We're going to lose Norm next summer in RFA

[Shaolin Fantastic]

He's a 2-way player, those are highly valued nowadays, and will still be young. Going to get a huge offer sheet somewhere, and if this team is already trying to cut costs NOW when he's on a tiny deal, I can easily see them deciding not to match on him with Lowry, Ibaka and DeMar making a combined $90M on their own.

[DanH]

Nah. They'll move one big contract this summer to duck the tax and another next summer to make room for Norm.

[TrueTorontoFan]

we may do what we did with t-ross and just sign him when the season starts. Offer him like 10-11. Thats probably part of the reason why we are trying to trade JV and Joseph so we don't have to wait until Carrols money comes off the books.

[DanH]

we may do what we did with t-ross and just sign him when the season starts. Offer him like 10-11. Thats probably part of the reason why we are trying to trade JV and Joseph so we don't have to wait until Carrols money comes off the books.

Yeah, if he'll take a 4/40 contract extension (the most we can offer) that would be great, though we wouldn't be forced to get it done before the season like with Ross. But we don't need cap room or to shed salaries to offer that to him. They will want to shed some money this year to help with the tax and free up the full MLE to spend on PF help (so they'll try to move CoJo and one of JV/DC). Then next year the other one of JV/DC will probably be moved (easier with a shorter contract) to free up more tax flexibility to absorb either Powell's extension or his new contract.

[TrueTorontoFan]

Yeah, if he'll take a 4/40 contract extension (the most we can offer) that would be great, though we wouldn't be forced to get it done before the season like with Ross. But we don't need cap room or to shed salaries to offer that to him. They will want to shed some money this year to help with the tax and free up the full MLE to spend on PF help (so they'll try to move CoJo and one of JV/DC). Then next year the other one of JV/DC will probably be moved (easier with a shorter contract) to free up more tax flexibility to absorb either Powell's extension or his new contract.

Good point. I don't see them trading him either. He will be part of our future I think.

[planetmars]

Yeah.. Norm is a pretty big worry. I don't know if we lose him, since Raptors can match any deal. But there will be teams like Brooklyn that will probably give him a max deal.. or a crazy poison pill contract that makes it hard to match.

Hope he gets locked up as soon as he can.

[DanH]

Yeah.. Norm is a pretty big worry. I don't know if we lose him, since Raptors can match any deal. But there will be teams like Brooklyn that will probably give him a max deal.. or a crazy poison pill contract that makes it hard to match.

Hope he gets locked up as soon as he can.

He can't be offered a poison pill contract.

But yes, ideally he gets extended ASAP. I don't know that he's any sort of given for a max offer though. $15M per year, give or take, is where I'm pegging him for now. Hard to say for sure until we see this coming season, of course.

[KHD]

He can't be offered a poison pill contract.

But yes, ideally he gets extended ASAP. I don't know that he's any sort of given for a max offer though. $15M per year, give or take, is where I'm pegging him for now. Hard to say for sure until we see this coming season, of course.

i fail to see what Powell has done to warrant a $15M per year offer, especially considering that cap space will be a bit sparse next summer as far as i know.

[DanH]

i fail to see what Powell has done to warrant a $15M per year offer, especially considering that cap space will be a bit sparse next summer as far as i know.

There will still be a few teams with silly money to throw around that top free agents will likely not go to. In any case, the most they can offer until next July is $10M per year, and it would be great if they could lock him into that.

[kidr1211]

I think part of the reason they're trying to clear cap is for norms deal

[NoPropsneeded]

Norm is DD's replacement he ain't going anywhere. Once debo takes a step back he's starting, there's no way we let him go

[SkywalkerAC]

Doubt it.

[Fully]

No, we're not?

[Cody73]

I don't think Norm is gone.

I think Masai will make trades that allow Norm to come back or trade away Norm for valuable assets coming back. Masai's not just going to let Powell walk. He's not stupid.

[Nilanka]

i fail to see what Powell has done to warrant a $15M per year offer, especially considering that cap space will be a bit sparse next summer as far as i know.

He's young, with tons of athleticism, is solid on both ends of the court, and is coachable. He's a diamond in the rough. We'll be paying for "potential", much like DeRozan's first extension.

Norm probably should be starting over Carroll this year.