John Hollinger on the Thunder’s offseason and cap geekery
July 13, 2023
John Hollinger on the Thunder’s offseason and cap geekery
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Relevant portion for those of you not willing to pay (I do think it’s well worth the cost when you can get a deal):
“the offseason roster limit is 21 players (up from 20 in the old CBA), and Oklahoma City has 22 if you count the agreed-to but still unsigned deals for Jack White and Vasa Micic. That’s with only one of their three two-way spots filled. Oklahoma City also has to get its roster down to 15 players by opening day; while some of the cuts are easy (Oladipo and Gay), the Thunder face some hard choices.
They still have some time, though, to engineer yet another deal that takes on more money (they have $15.7 million left below the tax line) in return for yet another second-round pick. The Thunder could trade Gay, for instance, and take back a contract worth up to $13 million, or trade Oladipo for a contract worth up to $17 million. Oladipo and Bertans can also be aggregated with existing Thunder contracts since they were acquired with cap space (but not with Gay, Washington or Garuba). Eventually Oklahoma City will need to cull the roster, but keep an eye on the Thunder on money deals between now and September.”
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Hollinger speak kindly about the Thunder org. He holds something against Presti or someone in the org for sure.
But yes the Thunder aren’t done making moves (obviously).
The expanded salary matching detail is probably the most intriguing part of the OKC section. Being able to turn a $9M salary into a $17M salary and a $6M one into $13M is wild.
3 comments
Relevant portion for those of you not willing to pay (I do think it’s well worth the cost when you can get a deal):
“the offseason roster limit is 21 players (up from 20 in the old CBA), and Oklahoma City has 22 if you count the agreed-to but still unsigned deals for Jack White and Vasa Micic. That’s with only one of their three two-way spots filled. Oklahoma City also has to get its roster down to 15 players by opening day; while some of the cuts are easy (Oladipo and Gay), the Thunder face some hard choices.
They still have some time, though, to engineer yet another deal that takes on more money (they have $15.7 million left below the tax line) in return for yet another second-round pick. The Thunder could trade Gay, for instance, and take back a contract worth up to $13 million, or trade Oladipo for a contract worth up to $17 million. Oladipo and Bertans can also be aggregated with existing Thunder contracts since they were acquired with cap space (but not with Gay, Washington or Garuba). Eventually Oklahoma City will need to cull the roster, but keep an eye on the Thunder on money deals between now and September.”
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Hollinger speak kindly about the Thunder org. He holds something against Presti or someone in the org for sure.
But yes the Thunder aren’t done making moves (obviously).
The expanded salary matching detail is probably the most intriguing part of the OKC section. Being able to turn a $9M salary into a $17M salary and a $6M one into $13M is wild.