Comment Opinions Please. Are The Trades Fair? What Would You Do Differently? Don’t Forget To Check Out The Free Agency Signings, Draft Picks, & Season Goals Down Below.

Financials(Before Moves)

Cut Candidates: Seth Curry, Bryce McGowens, JT Thor, & Davis Bertans

Total Salary: $99.7M

Cap Space: $41.3M

Trade Candidates: Cody Martin

TE’s: $3.6M

FA’s: Amari Bailey & Miles Bridges

Targets: Young Forward & Veteran Depth

New Head Coach: JJ Redick

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Trades

1. Cody Martin, 2025 PHI 2nd, & 2027 More Favorable of POR/NOP 2nds to the Raptors for Bruce Brown Jr

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NBA Draft

1. Select SF Matas Buzelis With #4 Pick: Projected Salary - $9.2M

2. Select SF Justin Edwards With #42 Pick: Projected Salary - $1.5M

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Free Agency

1. Resign PF Miles Bridges To A Five Year Contract Worth $170M(30-32-34-36-38)

2. Sign SG Malik Beasley To A Three Year Contract Worth $27M(8-9-10) Using The Room MLE

3. Sign C James Nnaji To A Three Year Contract Worth $6M(1.5-2-2.5)

4. Extend SG Bruce Brown Jr To A Two Year Contract Worth $32M(16-16)

5. Extend PG Tre Mann To A Three Year Contract Worth $21M(6-7-8)

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Financials(After Moves)

Total Salary: $164.8M

Luxury Tax: $7.2M Under

First Apron: $14.2M Under

Second Apron: $25.2M Under

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Ideal Starting Lineup:

LaMelo Ball, Bruce Brown Jr, Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges, & Mark Williams

Backup Five:

Tre Mann, Malik Beasley, Matas Buzelis, Grant Williams, & Nick Richards

Rest of Bench:

Vasilije Micic, Nick Smith Jr, Justin Edwards, Aleksej Pokusevski, & James Nnaji

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2024 Season Goals

1. LaMelo Ball averages 26, 9, & 6 while becoming an All Star once again.

2. Matas Buzelis makes Second All NBA Rookie Team as a player off the bench most of the season.

3. Charlotte makes the play-in tournament as a 9th seed, but loses in the first game in order to keep their lottery pick in the 2025 draft.

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