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2 cuts are needed. Who will not be on the opening day roster (assuming Omari Johnson will be cut.)?

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Added a poll to see who you think will make the final roster. Assuming Omari Johnson will be cut, two more cuts have to happen before opening night. You can vote for 2. You can change your vote as training camp progresses.
 


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Moe Harkless and Meyers make list of key free agents.

If Harkless plays as he has now for the whole season he likely gets a near max offer. Will be great if he plays so well but kind of suck if we have to pay so much to keep him.
 
The contracts for Alexander, Montero, and Frazier are guaranteed now for the season. Not a big surprise since the Blazers are so far under the team minimum salary. Apparently they had to be waved today for it to be effective Jan 10.

 
That minimum NBA team salary clause of 63 mil forces owners to give players like Aminu 8 mil. I wish Dame got that paycheck.
 
The Blazers only have to pay the salary for the remainder of the season. The first post is in regards to the salary cap; where the Blazers payroll is at $62,968,612. That is the figure used for required minimum team salary as well.

Varejao was paid 52/82 Cavs games so the Blazers only owe him $3,928,739
Roberts was paid 53/82 Hornets games so the Blazers owe him $1,009,673

So the Blazers will only have to pay $54,313,531 in actual cash.

I'm not sure the specifics of the players contracts but if some of their salary was instead paid as an earlier bonus the Blazers could be paying even less.

A few writers noted this point earlier this week; absorbing salary seemed inevitable because even if the Blazers didn't receive picks or any assets both them and a team over the luxury tax could save significant millions in cash expense.
 
Updated Post #141 showing the Blazers projected CAP space for summer 2016 (2016-17 season).

If the CAP is at $92M, it's looking like the Blazers could have up to $39,993,095 of CAP space (if they renounce the rights to all of their free agents.)

The estimated Max contracts will be:
0-6 yr NBA vet, 25% of CAP, $23,000,000
7-9 yr NBA vet, 30% of CAP, $27,600,000
10+ yr NBA vet, 35% of CAP, $32,200,000
 
Draco said:
The Blazers only have to pay the salary for the remainder of the season. The first post is in regards to the salary cap; where the Blazers payroll is at $62,968,612. That is the figure used for required minimum team salary as well.

Varejao was paid 52/82 Cavs games so the Blazers only owe him $3,928,739
Roberts was paid 53/82 Hornets games so the Blazers owe him $1,009,673

So the Blazers will only have to pay $54,313,531 in actual cash.

I'm not sure the specifics of the players contracts but if some of their salary was instead paid as an earlier bonus the Blazers could be paying even less.

A few writers noted this point earlier this week; absorbing salary seemed inevietable because even if the Blazers didn't receive picks or any assets both them and a team over the luxury tax could save significant millions in cash expense.
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Agreed. Even though the Blazers are responsible for only the player's remaining salary, the Blazers assume the full year CAP hit for calculation purposes.
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q66

The full season salary of any players the team acquires in midseason trades.
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42N8Bounce said:
Updated Post #141 showing the Blazers projected CAP space for summer 2016 (2016-17 season).

If the CAP is at $92M, it's looking like the Blazers could have up to $39,993,095 of CAP space (if they renounce the rights to all of their free agents.)

The estimated Max contracts will be:
0-6 yr NBA vet, 25% of CAP, $23,000,000
7-9 yr NBA vet, 30% of CAP, $27,600,000
10+ yr NBA vet, 35% of CAP, $32,200,000
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I'd expect we renounce Roberts. Lillard has a chance of making an All-NBA team bumping his salary up significantly. I think that would be the $4 million extra per year going from 25% to 30%? With Memphis and Houston trading away pieces, and us only needing to beat out one of 4 other teams I'd say odds are more likely than not we make the playoffs and don't have that pick on the cap.

So that puts us at ~$42 mil in cap space. More likely is the $18.6mil in space if we keep cap holds on Hendo, Meyers, Harkless, and Crabbe. Something can change between now, the end of the season, or the draft. But thats the most likely scenario I suspect; we go shop for another value free agent or two with that space. $18 mil in space this offseason will be as effective as MLE $6 million money from 2006.

Mostly we just use cap room to retain our core; then talk about extensions for CJ and Plumlee.
 
