If we can keep two out of three of these players and unload the draft picks huge win IMO.
It's tough to do that and make the money work, especially since NO isn't going to be open to Horford or Hayward.
Mike
The magic number we want to hit is $21.6 million. That fits the "125% + $100k" rule. However, it assumes that Davis waives his trade kicker and that there are no unlikely bonuses included in the salary listed on the internet.
Tatum: $7,830,000
Williams: $1,940,160
Yabu: $3,117,240
Those three pieces get us to $12,887,440.
In other words, we're around $8.7 million short.
This is where draft picks could come in. Right now, it looks like the Memphis pick will NOT convey this draft. The Clippers pick is unlikely to convey, as they've been playing relatively poorly and sit in 8th place in the West with the Lakers two games behind them.
Let's say we end up with the 24th pick (our own) and the 13th pick (the Kings). The "rookie scale" at 120% for those picks is as follows:
13th: $3.635 million
24th: $2.282 million
Combined, that's roughly $5.917 million. In other words, we're $2.78 million short without Jaylen *or* Smart. Incidentally, if we get one more pick from either Memphis or the Clippers that falls 18th or better, we'd be able to complete the trade using drafted and signed rookies.
One thing to keep an eye on: does Danny give a fringe free agent / buyout a two year contract this season using the MLE? If he does, he could add roughly $5.4 million to our books next season, making it easier to complete a trade financially.