If we renounce Klynyk and Stash Yabu and trade Rozier, are we still short?
Yep, just a bit short. If we want to offer Hayward a 4-year max, we have to trade away one more guaranteed contract.
I was under the impression that renouncing KO and trading Rozier for a future pick would get it done. KOs cap hold ($7.7M) and Rozier's salary (~$2M) equal about $9.7M
If we just traded AB and kept KO and Rozier, I think we would be about $450K short. AB's salary is $8.8M. That $900K difference should be enough to make up that amount for a full Hayward max...but I hate the idea of trading Rozier - who has multiple years left at a bargain price - as a salary dump.
Unfortunately, that's not the case.
For the sake of discussion, let's assume we do the following :
1. trade Rozier - Jackson for draft pick(s)/salary relief
2. renounce Kelly - Amir - Jerebko - Green - Young
3. decline team option on Mickey
4. stash Yabu overseas/in the D-League
We will still have :
Horford - $27,734,405
Bradley - $8,808,989
Crowder - $6,796,117
Thomas - $6,261,394
Brown - $4,956,480
Smart - $4,538,019
SUM : $59,095,404 for 6 players
+ cap hold for the #1 pick : $7,026,240
+ cap hold for Zizic (#23) : $1,645,200
SUM : $67,766,844 for 8 players
Teams are assessed a $815,615 roster charge for each open spot below 12 players.
$815,615 x 4 = $3,262,460
$67,766,844 + $3,262,460 = $71,029,304 for 12 players
The latest salary cap projection has the cap at $101,000,000.
$101,000,000 - $71,029,304 = $29,970,696 available in cap space
The max contract for 7-year vets starts at 30% of the cap.
101,000,000 x 30% = $30,300,000
29,970,696 - 30,300,000 = -329,304
That is $329,304 short of Hayward's max.