Last time out, we took stock of what the Raptors’ current salary situation looks like, as well as how their cap sheet is trending for summer 2020 and 2021, to get an idea of the big picture before diving into the decisions to be made this summer.

So now having done that, let’s dive into some of the upcoming calls to make.authentic nfl jerseys cheap wholesale
Patrick McCaw

Patrick McCaw is a restricted free agent. To maintain his rights, the Raptors will need to extend him his qualifying offer (QO), which is a one year contract offer for $1.9M. He can accept that, or negotiate another deal with the Raptors or another team. The Raptors don’t have his Bird or Early Bird rights, so offering him a contract above that salary (or matching such an offer made by another team) requires them to use an exception.cheap wholesale nfl jerseys

The minimum salary they can offer a free agent is about $0.9M, but for tax purposes (which will be crucial, as we will see momentarily), will count as $1.6M. So the $1.9M QO for McCaw is very low risk and provides the team a level of control over a player they might want to hold onto.nfl jersey cheap wholesale china
Danny Green

Moving along from least to most important, Danny Green is the next free agent in line. It’s hard to say what salary the market will peg for him, but a continuation of his $10 million this year would probably be in the right ball park. The term will be a question, at his age I imagine he’ll want as much term as possible, and I suspect the Raptors won’t want to give him five years.cheap nfl wholesale jerseys

Suffice to say the Raptors have his Bird Rights and can offer Green pretty much whatever it would take to sign him. Whether they will or not (or, more specifically, can afford to), we’ll dive into later.
Kawhi Leonard wholesale jerseys cheap nfl

Now the big one: Kawhi Leonard. If he wants to stay, the Raptors will offer him a maximum contract for whatever length best suits him, with a player option in the final year. The starting salary for this summer, assuming the above projection is correct, would be $32.7M. The Raptors have his full Bird Rights, cheap wholesale nfl jerseys from china meaning they can offer him a deal up to five years in length, and can offer him eight percent of that first year salary as an annual raise, while other teams are limited to four years and five percent raises. So the maximum offer from the Raptors works out to $190M over five years ($37.9M/year). While any other team can only offer $141M over 4 years ($35.2M/year). This is true even if the other team acquires Leonard in a sign-and-trade transaction: the only path to the higher raises and longer deal is re-signing with the Raptors to play with the Raptors.wholesale cheap nfl jersey china

Now, the long term might not be what Leonard wants. He is approaching 10 years experience in the NBA, and maximum salaries in the NBA jump up for players at key experience milestones. A player with six or fewer NBA seasons under their belt can sign for a starting salary up to 25 percent of the cap. Once the player hits seven years experience, that goes up to 30 percent. At 10 years, it goes up to 35 percent.cheap wholesale nfl jerseys china

So, Leonard needs to play two more seasons to hit his 10 year experience mark. Ideally, he would be a free agent as soon as he hit that mark, so that he could immediately sign a long term contract at his new higher maximum salary.cheap nfl jersey wholesale