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The Blazers have about $40,086,689 committed salary on 11 roster spots. With the minimum team salary at $63M, that gives the Blazers $22,388,218 to spend on 4 open roster spots just to meet the minimum. Assuming that Pat Connaughton will probably be making less than $1M, that leaves about $21.4M to spend on 3 roster spots - or about $7M per.
 
This higher cap number is probably bad for the Blazers. Yes we get a tiny bit of extra cap room but now the other 29 teams all have more room. They may be able to sign one of the last free agents we might have got, not need to use our cap space in a trade or pay a smaller luxury tax payment to Paul Allen's bank account.
 
I wonder why they renounced the rights to Gee when they technically didn't have to. Teams usually wait until they need to free up cap space to renounce a players rights. Blazers have cap space to spare. And no word on renouncing the rights to Wright. Hmm....
 
Yeah it doesn't mention Wright or Freeland. I'm not sure with Freeland signing in Russia if we can keep his bird rights but remove him from the cap. Teams can do that now with draft picks.

I bet we're thinking of signing Wright; he's good friends with Damian and fits a need in our lineup; or were exploring sign and trades with him. They must've decided there's no chance we bring back Gee.
 
What is Gee's cap hold? They probably think it doesn't matter because he only gets League Minimum this year so why do they need his bird rights? They can still bring him back if he wants to come back.

Nevermind. This is why:
 
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Salary Cap #'s for new Blazers

Ed Davis has a descending salary starting at $6.98 mil to $6.35 mil - $20 mil total with Blazers
Al-Farouq Aminu sttarts at $8.04 mil, earning $30 mil w/o options with Portland Trail Blazers
The Blazers gave Pat Connaughton a 3-yr deal, $625.1k in 1st year, final season non-guaranteed at min $2.5 mil total
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
Salary Cap #'s for new Blazers

Ed Davis has a descending salary starting at $6.98 mil to $6.35 mil - $20 mil total with Blazers
Al-Farouq Aminu sttarts at $8.04 mil, earning $30 mil w/o options with Portland Trail Blazers
The Blazers gave Pat Connaughton a 3-yr deal, $625.1k in 1st year, final season non-guaranteed at min $2.5 mil total
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Link?
Basketballinsiders.com shows the numbers differently.
 
I updated the main post to show the new contracts for Connaughton, Davis and Aminu. The Blazers now have the 12 players under contract for next year. $27,655,988 Cap space.
 
I've updated the main post to show the acquisition of Maurice Harkless.



The Blazers now have 13 roster spots filled, with 3 of those spots non-guaranteed (Crabbe, Frazier, and I'm assuming Connaughton). They have $24,761,929 of CAP space available.
 
We also signed Luis Montero although usually only something around $30k is guaranteed.

I thought I heard Pat Connaughton deal is guaranteed for two years and that would be similar to Crabbe and Barton's contracts.
 
Pedro Pablo Perez” El contrato de Luis David Montero es de 2.3 millones de dolares, 600 mil del primer año garantizado, lo demás depende de.

— Cancha Entera (@CanchaEntera) July 14, 2015

Pedro Pablo Perez” Solo la gerencia de los Blazers sabe como lo usaran, pero el es un proyecto de ellos para 3 años”

— Cancha Entera (@CanchaEntera) July 14, 2015

Montero is guaranteed $600,000 K in 3-year deal that could be worth up to 2.3 million.
 


$2.3M for 3 years. Assuming 4.5% increases, that works out to $733,179 for the first year. I've updated the main post accordingly.
 


If Connaughton is signed to a 3 yr $2.5M contract, at 4.5% increases, that makes his first year salary $800K. Eric Picus' info says $625,100 for year one. That doesn't add up. My guess is that $625K is guaranteed for year 1.
 
remember, you don't have to abide by the 4.5% (or 7.5%) if you're hitting a minimum. 525k, 875k, 1.015M comes out to 2.415M. So they may have set it so that they tap 75k more into cap space so that it's not a minimum contract in Year One for both Montero and Connaughton. And I don't see any way that Montero could be on a 2.3M contract starting at 600k. If he just went vet min contract the whole way, it'd be 2.415M.

Edit: I think I figured it out. If you just went down the table for 2015-16 salaries, then rookie+2nd year+3rd year minimums = 2.3M (actually, $2,317,428) But you don't do that. You need 2015-16 Rookie Min + 2016-17 2nd-year Min + 2017-18 3rd-year Min. That comes out to 2.415M. Add in from there.

So Luis is probably 600k, 875k, 1.015k for a total of 2.49M (1st year guaranteed). Connaughton is probably 625k, 875k, 1.015k for a 2.515M total (first two years guaranteed). Both keep full Bird rights as long as they finish the contracts.
 
As of right now, assuming that the salary cap remains at 70M ( i know it wont, but assuming), how much under the cap are we next summer?
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
As of right now, assuming that the salary cap remains at 70M ( i know it wont, but assuming), how much under the cap are we next summer?
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Here's my estimates for next summer (2016-17 Season) -
(Updated 5-13-2016)

Signed:
Lillard2.jpg Damian Lillard, $21,109,000 (Signed thru 2020-21.)
Aminu.jpg Al-Farouq Aminu, $7,680,965 (Signed thru 2018-19.)
Davis.jpg Ed Davis, $6,666,667 (Signed thru 2017-18.)
McCullom.jpg CJ McCollum, $3,219,579 (Signed thru 2017-18.)
Vonleh.jpg Noah Vonleh, $2,751,360 (Signed thru 2018-19.)
Plumlee.jpg Mason Plumlee, $2,328,530 (Signed thru 2017-18.)
Connaughton.jpg Pat Connaughton, $874,636 (Team Option. Signed thru 2017-18.)
Montero.jpg Luis Montero, $874,636 (Team Option. Signed thru 2017-18.)
Alexander.jpg Cliff Alexander, $874,636 (Team Option. Signed thru 2016-17.)

