The Salary Cap Thread

[Glenn]

Nice thread, enjoying the discussion.

Think about how different it would be if we had done the Rondo/Stuckey deal.

[DrRay11]

You've got to be kidding me.

[Kstat]

Both Calderon and Millsapp can't defend for sit. If they're starting for you, you are going nowhere.

[DrRay11]

I think the premise of this is that you don't plan on them starting.

[Pharaoh]

that's GD for you - gotta derail a current topic

You're as bad as internet wrestling fans that think the Attitude/NWO Era is the greatest thing that ever happened on the planet... except for you 2009 is the thing!

WTF was so great about 2009 that you gotta keep bringing it up?

Anyway back to the topic:

Seems there are plenty of backcourt players available that might not cost the Earth. Does that spell the end for Stuckey in Detroit? Does he see the writing on the wall? Is that why he offered to come off the bench?

[Pharaoh]

I'm not planning on them starting... I'd be planning on Drummond and Knight developing

BUT if those guys didn't develop you have 2 veterans in Millsap and Calderon here.

Those are just 2 guys I mentioned. I've mentioned Redick and Wright too. It's not all about me. Who do you guys want us to sign? How much would you pay for your guys? What's your long term plan - if you have one. You don't have to have one. Joe probably doesn't

[Glenn]

I was actually being serious for a change, lol.

Oh well, carry on.

[Kstat]

I think the premise of this is that you don't plan on them starting.

Yeah but if you give both of them big contracts, you dont have a choice.

[Pharaoh]

Define "big" contracts.

How much would we be paying Calderon? Ideally we'd be signing him to be the 3rd guard... Millsap would be the #2 or #3 big depending on how much Drummond develops between now and the start of next season.

But I don't want this thread to focus on Millsap and Calderon or Redick or Wright... so for something completely different:

We trade Stuckey to New Orleans for Eric Gordon... assuming they'd want to do that it would cost us approx $5.8 mil of our cap space.

Assuming we have let everyone walk and sent Nova on his way we'd still have $20 mil to spend and the floowing players:

Drummond, Monroe, Prince, EG, Knight, Slava, Jerebko, Singler, English, Middleton and our 2 draftees = 13 players

$20 mil remains... who do you sign or trade for?

[Pharaoh]

And GD - if we did that trade way back when would we have Monroe and/or Drummond? Who else would we have to build around? Would we have cap space this off-season? Would we have spent big on BG and Nova?

It's your scenario though so have at it: who would be on that team, who did you sign or trade for and how much money do you have to spend this off-season?