Offseason Thread

[tonydelk]

SGA just signed a 4yr 285m extension.  The NBA is broken.  This will start in the 27-28 season.  If the cap goes up 8% which it's either 7 or 8 per the CBA is the max that will put the cap around 180.38.  He will account for almost 40% of the cap.  how can the NBA allow salaries this high and account for so much of the cap?  This screws over mid and lower tier players IMO.  The cap should be higher or the max salaries should be lower.  Chet and JWill will be on their extensions most likely 3 years and will be approaching these max salaries around 28-29 season.  OKC still has 2 years left with this team then in year 3 they will most likely have to make some changes.  They still have a bunch of 1st and 2nd round picks that I'm sure they will push to future years.  They are built well but even this team is going to feel the pressure to cut salary in a few years.  I hate what the NBA has become.  There will be a lot of turnover and lower tier players having to accept smaller salaries or play in europe.  I'm not a fan.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

From Brian robb's article today...doesn't sound like there is much of a market for Simons.

The Celtics continue to explore paths to trimming salary elsewhere per sources but their avenues have not been promising. Anfernee Simons ($27 million) was evidently available for a reason in a Jrue Holiday deal and his market has not been great. Georges Niang ($8.2 million) is probably a little overpaid. The Celtics can move him for nothing but he only makes a small dent in reducing the payroll.

My guess is he is here until the trade deadline when they can offload him for nothing. Worst case is he walks at the end of the year. Same with Niang

But I expect Simons and Niang are rotational players for 2025 in Boston. I can live with Simons...and I am going to have to live with Niang.

Lol - Brian Robb's "sources"

Its a long off-season and it was always likely to see how the initial FA period settled to figure out what to do next.

This is a dumb comment, proven by the fact we don't need to "trim salary" more. That's never been the goal or talked about by anyone in the organization. Brad Stevens himself said they were commited to spending. But their off-season priorities are to regain their flexibility, which they are doing.

[celticinorlando]

Shams Charania
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BREAKING: Free agent center Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, plus a player option for year four in 2028-29 and a full 15% trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. Stunner.

Add another team that is ahead of boston in the east.


Shams Charania
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Turner, the longest tenured Pacer, made it known he wished to remain in Indiana. Since the Game 7 exit, Turner?s reps pushed to get a deal done. Ultimately, Indiana?s aversion to the tax, which grew after Tyrese Haliburton?s injury, allowed Bucks to get the new franchise center.

[GreenEnvy]

Bucks had cap space?

[celticinorlando]

Bucks had cap space?

Bucks doing whatever they can to keep Giannis. Let Lopez walk and replaced him with Turner.
Probably going to be a S and T

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Bucks had cap space?

No kidding? What is going on here? It has to be with Kuzma or Portis going back to make the salaries work, right?

[Donoghus]

Dame waived & stretched per Shams

[Neurotic Guy]

Bucks had cap space?

Bucks doing whatever they can to keep Giannis. Let Lopez walk and replaced him with Turner.
Probably going to be a S and T

That's smart of them.  Turner was pretty unimpressive in the Finals, but he gets them younger at the 5.  Not so sure that they are markedly more talented by losing Lopez and gaining Turner.   Indy a little less talented.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Dame waived & stretched per Shams

What in the world? This will hamper their roster construction for years.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Yabu to the Knicks - surprising

[Donoghus]

Dame waived & stretched per Shams

What in the world? This will hamper their roster construction for years.

Over 5 years

[Vermont Green]

Bucks had cap space?

I don't see how they could do this straight up.  Between active contracts and pending recent signings, I have them right at $200M.  They have some TPEs but nothing close to large enough to cover this even in a sign and trade.  Maybe they are stretching Lillard or something.

[celticinorlando]

That is cold to dump Dame like that. Wow. Bucks not going to do themselves any favors going forward

[Vermont Green]

Dame waived & stretched per Shams

What in the world? This will hamper their roster construction for years.

Over 5 years

Ha, as I guessed but I still don't see how that gets them enough space for a straight signing.  This gets them to about $156M by my math, still over the cap ($154M).

[celticinorlando]

Bucks are really going to feel some cap pain in the upcoming years.