MaTT4281 wrote:

VDesai wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

VDesai wrote:

VDesai wrote:

martin wrote:

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Ok but a 2.29mm veteran minimum only gets us a veteran with 2 yrs NBA experience according to Spotrac

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/cba/minimum

You can sort this by years of experience. To me this looks like McCullar or bust as there aren't any players here that make a lot of sense unless we free even more space.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2025

Interesting, good catch! I think you're right, must be McCullar. But you know the FO already know who their guy is - they didn't arrive at that number by accident.

I think they can basically watch Summer League and decide if he should get a full deal or a 2-way deal. Not just games, but the practices, etc. and see how ready they think he is and how healthy. If not, they can free up more space. I'm sure they are gonna keep taking the temperature of quality guys that are available - Simmons, Exum etc. make sense b/c they either have a blue chip background or at least one blue chip skill. Once we start scraping for the Cody Martin (who btw, I like a lot) then it probably makes more sense to just go with McCullar because what McCullar is bringing you is a Cody Martin type skillset with more upside.

Correction on the vet min. This opens things up further, and after the Jazz trade, it sounds like Kevin Love is going to hit FA for what it's worth.

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Ah my bad, so for clarification, the exact cap hit of a player 3 + years or more counts as a player with 2 years experience, which is exactly that 2.29 mm slot:

Because the NBA doesn’t want teams to avoid signing veteran players in favor of cheaper, younger players, the league reimburses clubs who sign veterans with three or more years of experience to one-year, minimum-salary contracts. Those deals will only count against the cap – and against a team’s bank balance – for $2,296,274, the minimum salary for a player with two years of experience.

For instance, Mason Plumlee, who has 12 seasons of NBA experience, will reportedly sign a one-year, minimum-salary contract with the Hornets, who will only be charged $2,296,274 for Plumlee’s contract. He’ll earn $3,634,153, but the NBA will make up the difference. This rule only applies to one-year contracts, not to multiyear deals.
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2025/06/nba-minimum-salaries-for-2025-26.html

So asking a valid question - if he was so important in the locker room last year, than why wouldn't it be PJ Tucker?

SergioNYK wrote:I know I'm in the minority but I wouldn't mind Payne back. He won us some games during the regular season and even a playoff game! He's a great teammate and locker room guy.

I wouldn't be against it, as long as theres no better options out there, and he's not ahead of Kolek on the depth chart. Personally I would rather bring back Delon Wright. For as long as I can remember TJ McConell has bust the ass of every defender we ever tried to throw at him, even Deuce, Mikal, and OG. Wright is the first player that I can remember that ever had that dude completely locked up. I would like to keep him around as a luxury to throw at scoring guards. Still can't believe that Thibs never used him against Cade in Detroit.