Trading Horford sends a signal to every FA out there that promises won't be kept by this team.
I don't think FA contracts come with any promise that the player would never be traded, at least those contracts that don't have no trade clauses.
I don't think Horford will be traded this season but depending on how things play out, it would not surprise me one bit if he is traded at some point (the point where our team starts to go young).
Has anybody come up with a viable way to clear enough cap room to sign those two players without trading Al Horford? If they have I'd like to hear it.
It's not at all complicated to acquire both, and we're allowed to pay Hayward a max now and George a max after the season.
If we wanted to renegotiate George's deal to give him the max this year it would be tough to do, but otherwise the only question is whether Wyc will cut the check.
It seems complicated to me...
According to
http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/BOS.htmlThe Celtics currently have 72 million in guaranteed contracts for 2017-2018 before signing any of this years rookies or adding the contracts of Abdel Nader, Gerson Yabusele, or Ante Zizic.
The projected cap is 99 million.
Gordan could be offered a max of 4 years 132 million according to
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679919/Upon-further-review-Hayward-has-earned-max-money-contract.html. That averages out to 33 million a year...
If the Celtics sign Gordan Hayward at 33 million a year they'll immediately be over the cap by 5 million... Can they do that?
Even if they backload the contract so that he makes 27 million in his first year they'll be at the cap with only 11 players under contract.
Bird, Allen, Tatum, Ojeleye, Kelly, Amir Johnson, Jonas Jerebko, and Gerald Green are still unsigned. Nader, Yabs, and Zizic are still unaccounted for and we haven't even started discussing Paul George who currently makes 18 million.
Paul George currently makes 18 million a year and is eligible to be resigned to a 4 year 133 million dollar contract... Once again that's a little over 33 million a year. If we traded Jay Crowder and Avery Bradley in a deal for George and then resigned him to a backloaded extension where he made 27 million his first year the Celtics would be 13 million over the cap with a roster of 10 players, but even if they DON'T resign him until the end of the season (which seems like a HUGE gamble if you're trading away draft picks and players for him) they're still 4 million over the cap.
And all of this is with their rookies unsigned, all their rfa unsigned, and all their stashes still stashed... I don't really know what the rules are regarding signing players once you're over the cap and luxury tax, and future free agents and draft picks but this does not seem like a good situation to be in.
Can anyone explain how this would actually work under the NBA cap rules?
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