- Draft selections between 2020-24 have played just 24.4% of potential games
- Career base compensation is just 32.9% of maximum potential earnings
- Only 44 out of 180 selections are on standard deals for 2025
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- only 6 fourth-year Team Options exercised
- learn how some teams are carrying as few as 10 active players
- Te-Hina Paopao is steal of Round 2
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- only 6 fourth-year Team Options exercised
- learn how some teams are carrying as few as 10 active players
- Te-Hina Paopao is steal of Round 2
open.spotify.com/episode/2xlY...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKB...
"Days? That's that good-good, huh?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFp...
"Days? That's that good-good, huh?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFp...
Reckonings and Resets: Western Conference Teams Facing Big Financial Questions This Offseason t.co/kr0bFX9CFq
Reckonings and Resets: Western Conference Teams Facing Big Financial Questions This Offseason t.co/kr0bFX9CFq
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- Bucks may waive Landale's $8M entirely.
- Bucks may decline Holiday's Team Option for 2025-26
- Rockets turn Brooks and Whitmore into Giannis and AJ Green
- Bucks receive 4-6 1st Round Picks & 2024 #2 overall pick
- Bucks may waive Landale's $8M entirely.
- Bucks may decline Holiday's Team Option for 2025-26
- Rockets turn Brooks and Whitmore into Giannis and AJ Green
- Bucks receive 4-6 1st Round Picks & 2024 #2 overall pick
🔁 Hawks get: Austin Reaves + Jared Vanderbilt (25.4M)
🔁 Lakers get: Onyeka Okongwu + Kobe Bufkin (19.5M)
Cap math works. No picks exchanged. Who says no?
🔁 Hawks get: Austin Reaves + Jared Vanderbilt (25.4M)
🔁 Lakers get: Onyeka Okongwu + Kobe Bufkin (19.5M)
Cap math works. No picks exchanged. Who says no?
- Draft selections between 2020-24 have played just 24.4% of potential games
- Career base compensation is just 32.9% of maximum potential earnings
- Only 44 out of 180 selections are on standard deals for 2025
open.substack.com/pub/thatjoem...
- Draft selections between 2020-24 have played just 24.4% of potential games
- Career base compensation is just 32.9% of maximum potential earnings
- Only 44 out of 180 selections are on standard deals for 2025
open.substack.com/pub/thatjoem...
Houston Rockets 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 12 ($44.9M option for VanVleet)
Cap Holds: 3
1st Round Picks: 1 (lottery pick from the Suns)
Space: Over $40+M from tax line
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Houston Rockets 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 12 ($44.9M option for VanVleet)
Cap Holds: 3
1st Round Picks: 1 (lottery pick from the Suns)
Space: Over $40+M from tax line
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Golden State Warriors 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 9
RFA: Kuminga (cap hold is $22.9M)
Bird Rights: Payton II, Looney
Space: Only $7.4M outside of 2nd Apron w/ 14 players
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Golden State Warriors 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 9
RFA: Kuminga (cap hold is $22.9M)
Bird Rights: Payton II, Looney
Space: Only $7.4M outside of 2nd Apron w/ 14 players
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Dallas Mavericks 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 10
Player Options: Kyrie Irving, Dwight Powell
Cap Holds: 2
1st Round Picks: 1
Space: Only about $31M from tax line and $39M from First Apron
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Dallas Mavericks 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 10
Player Options: Kyrie Irving, Dwight Powell
Cap Holds: 2
1st Round Picks: 1
Space: Only about $31M from tax line and $39M from First Apron
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Denver Nuggets 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 11
Player Options: Dario Saric, Russell Westbrook
Cap Holds: 2
1st Round Picks: 0
Space: Only $8.5M outside of Second Apron w/ 14 players
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Denver Nuggets 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 11
Player Options: Dario Saric, Russell Westbrook
Cap Holds: 2
1st Round Picks: 0
Space: Only $8.5M outside of Second Apron w/ 14 players
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F6...
