Maybe on the same level, but none better. Also, for the record, I don't see any of the draft picks being better than the current Gay anyway. So, looking at it that way and seeing that with 35 million in cap space we could still sign two big time players and have room still and instead of having no real assets to sell people on, we would have a 20 ppg playoff experienced vet that could serve as a good piece. That would then result in us spending bad money on average players and getting back to where we were. Perhaps Cho, being a numbers guy, looks at it like we don't want to be stuck in a situation where we can't get a star, or all star level player to sign a big deal and are still sitting 15 million below the minimum. Sitting at 23 million in 2013/2014, that's a lot of money to spend even with Gay to get to that minimum level. Later years we would have to 52.2 million to stay above the minimum. Obviously a chunk of that would go to the 2nd pick, but we would still have to spend money to get above that level. Currently, that means we would HAVE to spend 7 million to get within that range.
That means in 2012/2013, with the cap being 58 million (which coudl change), we would HAVE to spend 49.3 million. Here's our cap situation over the years that Gay would be under contract (assuming just Thomas was sent back since Diop is an expiring anyway):Ģ012/2013: 51 Million (7 million under cap)Ģ013/2014: 23 Million (35 million under cap)Ģ014/2015: 17 Million (41 million under cap)Īnd by the way, according to the new CBA agreement teams must spend at least 85% of the cap in 2012/2013 and 90% for all following years.
At least with Gay you have a piece, combined with Kemba/Biz to be somewhat attractive.
VOISIN RUDY GAY TRADE FREE
Chances are, were not going to get a star in this draft, so that cap space would do us nothing over the next one to two years in free agency anyway. I just don't see the harm in using essentially 9 million more in cap space. It's not like he has 5 years left on his deal either. If he is going to be on the roster, and they don't think he is going to improve, then why not spend 9 million dollars more to get a 20 ppg YOUNG guy in Gay? Not to mention he also fills a need. Thomas is on the roster and providing little. I mean sure, you could amnesty and technically gain that extra space, but MJ would still have to pay the bills and I doubt that he is ever going to be interested in amnestying anyone. It's 9 million more each of the two seasons than what we would already have locked up. So Basically Gay costs this much more then a TT and Diop Combo per year.
Here are Gay's Salaries for next 3 seasons:ĭiop and Tyrus were scheduled to make this much combined over next three seasons Al Jefferson, James Harden, or Josh Smith are just a few possibilities after next season when we will have a ton of cap space.Īlso with the 25th pick we can still grab a solid player to go with 31st or we can package them to maybe move up into one Houston picks or another team in that range. We look like a much more attractive free agent market. This allows us to keep the cap space gained by Maggettes contract after next season to get another good player to pair with Gay and young core. Yeah it sucks we lose the number 2 pick, but what are chances of us getting a star player to come to Charlotte? The inclusion of both Tyrus and Diop soften the blow of Gays contract to some degree. This is not the most ideal situation for us in my opinion, but if we are going to make a deal for Gay I would prefer this.Ĭharlotte trades: #2 pick, Tyrus Thomas, Gana Diop I know we have the trading the number 2 pick thread, but with so many rumors swirling around about us being interested in this Gay deal I thought it should have its own thread so the ideas are more concentrated instead of spread out page to page in the other thread.