在我们等待下赛季工资帽出炉之前,这里有一个马刺能在自由市场开启时的可能操作的初步判断分析=
随着2020年NBA赛季的结束,距离2020-2021赛季开始还有一段时间,我们终于可以把目光转移到自由市场和选秀当中来,现在一些基本的信息还不能确定,比如新赛季的工资帽应该是多少,对于马刺队的球迷来说,摆在它们面前的有很多非常重要的选择,有一些问题非常迫切,他们需要尽快解决。
As we wait for the concrete information, we can still deal in estimates that at least provide a guide to how this offseason could go. With that in mind, here are the three biggest questions about free agency regarding the Spurs and their likely answers.
在我们等待准确消息的同时,我们可以做一些初步的预测,判断一些这个休赛期马刺会有什么动作。这里是关于马刺在自由球员市场的三个最大问题及其可能的答案。
如果德马尔-德罗赞跳出合同那么马刺还有薪资空间么?
In short, yes. How much cap room would be determined by their willingness to make other moves and where the actual cap is set.
简言之,有的,他们有空间,至于具体有多少薪资空间还得看他们其他的交易操作和具体工资帽的设定。
It’s unlikely the cap will drastically drop, according to NBPA Executive Director Michelle Roberts, which makes sense. Neither players nor owners should want the landscape to change too dramatically. That being said, it’s unlikely that the cap rises to the $125 million it was predicted to be set at before the pandemic. As an estimate, let’s use the latest projection available, which sets the cap at the same place as this season, at $109 million.
NBA的执行总裁米切尔-罗伯茨说道,工资帽应该不会大幅下调,这是有道理的。没有哪个老板或者球员希望现状发生大的改变。有消息称,工资帽应该不会涨到疫情之前预计的1.25亿美元,我们做一个估算,假设下赛季工资帽和本赛季持平,一共1.09亿美元。
If
DeRozan signs elsewhere, the Spurs could carve out around $18.5 million in cap space, but they would have to make some tough decisions to get there. First, they would have to trade their first round pick for a future one, then renounce Bird Rights to
Marco Belinelli and
Bryn Forbes, then waive
Trey Lyles and
Chimezie Metu, and finally let
Jakob Poeltl walk. In doing so, they would be losing five rotation players from last season. When it comes to the guards, they have depth to make up for it, but losing the big men would make them severely shorthanded, since they would essentially be down to
Rudy Gay,
LaMarcus Aldridge and Luka Samanic. They could potentially get
Drew Eubanks back for cheap and maybe draft someone who plays either power forward or center with their second rounder, but unless they actually use the cap space on a big, they would be extremely thin down low.
如果德罗赞与其他球队签约,马刺能在在工资帽下腾出1850万元的空间,但是他们得做出一些艰难的决定才能腾出这么多空间。首先,他们需要将他们的首轮交易掉,换取未来的一个顺位。然后放弃马科-贝里内利和布林-福布斯的伯德条款,之后裁掉特雷-莱尔斯和梅图,最后白白放走雅各布-珀尔特尔。如果他们这么做了,他们将失去上个赛季5名轮换球员。对于后卫线来说,他们有足够的深度弥补他们的离开,但是失去大个子对于马刺来说可谓雪上加霜,因为他们在内线的位置上只剩下鲁迪-盖伊,拉马库斯-阿尔德里奇和卢卡-沙马尼奇。他们可能用廉价合同把德鲁-尤班克斯召回来,或者在次轮选择一个4-5号位的摇摆人,除非他们用腾出来的空间签约一个大个子,否则他们在内线的轮换将会非常薄弱。
There is some potential for the Spurs to get significant cap space if DeRozan walks, but there are too many factors involved to consider it likely, and there could be some downside.
如果德罗赞离开,马刺的确能得到不错的薪资空间,但是他们需要考虑太多因素,而且还有很多是不利因素。
Can the Spurs keep Poeltl and add someone while avoiding the luxury tax?
马刺有可能在保留珀尔特尔,避免奢侈税的同时,引进新援么?
With all the uncertainty surrounding this offseason, it’s probable that DeRozan will stay. If that’s the case, the Spurs will act as an above the cap team that can only use exceptions to make additions. The concern would then be to remain under the luxury tax limit.
