Comment Opinions Please. Are The Trades Fair? What Would You Do Differently? Don’t Forget To Check Out The Free Agency Signings, Draft Picks, & Season Goals Down Below.
Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: Seth Curry, Bryce McGowens, JT Thor, & Davis Bertans
Total Salary: $99.7M
Cap Space: $41.3M
Trade Candidates: Cody Martin
TE’s: $3.6M
FA’s: Amari Bailey & Miles Bridges
Targets: Young Forward & Veteran Depth
New Head Coach: JJ Redick
Trades
Cody Martin, 2025 PHI 2nd, & 2027 More Favorable of POR/NOP 2nds to the Raptors for Bruce Brown Jr
NBA Draft
Select SF Matas Buzelis With #4 Pick: Projected Salary - $9.2M
Select SF Justin Edwards With #42 Pick: Projected Salary - $1.5M
Free Agency
Resign PF Miles Bridges To A Five Year Contract Worth $170M(30-32-34-36-38)
Sign SG Malik Beasley To A Three Year Contract Worth $27M(8-9-10) Using The Room MLE
Sign C James Nnaji To A Three Year Contract Worth $6M(1.5-2-2.5)
Extend SG Bruce Brown Jr To A Two Year Contract Worth $32M(16-16)
Extend PG Tre Mann To A Three Year Contract Worth $21M(6-7-8)
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $164.8M
Luxury Tax: $7.2M Under
First Apron: $14.2M Under
Second Apron: $25.2M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
LaMelo Ball, Bruce Brown Jr, Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges, & Mark Williams
Backup Five:
Tre Mann, Malik Beasley, Matas Buzelis, Grant Williams, & Nick Richards
Rest of Bench:
Vasilije Micic, Nick Smith Jr, Justin Edwards, Aleksej Pokusevski, & James Nnaji
2024 Season Goals
LaMelo Ball averages 26, 9, & 6 while becoming an All Star once again.
Matas Buzelis makes Second All NBA Rookie Team as a player off the bench most of the season.
Charlotte makes the play-in tournament as a 9th seed, but loses in the first game in order to keep their lottery pick in the 2025 draft.