Steven Chen

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[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@samesfandiari @warriorsworld @samesfandiari $15m AAV still seems high if dubs are gonna try to use the TPMLE and have to stay under the first apron, do you think another team is going to throw most of their TPMLE at KP?

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@samesfandiari No mention of Yaxel?

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@gswcba Is it too optimistic to think we could get Dray to re-sign for ~$9M less and KP to take ~$3M less than the NTMLE?

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@gswcba 2yr/$37M, with $18M in ‘26/27 + ~$19M in ‘27/28 ($12M gtd) could work. That’s $30M gtd + signing the 10yoe vet min at ~$4M after would get him to ~$34M = $28M + TMLE. If the FO really wants the cap space in ‘27, getting off the $12M would cost only 2 SRPs based on the Lonzo trade

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@gswcba Is the AAV over guaranteed money? Something like $40M/2yrs with only $10M guaranteed for 2027-28 ($30M total guaranteed) would fit if the FO is still trying to minimize money on the books for 2027-28, while Dray gets a few million extra for cooperating

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@fakelogic They only traded the less valuable #21-30 range of the 2030 first, I think MDJ means the lottery range there

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@JSG3_ @oldmantrash Nets probably want DeMar + Moody instead of Lavine for salary purposes

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@samesfandiari Also only two B2Bs, both at home, until 2/24, so they should have their full roster (no Melton/Horford sitting for rest) every game over this stretch too

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@samesfandiari I’d add Melton to the return with Jimmy and Buddy. If we don’t let CP3’s contract expire, we can’t sign Melton with the NTMLE, ingratiate him with Dubs’ culture, and have him re-sign on a vet min that just ducks the second apron this season.

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@samesfandiari Damn Dort’s same weight as Jimmy but almost 4 inches shorter?

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@WalkingRuiz His order was a sign he wasn’t meant to stay with the Rams

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@TommyGunnNBA @TommyGunnNBA assuming he balls out with us, do you think Grimes would take a 2yr/$21.5m with a PO? That’s the max we can offer with his non-Bird rights (120% of his QO of $8.75m), but the next season we’d have early bird rights and could offer him $20-$25m

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@gswcba Ah gotcha, thanks! Was trying to see what a hypothetical trade for a familiar face in Miami might take, but looks like JK + two minimums is about $400k shy

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@KeithSmithNBA Ah learn new minutia every day, thanks!

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@usanyg @KeithSmithNBA Using the $8m TPE hard caps them at the 1st apron, since it wouldn’t be used in the same season that the TPE was generated

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@plusEVRaisin @BlakeKrek @zachlowesmoptop @AndyKHLiu - S&T JK to SAC = get late SAS 1st + Monk ($19m) for JK + Buddy/Moody (to not trigger 1st Apron hard cap)

- JK takes QO, trade to CHI = get two seconds + $17-19m player for JK + Buddy/Moody

So asset-wise, the risk of JK taking the QO = risk of going from a late 1st to two 2nds.

[Steven Chen @sccchenster]

@plusEVRaisin @BlakeKrek @zachlowesmoptop @AndyKHLiu In fact, assuming JK on the QO returns two 2nds + no other salary from CHI, JK’s QO can be combined with Buddy/Moody in a larger deal for a $17-19m player. Compared to the SAC S&T, that means from the GSW side: