[Blake Murphy] The Raptors did not use their mid-level exception, which basically means they have a $12.8-million trade exception to utilize during the year.
[Blake Murphy] The Raptors did not use their mid-level exception, which basically means they have a $12.8-million trade exception to utilize during the year.
> The Raptors are also an estimated $11-12 million below the luxury tax line (before unlikely bonuses) and only have 14 guaranteed contracts. That gives them a lot of flexibility in trade season, either to pick up assets in a salary dump from a luxury tax team, to help facilitate a larger multi-team deal by eating salary, or just to make their own trades easier to execute.
chrisPjelly
Masai about to pull another Jalen McDaniels esque heist confirmed 😤
(I’m expecting and would be totally happy with 2 high end 2nds and a struggling prospect)
tsn101
Not bad, not bad at all.
JustAHumbleMonk
Great position to add assets, cheaply. LFG!
scully19
Could be a big asset for a middle man for 2 teams against the 2nd apron that can’t take on any salary at all. There will be a high demand for these teams in the future as almost any team trying to go for the title will be making trades at the deadline in need of a 3rd team.
sugardaddymac
As a Toronto sports fan and watching the jays and leafs “fail” at rebuilds (though the jays truly did, the leafs are still good but just can’t win in the playoffs) it’s incredibly refreshing to see Masai do a proper rebuild. Tear down, maximize what assets you can get (could argue we should’ve gotten more for siakam), develop a young cohesive core you believe in (Scottie, IQ, RJ) and fill out with flexibility over a span of a few years instead of trying to push/rush things. Even if it doesn’t work out/they don’t become elite the process should be fun!
kpeds45
It’s actually tough to use this. It would be a package of the trade exception + Bruce Brown most likely, but the good teams that would want Brown don’t have a matching bad $35M contract.
shokar80
Raptors won’t make it 2 playoffs again this year.
Baulderdash77
Toronto *could* definitely do this; but in recent years Masai has over-valued flexibility so much that he always is waiting for a better deal and then the moment is over.
So I don’t think we will use this flexibility really.
I do see that Brown and Boucher are both on expiring contract this year. Considering we never sign free agents; they could be packaged off to a team.
But with the new NBA tv money, owners have so much revenue coming in that a lot of them are just happy to pay the luxury tax.
hyplusone
Between RJ, IQ and GD – the vibes seem really good (at least Blake seems to think so in the article).
Trying to find info on teams with available MLE – Charlotte previously was the other team with $12M. Toronto is now the only team left with the full $12M. Portland and Houston also have around $10M.
shokar80
Alright Mr Expert…. I really hope that’s the case.
heat_fan_
Masai gonna pull another trade like the Jalen McDaniels one isn’t he
CazOnReddit
Going to be very interesting to see if we use this as a facilitator or as a possible trade exception generator if/when Boucher and Brown are traded
That’s around 30 million in expiring which could make for a very large exception
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> The Raptors are also an estimated $11-12 million below the luxury tax line (before unlikely bonuses) and only have 14 guaranteed contracts. That gives them a lot of flexibility in trade season, either to pick up assets in a salary dump from a luxury tax team, to help facilitate a larger multi-team deal by eating salary, or just to make their own trades easier to execute.
Masai about to pull another Jalen McDaniels esque heist confirmed 😤
(I’m expecting and would be totally happy with 2 high end 2nds and a struggling prospect)
Not bad, not bad at all.
Great position to add assets, cheaply. LFG!
Could be a big asset for a middle man for 2 teams against the 2nd apron that can’t take on any salary at all. There will be a high demand for these teams in the future as almost any team trying to go for the title will be making trades at the deadline in need of a 3rd team.
As a Toronto sports fan and watching the jays and leafs “fail” at rebuilds (though the jays truly did, the leafs are still good but just can’t win in the playoffs) it’s incredibly refreshing to see Masai do a proper rebuild. Tear down, maximize what assets you can get (could argue we should’ve gotten more for siakam), develop a young cohesive core you believe in (Scottie, IQ, RJ) and fill out with flexibility over a span of a few years instead of trying to push/rush things. Even if it doesn’t work out/they don’t become elite the process should be fun!
It’s actually tough to use this. It would be a package of the trade exception + Bruce Brown most likely, but the good teams that would want Brown don’t have a matching bad $35M contract.
Raptors won’t make it 2 playoffs again this year.
Toronto *could* definitely do this; but in recent years Masai has over-valued flexibility so much that he always is waiting for a better deal and then the moment is over.
So I don’t think we will use this flexibility really.
I do see that Brown and Boucher are both on expiring contract this year. Considering we never sign free agents; they could be packaged off to a team.
But with the new NBA tv money, owners have so much revenue coming in that a lot of them are just happy to pay the luxury tax.
Between RJ, IQ and GD – the vibes seem really good (at least Blake seems to think so in the article).
Trying to find info on teams with available MLE – Charlotte previously was the other team with $12M. Toronto is now the only team left with the full $12M. Portland and Houston also have around $10M.
Alright Mr Expert…. I really hope that’s the case.
Masai gonna pull another trade like the Jalen McDaniels one isn’t he
Going to be very interesting to see if we use this as a facilitator or as a possible trade exception generator if/when Boucher and Brown are traded
That’s around 30 million in expiring which could make for a very large exception
Pretty pretty pretty good.