The Salary Cap Thread

[Kstat]

I would look hard at josh smith, assuming we didn't draft a wing.

[Pharaoh]

Smith is the obvious "name" target - capable of playing PF and SF, he's an athlete and doesn't mind shooting the 3... also is in his prime.

What's not to like?

The only drama IMO would be how his Max contract would effect us long term, especially with Monroe looking at the Max.

I know we can fit 2 Max contracts... can we fit 3 if Drummond becomes an absolute stud? Or do we not even worry about that now and just go all out regardless?

[Kstat]

We can afford one. That's all. We need to save some room for the next season when we have to re sign Monroe.

With the rest of the cash we should try to sign a MLE type guy that will expire when drummonds deal is up.

[Pharaoh]

This is Smith's 9th season... so isn't tha maximum for him close to $20 million per season?

In 2010-11 the max for players with 7-9 years experience was $17,413,200..

Is he worth $17.5 mil of our cap space?

If you sign him and are looking to save money for Monroe the next off-season instead of spending $5 mil or so on another player trade Stuckey for Eric Gordon

Drummond, Monroe, Smith, Gordon, Knight with Slava, Jerebko, Prince, Singler, English, Middleton and our 2 draftees

[Kstat]

I'm willing to consider any nba player, but he must have had at least one healthy season since high school, so no Gordon.

[Pharaoh]

I'm not gonna pimp Eric Gordon - just throwing it out there for discussion.

Smith is a popular candidate it seems, like Rudy Gay or Wilson Chandler.

I'll have to make a list of Unsual Suspects I guess

[Pharaoh]

I'm not gonna pimp Eric Gordon - just throwing it out there for discussion.

Smith is a popular candidate it seems, like Rudy Gay or Wilson Chandler.

I'll have to make a list of Unsual Suspects I guess

Ummm changed my mind - not gonna make a list cause it will be huge... so many possible role players that will be on the market

[Joe Asberry]

there is no need to overpay role players next summer, yes there a re a lot of teams with capspace, but like you said a lot of players will be on the market, if we miss out on the big guys like Smith, Igoudala...dont overpay for role players!

[Glenn]

Pistons are basically a team of role players already.

[Pharaoh]

Beyond Monroe and Drummond our bigs are useless. Slava hasn't played enough for anyone to judge, Jerebko should not play too many minutes at PF and Maxiell is expiring.

Beyond Prince we have Singler, Jerebko and Middleton under contract for next season - thise guys don't worry our opponents

Beyond Knight we have Stuckey and English at guard - again, we need serious help.

It's going to be a huge off-season for us. We could really turn the ship around with a couple of quality signings.