You have to remember the new NBA cap rules being implemented.
Spurs will have to spend 90% of the increased 134 million salary cap in order to receive the redistribution of the tax from teams in the luxury tax at the end of the season.
This past year the Spurs received 16.25 million from the tax pool from the 10 NBA teams in the luxury tax.
Spurs will have to reach 120.6 million minimum in salaries. With Victor & a new Tre deal, Spurs should be around 100 million. Factor in the other picks, that may increase very marginally.
This is with Birch, Graham, McDermott taking up 32 million in space.
In order to maintain cap flexibility moving past this bad free agent class, they may choose to sign a valuable veteran locker room addition that doesn’t intend to play much or get in the crosshairs of development on a one year deal to fulfill the gap to the 90% apron.
To those saying, “PaYiNg George Hill 10 million?”
You have to remember the new NBA cap rules being implemented.
Spurs will have to spend 90% of the increased 134 million salary cap in order to receive the redistribution of the tax from teams in the luxury tax at the end of the… https://t.co/wa99XaLc8v
— Eric Salinas (@EricSal_7) May 24, 2023