James McCauley

Attorney | Basketball Strategy & Salary Cap Analyst @KingsOn_SI | UCLA '20 | Villanova Law '24 | Former intern @wasserman @prioritysports

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Updated.

Bad lotto luck saving $ isn't what fans were looking for today, but the 7th pick Y1 salary is ~$1.3M less than 5th pick, $2.2M less than 4th, $3.2M less than 3rd, $4.3M less than 2nd, and $5.6M less than 1st. Notable for a team up right at the tax & aprons.

[Steve Jones @stevejones20]

I once again say: the magic of the Knicks playoff run is that they have solved problems and delivered more problems as a series goes on.

[Sacramento Kings On SI @KingsOn_SI]

Should #Kings Fans Be Concerned by Lack of Top Prospects in Pre-Draft Workouts? | via @jamesmc___
https://t.co/LtGe36QVIA

[Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24]

Jalen Brunson on if he ever felt imposter syndrome:

"The only time is probably my rookie year...playing pickup with the team in Dallas and then obviously watching Luka doing his thing so effortlessly. That was probably the only time and it made me kind of question myself to see how hard I actually I had to work to be in the position that I wanted to be"

[Sacramento Kings On SI @KingsOn_SI]

#Kings GM Scott Perry Meets With Kingston Flemings — Why It Matters | via @jamesmc___
https://t.co/J8CKvGrJGb

[Velodus✨ @velodus]

The most 1999 thing about the previous NBA Finals between the Knicks and the Spurs might be that the Spurs were playing StarCraft against each other in between games

[Coach Gibson Pyper @HalfCourtHoops]

INCREDIBLE IQ play from Fox to give the foul there and make the Thunder play against a set defense.

[KNBR @KNBR]

Nine years ago today, Hunter Strickland and Bryce Harper had a brawl for the ages.

[Kevin John @heykevinjohn]

“We have the money. We’ve secured $1.8 billion.”

-Mark Friedman, Fulcrum Property Group, on bringing an MLB expansion team to West Sacramento

[Liam Blutman @Blutman27]

I was blessed enough to ask @CoachBobChesney why he chose @UCLAFootball

I forgot to thank him for saving my life

[Shamit Dua @FearTheBrown]

Tuluminati taking over.

So exciting to see all the TPBNC people thrive and succeed

[Back Then Football @BackThenFB]

When UCLA upset #19 Washington State in one of the craziest Pac-12 after dark games ever! #GoBruins

[NBA Cobwebs @NBACobwebs]

May 13, 2002: TNT's Craig Sager interviews Kings players after they advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a 114-101 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the WCSF.

Sacramento's Chris Webber and Mike Bibby each scored 23 PTS, and Hedo Türkoğlu added 20 PTS/13 REB.

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

@knarsu3 They almost always get this structure https://t.co/T4COAoLLdZ

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Rinse and repeat. Good teams are good. Good teams with good front offices stay good.

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

@SamQuinnCBS Would make a lot of sense for the Kings to go back to well for an OKC surplus pick. Gave them 1-16 of the ‘27 SAS pick to get #24 last year. Something around a lighter protection on the ‘31 MIN pick for #17 seems fair

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Updated.

Bad lotto luck saving $ isn't what fans were looking for today, but the 7th pick Y1 salary is ~$1.3M less than 5th pick, $2.2M less than 4th, $3.2M less than 3rd, $4.3M less than 2nd, and $5.6M less than 1st. Notable for a team up right at the tax & aprons.

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Reposting with updated Cardwell figures now that some details are out. $150,917 more than the flat $2M I initially included for 26-27, very important considering how much salary is already on the books

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Updated with the Hayes contract. SAC will be at the 15-man roster limit if it uses both 2RPs this summer. So, barring a trade/waiver (Hayes is NGTD, DeRozan partial GTD)/signing one of the 2RPs to a 2-way, they will be running this team back + the '26 draft picks.

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Taps. Sign. https://t.co/N88DklfEmc

[Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS]

Ajay Mitchell looks like a future star. The Thunder are paying him peanuts. How exactly did that happen?

I wrote about OKC’s contract strategy, because their approach with Mitchell mirrored their approach with a number of other key players.
https://t.co/0L3HP6ZVJQ

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

@SamQuinnCBS If only someone had been on this for a year now!

https://t.co/N88DklfEmc

https://t.co/bmlRNpnJ7D

https://t.co/fRSNPFMMwV

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Visualization of the 3 paths in the article. TLDR - exercising the TO forfeited purple (control + value). 6 weeks from yellow (control, less value). If yellow doesn't happen by July, then blue (no control, probably less to no value)

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

The machine that is OKC rolls on. Identifying the talent obviously comes first, but their process to keep that talent around (on team friendly contracts) is what sets them apart

https://t.co/bmlRNpnJ7D

https://t.co/N88DklfEmc

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

@SamQuinnCBS What does Sam Presti know anyway!

[James McCauley @jamesmc___]

Rinse and repeat. Good teams are good. Good teams with good front offices stay good.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

If OKC wins another title this year, Sam Presti should demand a 5% ownership stake in the franchise like Jordan did shoe royalties from Nike.

[Sacramento Kings @SacramentoKings]

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