BREAKING: Patman Signs 18mil/3years in Toronto

[enlightenment]

Rather not use the stretch provision. It cuts into our cap space down the line in order to make our team better now. We won't compete this year so there's no point of going all in like that

However, hitting the Tax would affect our flexibility even more.

[thead]

I know TPEs can't be...wasn't sure on the other exceptions

[enlightenment]

I don't know if it's going to be that easy to dump Fields salary. Novak maybe. But as long as the Toronto media is wrong I'm happy lol. Where's DanH when you need him lol

Either way, we really only need to clear an extra 2 mil, sign Vasquez for 4 mil, and then we can use the full MLE and sign a wing player for 5 mil.

[Bonus Jonas]

However, hitting the Tax would affect our flexibility even more.

We're 7.3M under the tax as of now. We won't hit the tax.

[thead]

Vasquez deal will be done soon.

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) July 4, 2014

[thead]

the only thing the tax means aside from paying extra (which MLSE is willing to do) is MLE shrinks to 3 million instead of 5

[enlightenment]

We're 7.3M under the tax as of now. We won't hit the tax.

If we sign Vasquez, and want to use the full MLE, we would be over the tax. Thats why I am saying to drop some salary (Novaks) so that we can both sign Vasquez AND use full MLE for wing player.

[GLF]

Ryan Wolstat is VERY confident Vasquez deal will be done soon. He keeps saying on twitter. Thank God. I never worried about us resigning Vasquez though. He is fricken making videos talking about the Pan Am games in 2015. He was definitely staying.

[Bonus Jonas]

Either way, we really only need to clear an extra 2 mil, sign Vasquez for 4 mil, and then we can use the full MLE and sign a wing player for 5 mil.

Signing a wing for 3M and a wing for 5M in this year's free agent crop is pretty negligent. There's not a single guy we could sign with 5 that we couldn't with 3M(Vince, Aminu). The higher tier wings are costing you more than 5M easily(Ariza, Deng). We shouldn't, and won't use the full MLE

[mjt20mik]

Guys, realistically who can we sign for 3 million deal?

[RepTdot]

great signing by Masai...all thats left is Vasquez and if he chooses...Carter on the wing...
PG: Lowry/Vasquez/Kabongo
SG: Derozan/Williams
SF: Ross/Carter/Fields/Bruno
PF: Amir/Patterson/Tyler
C: JV/Hayes/Bebe

we would have one of the best backcourts & benches in the league with this...2 all-star caliber starters in the backcourt with Carter/Williams/Vasquez off the bench...all have been recent 6th man of the year candidates. 3 raw but high ceiling prospects in Bruno/Bebe/Kabongo, and hopefully some big progress from Ross & JV. Whoever thinks that we won't be a top 5 team in the East is crazy. We are still weak in middle behind JV but set in all other positions

[Heatdreamer]

No you can't, also no one knows if the salaries for Lowry and P Pat are graduated at 7.5% annually . That makes a huge difference.
GV will sign 3/11 as well with 3 rd year not guaranteed. This should leave the 5 million MLE when you rescind qualifying DeColo.
Graduating salaries will allow for the full MLE

[Bonus Jonas]

BTW RR, Vasquez will sign 3yrs/11-12M. Calling it.

[thead]

3 at 16 million (going a little high but I like my odds)

[Bonus Jonas]

great signing by Masai...all thats left is Vasquez and if he chooses...Carter on the wing...
PG: Lowry/Vasquez/Kabongo
SG: Derozan/Williams
SF: Ross/Carter/Fields/Bruno
PF: Amir/Patterson/Tyler
C: JV/Hayes/Bebe

we would have one of the bench backcourts & benches in the league with this...2 all-star caliber starters in the backcourt with Carter/Williams/Vasquez off the bench...all have been recent 6th man of the year candidates. 3 raw but high ceiling prospects in Bruno/Bebe/Kabongo, and hopefully some big progress from Ross & JV. Whoever thinks that we won't be a top 5 team in the East is crazy. We are still weak in middle behind JV but set in all other positions

Pretty much this.

Except you forgot Novak, so no Kabongo.