Chad Ford free agent predictions:

[SacTownKid]

The worst thing Petrie could do is drop money on anyone not named Bosh, Wade, or Lebron.

 

[DocHolliday]

The worst thing Petrie could do is drop money on anyone not named Bosh, Wade, or Lebron.

That's not necessarily true. There are some solid 2nd tier guys like Joe Johnson out there. I think the we have to not forget to look to the future though. Tyreke has 2 years after this season on his rookie contract. If keeps up the way he's playing and progresses with a jumpshot, he's going to be near a max contract guy possibly.

Then there's cousins. 4 years from now if he turns out to be the beat of the future we will need to pay him big money.

I think Landry's contract is up after this season is it? It will remain to be seen if he becomes a piece that stays.

Then there is Donte with 2 more years including this season on his contract? He started to become a defensive presence, very athletic with increased offensive production. If he keeps progressing, we'd have to throw some money at him to keep him.

Same thing with Casspi in 3 more seasons if he were to be a keeper.


So if we were to fill the rest of our roster with undrafted/summer league invitees this season we'd have what 11-12 mill left under the cap? then 12 mill after Dalembert comes off assuming we don't re-sign him. So we have 23 mill at that point. But we have to keep some of that aside to re-sign some of these guys that have the potential to be high salary guys in a few years.