We have two mid-sized TPEs, one for $6,907,815 and the other for $5,890,000. The first expires in 8 days, on January 19, 2023. The other expires February 10.
1. Will we use the first TPE?
2. If so, on who?
We can use the first TPE to acquire a player making a maximum of $7,007,815. A list of approximate salaries is found here:
https://hoopshype.com/salaries/players/So, basically anybody from the 190th highest paid player, Cody Martin.
To me, a handful of names pop up as guys who are pending free agents (either restricted or unrestricted) and who are on lousy teams:
Justin Holiday -- $6,292,440 (pending UFA)
Rui Hachimura -- $6,263,188 (pending RFA)
Rudy Gay -- $6,184,500 (owed $6,479,000 next year on a player option)
Otto Porter -- $6,000,000 million (owed $6,300,000 next year on a player option)
Cam Reddist - $5,954,454 (pending RFA)
Killian Hayes -- $5,837,760 (owed $7,413,955 next year)
P.J. Washington -- $5,808,435 (pending RFA)
Romeo Langford -- $5,634,257 (pending RFA)
Obi Toppin -- $5,348,280 (owed $6,803,012 next year)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker -- $5,009,633 (pending RFA)
Jared Vanderbilt - $4,374,000 (one year left at $4,698,000)
Justice Winslow - $4,097,561 (pending UFA)
Boban Marjanovic - $3,500,000 (pending UFA)
Andre Drummond - $3,200,000 (pending player option)
Saddiq Bey - $2,959,080 (owed $4,556,983 next year)
I'm sure there are plenty of other useful players (Naz Reid, for instance) but I'm stopping there, haha. I have no idea who is available or for what price, and I'm not advocating for all listed players.