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2022-2023 Regular Season II: Cardiac Cavs

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shoes22 said:
Yes and no. We might be screwed in getting productive bench players in the future if we don’t address it next offseason or the year after...but the new CBA makes it much easier to keep our core of Mobley, Garland, Mitchell and Allen together if we wanted to, and makes it easier for us to keep Mitchell in free agency, as we can pay him significantly more than any other team.
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I'm not as concerned with the bench as some. I'm assuming we can keep Okoro pretty cheaply after his rookie contract expires (I know he's not bench but he's not one of the core 4). Wade is still inexpensive and we have him for 3 more years if we want him. If we want Stevens, he will also come cheap. (btw - I don't see why we need Wade, Okoro & Stevens - Stevens is redundant to both of them in some ways). Cedi can be replaced or resigned for about what he makes now. I'm guessing we let Winder go or trade him. We will probably have to pay LeVert a little more than he is making now, but not a ton more. All of these guys are relatively young and there is a very good chance with Okoro, Wade & Stevens that they will actually improve over the next few years (Wade & Stevens are older but neither with a ton of NBA minutes). I Think Rubio's contract was a mistake, but its not a very large one. I think we have a lot of very tradable contracts and a few guys who we will want to keep as contributors. I think we badly need a young big to back up Allen, but other than that, its mainly about finding guys who fit and fill needs. And scoring is not going to be as big of a problem in another year or two - DG is still improving. Mobley is ascending rapidly. DM is going to get buckets. These are 3 20+ a night guys. LeVert will get his. Allen will get his. There are not a lot of shots left for the rest of the team.
 
Expecting a $134Mil Salary Cap, $162Mil Luxury Tax, $11.3Mil MLE

7 Core players under contract for 2024 for $116Mil:
Donovan Mitchell - G​
Darius Garland - G​
Ricky Rubio - G​
Isaac Okoro - G/F​
Dean Wade - F​
Evan Mobley - PC/C​
Jarrett Allen - C​

5 Under contract, not guaranteed:
Cedi Osman - F - $6.7Mil​
Lamar Stevens - F - Min Salary​
Sam Merrill - G - Min Salary​
Isaiah Mobley - PF - Min Salary​
Mamadi Diakite - F - Min Salary​

5 Free agents:
Caris LeVert - G​
Dylan Windler - G/F​
Danny Green - G​
Raul Neto - G​
Robin Lopez - C​

Cavs could generate about ~$17Mil in cap space if they waive Cedi and let go of all the bird rights on all of their free agents. That's ~50% more than the MLE. Not enough to get a starting SF, but you could probably find a good piece if you want to go in a different direction than LeVert & Cedi. Anyway, if they go the cap space route, they would receive a $5Mil "Cap Space" exception after they get back to the cap.

Only 1 Draft Pick for 2024:
GWS Second Round which looks to be in the late 40's​

Draft Rights:
Khalifa Diop​
Luke Travers​
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shoes22 said:
Yes and no. We might be screwed in getting productive bench players in the future if we don’t address it next offseason or the year after...but the new CBA makes it much easier to keep our core of Mobley, Garland, Mitchell and Allen together if we wanted to, and makes it easier for us to keep Mitchell in free agency, as we can pay him significantly more than any other team.
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We would have kept our core either way. The CBA and Silver suck ass.
 
a killer instinct is top priority next year. The warriors for all their dancing, celebrating, step on your throat from the jump. But this year just getting 4 was impressive. Rome wasn’t built in a day
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
What is the "huge impact"? Is it positive or negative? Removing restrictions sounds positive.
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Generally positive. Prior to this restriction being removed, the Cavaliers would've had to wait a year and allow Mobley to hit restricted free agency and do some cap gymnastics to offer him the MAX he's certain to get. Now they can give him a max extension at the normal time.

However, the max extensions have gone up by 20%, so Gilbert is gonna be paying more for this team sooner than previously.
 
With all of our max extensions, this will also have an impact on the Cavs in a negative way:
 
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