Free Agents With Cap Holds:
Henderson.jpg Gerald Henderson, $9,000,000 (CAP hold 150% of previous year's salary.)
Leonard.jpg Meyers Leonard, $7,689,700 (CAP hold 250% of previous year's salary.)
Harkless.jpg Maurice Harkless, $7,235,148 (CAP hold 250% of previous year's salary.)
Roberts.jpg Brian Roberts, $3,711,422 (CAP hold 130% of previous year's salary.)
Crabbe.jpg Allen Crabbe, $2,725,003 (CAP hold min salary since previous year was min salary.)
Kaman.jpg Chris Kaman, $6,520,800 (CAP hold 130% of previous year's salary.)

Stretch Salaries:
Varejao.jpg Anderson Varejao, $1,960,000 (Stretched thru 2020-21.)

The Blazers will have $46,659,936 in committed salary (Assuming they waive the rights to all Free Agents.

The CAP is estimated at $92.0M. That gives the Blazers $45,340,064 of max CAP space.

The estimated Max contracts will be:
0-6 yr NBA vet, 25% of CAP, $21,500,000
7-9 yr NBA vet, 30% of CAP, $25,800,000
10+ yr NBA vet, 35% of CAP, $30,200,000
 
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Since Freeland signed with CSKA does he still have a cap hold? I know 1st round draft picks that agree to not come over are removed from the cap. I'm not sure if free agent rights are the same but that would make sense. Freeland could be a good 4th big man to bring back over if we are a solid playoff team in a couple years.
 
Draco said:
Since Freeland signed with CSKA does he still have a cap hold? I know 1st round draft picks that agree to not come over are removed from the cap. I'm not sure if free agent rights are the same but that would make sense. Freeland could be a good 4th big man to bring back over if we are a solid playoff team in a couple years.
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Since he didn't sign with a NBA team then I believe we have his cap hold until we choose to renounce it. Could he be a trade chip down the line though? Not sure how that works or if it can work since we didn't resign him.
 
Draco said:
Since Freeland signed with CSKA does he still have a cap hold? I know 1st round draft picks that agree to not come over are removed from the cap. I'm not sure if free agent rights are the same but that would make sense. Freeland could be a good 4th big man to bring back over if we are a solid playoff team in a couple years.
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Good question. I don't see any note about it in the cbafaq.com, so I'm assuming the Blazers still have his CAP hold unless they renounce his rights.

The following are not included in team salaries:
  • The full season salary of any players the team trades away in midseason trades.
  • Salaries of some players with long-term or career-ending injuries or illnesses (see question number 63).
  • The "scale" amount for the team's unsigned first round draft pick(s) when the player signs with a non-NBA team. The scale amount is excluded from the team salary on the date he signs a non-NBA contract or the first day of the regular season, whichever is later. The scale amount goes back onto the team salary on the following July 1 or when his non-NBA contract ends, whichever is earlier. In other words, these cap holds are removed for players playing elsewhere during the regular season only. Scale amounts are also excluded from team salary when the team and player both agree in writing that they will not sign a contract that season.
  • Salaries from summer contracts (see question number 70).
  • Salaries of players selected in an expansion draft (see question number 112) and waived by the expansion team prior to the start of the season.
  • Salary not paid to players due to set-off2 (see question number 66).
  • The salaries of players waived via the Amnesty provision (see question number 69).
  • For certain purposes, 50% of salary not paid to players who were suspended by the league is excluded. For example, if a player with a $10 million salary is suspended by the league for exactly half the season, then he loses $5 million, and 50% of this amount, or $2.5 million, is excluded from certain calculations including escrow and luxury tax. The team does not receive extra cap room which it can use to sign another player
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42N8Bounce said:
Good question. I don't see any note about it in the cbafaq.com, so I'm assuming the Blazers still have his CAP hold unless they renounce his rights.
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I think it's the opposite. He signed a contract with CSKA, so because of the reciprocity rules he cannot possibly sign a contract with anyone else (FIBA or NBA) and the Blazers' cap hold is removed. However, if in 2015-16 he signs with the Blazers again, they still have 3yr Bird Rights over him because it's the 3 years before he became a FA (which were his last 3 yrs as a Blazer). If he signed with, say, SAS, they do not have Bird Rights. I believe that POR only EDIT: "would have lost had the offered the QO" the rights to him as a RFA--I can't find anything that says they can give a QO next year (and the resulting RFA) to someone who's a player in the EuroLeague. But once he signs his next contract, his Bird clock resets and it goes based off of the newly-signed contract prior to the next FA period.
 
Brings up kind of a good point, though...if a player wanted to get around RFA rules (Jimmy Butler, anyone?) and go to a team of his own choosing, might you be able to reject QO's and offer sheets and sign overseas for a year (Year 5 of your career)? Then come back as a UFA with no Bird Rights but free to choose whoever you want in Year 6?
 
I believe Pressey contract will be on our cap for a bit less than he's actually paid which is reimbursed by the league.
 
actually it's the same. The vet minimum cap hit is for a 2yr veteran. Phil has 2 years in the league.
 
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