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Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: Javon Freeman-Liberty
Total Salary: $116M
Cap Space: $25M
Trade Candidates: Bruce Brown Jr
TE’s: $10.1M
FA’s: Immanuel Quickley & Gary Trent Jr
Targets: Young Point Guard & Power Forward
Trades
Bruce Brown Jr to the Magic for 2025 Less Favorable Of BOS/MEM 2nds & 2027 BOS 2nds
NBA Draft
Select G Reed Sheppard With #6 Pick: Projected Salary - $7.5M
Select F Tidjane Salaun With #19 Pick: Projected Salary - $3.5M
Select C Ulrich Chomche With #31 Pick: Projected Salary - $2M
Free Agency
Resign Immanuel Quickley to a Three Year Contract Worth $135M(23-25-27-29-31)
Resign Gary Trent Jr to a Four Year Contract Worth $78M(18-19-20-21[Team Option])
Sign G’s Jordan Goodwin & Skylar Mays to One Year Contracts Worth $3M Using The Room MLE
Extend PF Scottie Barnes to a Five Year Contract Worth the Rookie Max
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $153M
Luxury Tax: $19M Under
First Apron: $26M Under
Second Apron: $37M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Immanuel Quickley, Gary Trent Jr, RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, & Jakob Poeltl
Backup Five:
Reed Sheppard, Gradey Dick, Ochai Agbaji, Tidjane Salaun, & Kelly Olynyk
Rest of Bench:
Jordan Goodwin, Skylar Mays, Jalen McDaniels, Chris Boucher, & Ulrich Chomche
2024 Season Goals
Scottie Barnes takes a huge leap, becomes an All Star again, and averages 24, 9, & 7 to close the season.
Reed Sheppard makes First All NBA Rookie Team while Tidjane Salaun comes in and impresses from the get go.
Toronto surprises everyone and gets into the playoffs as a Top 7 seed.