Excuse my ignorance but if Kyrie's contract was off the books wouldn't there be some way to fit Conley into our cap?
Unfortunately, no that isn't possible.
If we signed-and-traded Kyrie to NYK (once he stated he was going there), does that create a large trade exception? Might that fit Conley?
I haven’t kept up on the S&T rules. Would this affect our cap flexibility?
I believe Conley's contract is too large to do that.
I think Conley is around $32.5 million, and the max slot for Kyrie is projected to be around $32.7 million. So, maybe?
Wouldn't Irving be BYC? Signed-and-traded via Bird rights, Boston would be above the salary cap, Kyrie gets a raise of at least 20%, and his salary is above the minimum - BYC triggered. Still exists for signs'n'trades.
So the trade exception would be worth $20M million, Irving's current salary.
Maybe I'm missing something here.
Even then, a sign'n'trade would mean Irving wouldn't be able to sign for 5 years. Only 4 years with 5% annual increases - same as if he'd be signing outright. So I agree there would be little incentive for him and New York to agree.
Last player I recall being involved in a sign'n'trade to a team with cap room was Dellavedova to Milwaukee, from Cleveland. Cavs sent like half a million in cash to Milwaukee. And that was for a midlevel type of player.