From ESPN insider

http://es.pn/1SflbZo

"The last All-NBA spot will probably go to Damian Lillard, who is also eligible for a Rose rule boost to his salary next season and beyond if he makes an All-NBA team. As part of his extension with the Portland Trail Blazers, Lillard agreed to cap his possible salary at 27.5 percent of the cap, according to BasketballInsiders.com, which means a difference of approximately $12 million in future salary if he's chosen All-NBA."
 
I posted this in another thread, but it seems more appropriate here -

Pinwheel1 said:
So lets say we keep the rights to everyone but Kaman, how much is left for a big offer?
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Guaranteed:
$21,109,000 Lillard
$7,680,965 Aminu
$6,666,667 Davis
$3,219,579 McCollum
$2,751,360 Vonleh
$2,328,530 Plumlee
$874,636 Connaughton
$2,029,199 Varejao (stretched)
$46,659,936 Guaranteed

Non-Guaranteed:
$874,636 Montero
$874,636 Alexander
$1,749,272 Non-Guaranteed

Cap Holds:
$9,000,000 Henderson
$7,689,700 Leonard (restricted)
$7,235,148 Harkless (restricted)
$6,520,800 Kaman
$3,711,422 Roberts
$1,215,696 Crabbe (restricted)
$35,372,766 CAP Holds

Assuming the CAP is at $92M:
- If we bring everyone back except Kaman, we'll have $14,738,826 in room.
- If we bring everyone back except Kaman and Roberts, we'll have $18,450,248 in room.

Approximate max salaries:
0-6 yr vet (25% of CAP): $21,564,143
7-9 yr vet (30% of CAP): $25,876,971
10+ yr vet (35% of CAP): $30,189,800

If we want to get to that $25,876,971 spot to make a max offer, we need to find another $7.5M. Of course everything depends upon timing. Crabbe will get more than his CAP hold, so his signing would need to happen after any other max offer we try to make, since we can go over the cap to match offers for our restricted free agents.
 
If we bring back Henderson at $8M, we have $15,738,826 or $19,450,248 in your scenarios.

It seems like signing Hendo to a deal ASAP would be a good start.

The salary cap may be $92M, but the Blazers can sign guys up to $91.999999M and then extend Crabbe and end up with more than $92M to spend on the roster.
 
If we sign new free agents for less than $18 million we can keep all our players. If we want to spend more than that who we keep kind of depends on what position the new guys play.

Let's say we sign Durant or Batum; we really don't need both Hendo and Crabbe too. Probably renounce Hendo in that case. If we sign Ryan Anderson, Whiteside or Horford we start to have a minutes crunch with our bigs and really don't need Meyers.
 
What ever happened to Phil Pressey, anyway?
 
http://www.blazersedge.com/2016/6/17/11967088/nba-salary-cap-2016-1017-estimate-increase

According to a memo sent by the NBA to its constituent franchises today, the NBA Salary Cap for 2016-17 is projected to reach $94 million, $2 million higher than previously forecast. The 2015-16 salary cap stood at $70 million. The large increase reflects a new contract between the league and its broadcast partners.
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The maximum player salaries are now expected to be $22 million for tier 1, $26.4 million for tier 2 and $30.8 million for tier 3.
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The final salary cap number will not be announced until July 6th, when an audit of league income for the prior year is finalized.
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With that CAP increase, I estimate Lillard is looking at a salary of about $24.2M.
 
Here's my estimates for this summer (2016):

Guaranteed:
- Lillard, $24.2M
- Aminu, $7.7M
- Davis, 6.7M
- McCollum $3.2M
- Vonleh, $2.7M
- Plumlee, $2.3M
- Connaughton, $874,636

Non-Guaranteed:
- Montero, $874,636
- Alexander, $874,636

Stretched/Waived:
- Varejao, $2.0M

CAP Holds:
- Henderson, $9.0M
- Leonard, $7.7M (restricted)
- Harkless, $7.2M (restricted)
- Kaman, $6.5M
- Roberts, $3.7M
- Crabbe, $2.7M (restricted)

Total Salaries: $88,382,281

CAP Space: $5,617,720

Max Space: $44,249,064 (renouncing rights to all free-agents/CAP Holds and Non-Guarantees.)


Estimated max salaries:
0-6 yr vet: $22.0M
7-9 yr vet: $26.4M
10+ yr vet: $30.8M
 
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