Read Arse's post on the home page of RR:
http://raptorsrepublic.com/2011/04/2...ove-colangelo/
The cap number for next year according to HoopsHype.com is $45.046M not $47M. Assuming current cap of $58M, that is a shade under $13M minus 1st round pick so $9.25M.
The reality is none of us knows what the trade value of Calderon, Bargnani, or Barbosa is. Bargnani, for example, is a BYC so any trade with him before July 1st would only return half his salary ($4.25M), so you can tack on another $4.25M to the available cap number if he was traded. So - possibly - all of a sudden we are at $13.5M. Barbosa opts out - tack on another $7.6M ($21.1M). I do not think he is guaranteed to be here. Take back a few million less than what is going out in any trade and all of a sudden you have a few more M to throw around.
This is all hypothetical, of course, but I think the picture is rosier than depicted in Arse's post.
When you consider other teams in the league, the Raps are in very good position - especially if a hard cap comes in. They have 10 guys signed up for next year at $45M ($37.4M minus Barbosa with 9 players). The only teams below them in salary are:
WSH - $40.6M with 8 players
SAC - $27.6M with 8 players
NJ - $39.8M with 8 players
MEM - $36.8M with 8 players ($51M with 9 players with ZBo extension)
LAC - $44.9M with 9 players
IND - $34.9M with 10 players
DEN - $40.2 with 8 players
http://raptorsrepublic.com/2011/04/2...ove-colangelo/
The cap number for next year according to HoopsHype.com is $45.046M not $47M. Assuming current cap of $58M, that is a shade under $13M minus 1st round pick so $9.25M.
The reality is none of us knows what the trade value of Calderon, Bargnani, or Barbosa is. Bargnani, for example, is a BYC so any trade with him before July 1st would only return half his salary ($4.25M), so you can tack on another $4.25M to the available cap number if he was traded. So - possibly - all of a sudden we are at $13.5M. Barbosa opts out - tack on another $7.6M ($21.1M). I do not think he is guaranteed to be here. Take back a few million less than what is going out in any trade and all of a sudden you have a few more M to throw around.
This is all hypothetical, of course, but I think the picture is rosier than depicted in Arse's post.
When you consider other teams in the league, the Raps are in very good position - especially if a hard cap comes in. They have 10 guys signed up for next year at $45M ($37.4M minus Barbosa with 9 players). The only teams below them in salary are:
WSH - $40.6M with 8 players
SAC - $27.6M with 8 players
NJ - $39.8M with 8 players
MEM - $36.8M with 8 players ($51M with 9 players with ZBo extension)
LAC - $44.9M with 9 players
IND - $34.9M with 10 players
DEN - $40.2 with 8 players
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