Cash served as the Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations.
Atlanta Hawks 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 10
Cap Holds: 4
1st Round Picks: 2
Space: Likely operating about $30M from tax line
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Vp...
Atlanta Hawks 2025 Offseason Preview
Team Controlled Deals: 10
Cap Holds: 4
1st Round Picks: 2
Space: Likely operating about $30M from tax line
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Vp...
4/21: #WNBADraft Recap, including why the latent "OMG is Malonga unmistakable?" narrative surprises me (i.e., obvious Top 2 choice)🏀
4/28: Western Conference Offseason Previews, including 29 minutes on Dallas Mavericks🥶
4/21: #WNBADraft Recap, including why the latent "OMG is Malonga unmistakable?" narrative surprises me (i.e., obvious Top 2 choice)🏀
4/28: Western Conference Offseason Previews, including 29 minutes on Dallas Mavericks🥶
Would they have taken Olivia Miles? Would LA Sparks have have taken Malonga?
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Would they have taken Olivia Miles? Would LA Sparks have have taken Malonga?
www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/w...
@nyliberty: about $290K in cap space before signing Burke, Harrison, or Johannes
@PhoenixMercury: about $495K in cap space with 7 veteran contracts & 9 training camp invites
youtu.be/xximUXiPgXM?...
@nyliberty: about $290K in cap space before signing Burke, Harrison, or Johannes
@PhoenixMercury: about $495K in cap space with 7 veteran contracts & 9 training camp invites
youtu.be/xximUXiPgXM?...
@IndianaFever: $112,073 in cap space
Veteran Contracts: 10
Training Camp Contracts: 2
Dead money: 7.1 percent of cap ($106.4K) for waiving Katie Lou Samuelson
Listen for more: youtu.be/s08ppfb8qhs?...
@IndianaFever: $112,073 in cap space
Veteran Contracts: 10
Training Camp Contracts: 2
Dead money: 7.1 percent of cap ($106.4K) for waiving Katie Lou Samuelson
Listen for more: youtu.be/s08ppfb8qhs?...
@AtlantaDream: $145,365 in cap space
Veteran Contracts: 9
Training Camp Contracts: 2
Could sign #18 Te-Hina Paopao ($69.3K) and #35 Taylor Thierry ($66K) and stay ≈$10,000 below the hard cap at 11-man roster
Listen for more: youtu.be/k5Kvc4oDH4k?...
@AtlantaDream: $145,365 in cap space
Veteran Contracts: 9
Training Camp Contracts: 2
Could sign #18 Te-Hina Paopao ($69.3K) and #35 Taylor Thierry ($66K) and stay ≈$10,000 below the hard cap at 11-man roster
Listen for more: youtu.be/k5Kvc4oDH4k?...
Tidy work by @minnesotalynx
$67,829 in cap space (enough for minimum salary 12th contract)
Veterans & Rookie Contracts: 12
Training Camp Contracts: 3
Draft-and-stash: #15 pick Russian forward Anastasiia Kosu
youtu.be/e_P1fWxz0XI?...
Tidy work by @minnesotalynx
$67,829 in cap space (enough for minimum salary 12th contract)
Veterans & Rookie Contracts: 12
Training Camp Contracts: 3
Draft-and-stash: #15 pick Russian forward Anastasiia Kosu
youtu.be/e_P1fWxz0XI?...
@LVAces: $217,365 in cap space
Veteran Contracts: 10
Training Camp Contracts: 3
#13 Aaliyah Nye made 100+ 3PM in back-to-back years, shooting 41.7% behind the arc as a junior and 45.5% as a senior
Podcast here: youtu.be/O3dlIpxQcwU?...
@LVAces: $217,365 in cap space
Veteran Contracts: 10
Training Camp Contracts: 3
#13 Aaliyah Nye made 100+ 3PM in back-to-back years, shooting 41.7% behind the arc as a junior and 45.5% as a senior
Podcast here: youtu.be/O3dlIpxQcwU?...