With the way the NBA prorates salaries, we should have *just* enough cap room to do this and stay under the tax (i.e. we’ll have to eat less than half of the $5M annualized cap increase and we have $2.4M in room).
Might still need to do some creative cap stuff with 10 day contracts for the last roster spot and/or maybe we move one of Moore/JMac and replace with a cheaper contract for that little extra financial flexibility. Might need to throw in another future 2nd or maybe a 1st swap (that will probably never convey), but the 2024 2nd should be in the 34-36 overall range and Washington is the perfect team to see some value in those team-friendly deals for TBJ and Shake. Not sure they’re going to get a solid first round pick offer for a Tyus rental at this point.
Thoughts?
by Flat_Egg6287
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Monte Morris is suppose to play his first game of the season today and is the more likely option for those two players. The Wolves aren’t likely to pay the luxury tax this season for Tyus Jones.
Why trade Troy brown when we need shooting badly
I don’t think the luxury tax prorates a salary when you trade for a player. The prorated salary would be if we signed someone mid year. With that being said, I might be wrong, not an expert on this.
Pretty sure we could replace Troy Brown with Kyle Anderson in this trade.
Wolves are not entering the tax this season. It’s not a guess, it’s just a reality. Also, Wizards can fetch at least one lottery protected pick for Tyus. Memphis’ 2nd is nice but they will definitely get better offers.