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Originally Posted by NOFX22
Do we have any money to sign him? Would we have to let Maggette go?
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Not necessarily, we could let go of Livingston/Williams/Knight for a good 8 million roughly. Plus Cassell's contract comes off, giving us about 14 million to work with. I'm not too clear about CBA rules, but i think those numbers should be fairly accurate.
Of course it all depends on how much Maggette & Brand want next year, if we can keep 'em for roughly the same amount as they've been getting paid, we'd be able to keep Kaman, Brand, Thornton, Maggette, Arenas and most of our low-cost players without going over the cap.
A sign & trade makes the most sense for us though, as Arenas would pretty much cap us out and we'd have a thin roster. Mobley or Thomas are my favorite candidates to S&T, giving us another 9 or 6 million to fill out the roster. But we've gotta hang on to that 1st round pick, it's crucial to our long term future, imagine our lineup as:
PG: Arenas
SG: Maggette
SF: Thornton
PF: Brand
C: Kaman
Bench: #6 pick (OJ Mayo), Ross, Thomas, Sofoklis
That's definitely a team that can contend for a couple of years.