AMEN! please please please dont let K9 go unmoved. I think we can bring in a decent player(s) or draft picks since teams will be looking to get under the cap.
Can we really provide cap relief? As I understand, we used up most of our cap space when we picked up Hilton. We can still trade away KT and some other guys, and take back 25% more salary, but that extra 25% is all the relief we can provide. So, if we trade away 10M worth of salary, we can provide about 2.5M worth of relief in the best case scenario.
So, that means we can deal with teams which are couple of million above the LT, to help them get under the cap and gain about 6-7 million (2 million in salary, 2 in tax and the gains from the distributions). This is a substantial amount, and if we are willing to take back some extra salary, we might be able to pull off something. However, I don't think there are lot of teams like that.
Not sure of the place to look at, since have seen errors in the past on hoopshype. Does someone know of teams we might be able to help get under the tax and some realistic deal that gets us some young prospect/pick?
I think a more realistic option might be to deal with some team that wants to get under the cap next year, to be a player in the FA market. Chicago and NY are what I can think of. Think Knicks can be ruled out. Not only do they have lousy players with bad contracts, they don't have any picks to give. Chicago may present with some potential. We might have to take back some added salary, but we might get a pick, particularly, if they think they have a chance of landing Wade, or more likely, Bosh. I don't think we should expect much though. Don't see any team giving up too much for any of our guys. Only exception might be if we are willing to trade Kevin.