in the first two years.

Looks like you are right hud11. The cap can't decline for two years--

[hud11]

http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.co...38893/33514559



Looks like you are right hud11. The cap can't decline for two years--

Ahh, ok, thanks. With that two year phase-in period, it seems to me the best chance to take advantage of that is to amnesty Baron after this year, they would be looking at $20-25MM of cap room this summer.