Wednesday, December 9 is the last day that NBA teams can waive players and stretch their 2020/21 cap hits across three seasons, as Bobby Marks of ESPN notes (via Twitter).
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In a normal NBA league year, the last day to stretch a player’s current salary would be August 31, but that deadline was pushed back along with most of this year’s other key NBA dates due to the league’s schedule changes.
After Wednesday, players who are released for the rest of the season can have their cap hits in 2021/22 and future seasons stretched, but their ’20/21 cap charges will remain unchanged unless they reach a buyout agreement.
As Marks observes, only three players – Nicolas Batum (Hornets), Dewayne Dedmon (Pistons), and Zhaire Smith (Pistons) have been waived and stretched since the start of the 2020/21 league year, which is tied for the lowest mark in any season since the stretch provision was introduced in 2011.
However, there are still some situations worth keeping an eye on in advance of today’s deadline, especially for clubs over the luxury tax line. John Hollinger of The Athletic (Twitter link) points to the Pacers (Jalen Lecque) and Sixers (Vincent Poirier) as two teams to watch.
Stretching Lecque’s modest $1.52MM salary would allow Indiana to sneak below the luxury tax line, while stretching Poirier would reduce Philadelphia’s projected tax bill.
Bucks are paying $8M to three players (Leuer, Teletovic, Sanders) who are not on the team. $8M would could be a nice backup player or two right now. Tragic if bad contracts given in the past end up causing, in part, the departure of the one player that they really want to keep.
Ironic that bucks are what they need LOL
If 76ers trade Danny Green and picks to Knicks for Spellman, they don’t need to pay luxury tax
Spellman is Stretch 4
Or Bullock
Best season 3pt 45%
If 76ers lineup with Curry and Green, the bench is thin
Danny Green stats
8, 3, 1
Al Horford stats
12, 7, 4
Danny Green stats
8, 3, 1
Reporters say Green is an upgrade over Horford
There is no world in which Green is un upgrade over Horford, it just doesn’t exist!
Horford is a legend!
#Dominicano