Last Updated on January 23, 2023 11:56 pm by Mike Passador | Published: January 17, 2023

GM: Adam Taylor, @adamtaylornba

Salary Cap: $175,627,207

Luxury Tax: -$25,360,207

• They are $25 million over the tax but the tax bill is upwards of $66 million… How far over will ownership let them spend?

GOAL: Win a championship

Priorities

• Trade Danilo Gallinari for either a contributor, or salary dump if necessary

o  $6,479,000 salary in 2022-23
o  Can take up to $8,198,750 in salary for him

Players to Dangle

Danilo Gallinari (2/$13.22 (PO in 2023-24))

o  Salary: $6,479,000

o   He’s out for season, so might as well use his salary as an asset or use it to shed some tax relief

Target Players

• Justin Holiday, Atlanta Hawks
• Patty Mills, Brooklyn Nets
• Coby White, Chicago Bulls
• Nerlens Noel, Alec Burks, Hamidou Diallo, Cory Joseph, Detroit Pistons
• Goga Bitadze & TJ McConnell, Indiana Pacers
• Salary dump to Indiana or OKC
• Taurean Prince, Minnesota Timberwolves
• Cam Reddish, New York Knicks
• Mike Muscala, OKC Thunder
• Mo Bamba & Terrence Ross, Orlando Magic
• Zach Collins, San Antonio Spurs
• Khem Birch, Toronto Raptors
• Rudy Gay, Utah Jazz

Assets Owned

• TPE: $6,907,815
• TPE: $5,890,000
• TPE: $2,161,219
• TPE: $1,910,860
• TPE: $1,782,621
• TPE: $1,669,178
• 2023 1^st (top 12 protected to Indiana)
• 2024 1^st
• 2025 1^st
• 2026 1^st
• 2027 1^st
• 2028 1^st (less favorable of SAS and own, top one protected)
• 2029 1^st
• 2023 2nd (via DAL/HOU/MIA)
• 2023 2nd (via POR)
• 2026 2nd (less favorable of own & more favorable of IND & MIA)
• 2028 2^nd (31-45 protected or to Spurs if 2028 swap not conveyed, 46-60 to Magic)
• 2029 2nd

Results

Be sure to check back in over the next few weeks with the trade deadline window open now in our first annual mock trade deadline to see what mock transactions have been executed. The Mock Trade Deadline will conclude on February 2

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