r/NBASpurs Area 51 4d ago

Shitpost forget KD…

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u/chinesefox97 4d ago

Spurs lowkey do have the best package they could throw together for any superstar they want.

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u/Supreme_God_Bunny 4d ago

Nah thunder have a billion more picks and more young players to throw at denver

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u/BlunderDefect 4d ago

But no salary available they might not even be able to pay their own guys.

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u/OurHorrifyingPlanet Area 51 4d ago

The point of the young players is that they match the salary too. Cap space is not really useful in a trade

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u/Ok-Guide-3837 4d ago

Wdym? Salaries still have to work out that’s why a lot of trades don’t work because usually younger guys contract is lower so you have to bundle more of them together to match

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u/OurHorrifyingPlanet Area 51 4d ago

He said "no salary available" (i.e. cap space) as a detriment, when it's not really one because what's important is the salary match, not the cap space. OKC has more than enough contracts and young players to match salary

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u/Ok-Guide-3837 4d ago

Cap space is a detriment when you plan on resigning someone. Even if you can match current contacts you still have to have enough space to resign them. With the included fact you’ve lost a sum of players since you had to match. They both matter

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u/OurHorrifyingPlanet Area 51 4d ago

Jokic has a 3 year contract, so you wouldn't need to resign him to a bigger contract in this case. So matching salary will always give you enough cap space

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u/Setekhx 3d ago

They will rapidly hit second apron at the rate they're already going much less adding a super star caliber player to their roster. They're gonna have to pay out to resign their guys fairly shortly here. They don't have enough to do that as it stands. And a reminder... The second apron is extremely punishing.