I realize that giving max deals to Harris and Monroe, which I think would have been possible if we used a first to get rid of Wallace, would have significantly limited the moves we could make over the next two seasons. But I think Ainge is valuing future flexibility too much over improving the team right now.
Mike
Using cap space, we still have about $15m to offer with the simple move of stretching Wallace.
TP. Cutting Pressey would trim a little more, too, yes?
I think Monroe would slot in nicely with the other moves made so far. Wonderif Ainge can do it.
We are under $15 million left if Wallace is stretched, and pretty much every cap projection out there excludes Pressey and Babb. Many also (wrongly) exclude Rozier and Hunter. We're in the $12-13 million range if we only count Crowder's cap hold and stretch Wallace.
As I've said umpteen times, if we really want Harris it should be a sign-and-trade anyway, because then Orlando isn't matching and causing problems. But I guess we don't really want Harris at those dollars and with whatever the compensation is to Orlando. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Orlando had a pretty high asking price.
I don't have it that way.
I'm using guesstimates (not mine, but that's all we can do at this point) of $11,750,000 for Amir and $4,820,000 for Jerebko. I'm also working under the assumption of the new projected cap of $69 million.
So with keeping all that in mind, we should have near $15 million (if Wallace is stretched). It's all dependent on how contracts are structured, but considering that nothing will be finalized until needed, it should give the Celtics some wiggle room on how to go about that.
I agree with the rest of what you're saying.