Outlook for a 2010 offseason focus
2010 Offseason
Expirings:
Bynum 870k
Oberto 2m
Kwame 4m
Total = $6.87 million
Increases:
Gordon ~ 1m.
Villanueva ~ 500k.
Rip – 1m
Tay – 1m
Stuckey – 1m
Daye, Summers, Jarebko, Washington ~ 1.5-2m total
Total = ~ $6 million
Needs:
Backup PG
Starting C
Backup C
That’s assuming Villa can play 30mpg at PF, Max proves he can be our backup PF and Summers/Jarebko can pick up the extra PF time.
Even if the cap doesn’t go down as expected, that leaves us with under $4 million to fill those 3 holes. Not a smart plan, gentlemen.
Big “What-If”s:
Trade Rip for an expiring – we would need SG depth (unless Stuckey splits his time, in which case we’d need to get serious about our backup PG).
Trade Prince for an expiring – we would need a starting SF. It’s highly unlikely that one of these rookies is going to step in and be our starter next year.
We wouldn’t have to worry about the traded player’s $1m increase, but the $10-14m expiring deal probably only nets us $7-8m in cap space after the cap decrease. We’re getting a starting C, backup C, backup PG, plus a starting SF or backup SG with $8?
Best Case Scenario-this offseason:
Pistons move Rip for a defensive-minded starting C that’s got a few years on his deal.
Other (Lesser) Scenarios-this offseason:
We move Tay for a C, we’re either starting Rip at SF or we’re trying to sign a SF with whatever cap space we have left. We’re not getting anything worth starting for $3-4 million.
We move Kwame for a C, the C would have to make under $7.6m. We’re not going to have any depth at C unless we can sign someone for the vet minimum that can still play some D. Ratliff? We could sign someone for the rest of our cap space before the trade in which case the C would have to make under $5m.
We move Max for a C, he would have to make under $8.6m. We’re going to be very thin at PF. If we used our cap space first, the C would have to make under $3.125m.
