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JerHawk81":i91piz9s said:original poster":i91piz9s said:Any other questions chaps?
I haven't talked about the cap in almost 3 days now, I'm starting to shake a little.
I have another.
Rapoport reported that we may release Malik in hopes that another team clears him. Why? Specifically, what is the cap savings of cutting Malik, and how would another team clearing/playing him impact our cap hit?
There are certain clauses in the CBA whereby players can forfeit money due to NFI injuries, but they must be written into the contract.
As it stands, assuming the team are not on the hook for his guaranteed base salaries on future years -
normal cut -
2018 cap hit - $2,398,857
2019 cap hit - $0
Post June 1 cut -
2018 cap hit - $799,619
2019 cap hit - $1,599,238
However, if the team are on the hook for his guaranteed P5 base, things will get a whole lot more expensive.
The guarantees in his P5 base salary are -
2018 - $781,155 (all of it)
2019 - $471,843 (42.99%)
2020 - $0 (nothing guaranteed)
In my opinion, the Malik news isn’t about the salary cap, it’s avout ridding the team of distractions and if that ends up costing the teams cap, so be it.
I think the team know Cliff isn’t coming back so they’ve got ample cap space to deal with Malik this year and get the distraction off the team.