20 Sep 2022 17:46:04
Magic/Suns/Grizzlies/Jazz/Clippers/Bucks
Grizzlies get Gary Harris
Magic get Landry Shamet & Brandon Boston Jr 2023 second round pick.via Raptors from Grizzlies 2024 second round pick.via Clippers
Clippers get Rudy Gay (TPE)
Jazz get Terrence Ross & Danny Green & Jae Crowder & Brook Lopez 2024 first round pick(Top 10 protected).via Suns 2029 first round pick(Top 5 protected).via Bucks
Bucks get Jordan Clarkson
Suns get Bojan Bogdanovic
21 Sep 2022 08:19:31
I would be shocked if the Clippers use their TPE simply because they are already over the Luxury tax line prior to using the TPE. They are currently on a 3.5x luxury tax multiplier which means adding Rudy Gay would cost the Clippers nearly $25 mil in salary+tax. Especially considering that I am not sure how many minutes Gay plays behind Leonard, George, Covington, and Morris Sr.
Secondly, for the Suns, it makes very little sense to bring in Bogdonavich who costs $9 mil dollars more in salary (+ Luxury tax as Phoenix is already over the tax line) than Crowder AND have to give up a first-round pick? Yea, that's an easy pass.