DanH wrote:
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2016 Offseason (As things currently stand):
DeRozan: 14.25M Cap Hold
Lowry: 11M
Jonas: 11.65M Cap Hold
Ross: 8.88M Cap Hold
2014, 2015, 2016 1st Round Picks (2 in 2016): 5M
4 Empty Spots Roster Charge: 2.17M
TOTAL: $52.95M
I think I included everything. The salary cap in 2016-17 is projected to be around 70M if it continues to increase at the same rate as it will from 14/15 to 15/16 (http://newsok.com/kevin-durant-imagi...rticle/4815024). If anyone has a better estimate link me to it I've been searching for a while.
With that said, a Durant max deal would start at 21M, so we'd be 4M shy of being able to offer him a max. This could be mediated by signing Val and/or Ross to extensions in the 2015 offseason for less than the value of their 2016 cap holds (which is quite likely, say 6M a year for Ross and 10M for Jonas).
So yes in theory we could keep Lowry, Ross, Val, DeRozan and our 4 1st round picks over the next 3 drafts and still sign Durant. It would just mean giving guys like Vasquez, Amir and 2Pat 2 year deals or 2 year + team option deals to avoid having that excess salary on the books.
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