虽然休赛期不确定因素非常多,但是德罗赞还是有可能留下的。在这种情况下,马刺将会超过工资帽,他们只能用一些薪资条例去引进一些球员,在这之后让他们担心的应该是他们会不会缴纳奢侈税。
Assuming DeRozan is back in the fold but Metu, Belinelli and Forbes leave, the Spurs would have $116,712,009 in committed salary, plus an $11,264,658 cap hold on Poeltl. Predicting the market for Poelt is hard, but considering veterans like
DeAndre Jordan and
Taj Gibson got $10 million a year, it’s reasonable to assume that as a younger version of those players, he will be looking for an eight-figure contract. Let’s say he takes $10 million per year to return to San Antonio, which is less than what
Dewayne Dedmon got last offseason and around what
Dwight Powell signed for. That would put the Spurs at just over $126 million in committed salary for 11 players. To that number we have to add the salary of the 11th pick, worth $3.5 million, bringing the number at around $130 million.
假设德罗赞在现有合同下回归,同时放走梅图,贝里内利和福布斯,马刺的工资表上将有1.16亿的合同,我们要在1.12亿的工资帽上续约珀尔特尔。考虑到市场对珀尔特尔的预期并不好,考虑到类似的合同德安德鲁-乔丹和泰-吉布森,他将获得一份千万美元左右的合同,我们可以合理地推测,作为这些球员中的年轻一代,珀尔特尔希望得到一份8位数的合同。让我们假设他获得一份千万级的年薪,回到圣安东尼奥,假设薪资数额比上赛季戴德蒙拿得少,和德怀特-鲍威尔的合同接近。这样马刺的工资总额将会达到1.26亿,他们有11名球员身背合同。除此之外我们还要加上第十一顺位价值350万一年的新秀合同,那么马刺的薪资将会达到1.3亿左右。
The luxury tax this season was set at around $132 million, which would mean the Spurs would be very close to it. They would still have cap exceptions but they won’t be able to use them without fully committing to paying tax for a team that won’t contend, which seems extremely unlikely. In fact, if Poelt costs that much, they will probably have to waive Lyles to save some money, since Lyles only has $1 million guaranteed on his $5.5 million deal, or make another cost cutting move.
这个赛季的奢侈税触发线将会达到1.32亿美元,这就意味着马刺已经非常接近这个数值了。他们有球员特例可以用来签约球员,但是不可避免的是他们需要缴纳奢侈税,这没有什么意义,也不太可能会发生。事实上,如果珀尔特尔需要用大价钱来续约,那么马刺将会不得不裁掉莱尔斯来省钱,下赛季莱尔斯的合同只有100万美元是受保障的,他合同总额为550万美元,或者采取另一种节约开支的行动。
It will all depend on how much Poelt gets paid and where the tax line gets set, but if DeRozan stays and the Spurs re-sign Poeltl, it’s unlikely they will be able to make any significant addition via free agency and could actually be forced to lose Lyles to avoid the tax.
这一切都取决珀尔特尔将会获得一份多大的合同和奢侈税线将会定在什么位置,但是如果德罗赞继续留在马刺,并且重新签下珀尔特尔,他们不太可能在自由市场上通过签约获得重要补强,他们很有可能会为了逃避奢侈税而不得不失去莱尔斯。
下个赛季,马刺有足够的薪资能制造自由市场的大轰动么?
的薪资能制造自由市场的大轰动么?
Beyond this season, the Spurs currently only have one sizable contract on the books:
Dejounte Murray’s. Other than Murray’s $15 million, at this point they only have players on rookie deals with contracts extending past 2021. With the exception of the
DeMarre Carroll debacle (Carroll will be on the books until 2022), San Antonio has done a good job of keeping its cap sheet clean.
这个赛季以后,马刺下下个赛季的账本上只有一位合同在身的球员:德章泰-默里。除了默里之外,只有新秀合同超过了2021年,除了德玛雷-卡罗尔的死钱还在账(他的工资需要一直保留到2022年),圣安东尼奥在保持空间方面还是做得不错的。
Now it’s the time for long term decisions. As mentioned, Poeltl is entering free agency and will probably be re-signed.
Derrick White is eligible for an extension, and it might benefit the Spurs to sign him to one, just like they did with Murray, before he potentially ups his value on a bigger role next season. Then there’s the question about DeRozan. He could decide to opt out and re-sign for less money but more years, which could be enticing for the Spurs despite their youth movement. Even if he just plays out this year along with all the veterans, the cap holds for DeRozan, Aldridge, Gay and
Patty Mills would be massive, which will mean in theory, the Spurs won’t have cap space until after next season unless they renounce the rights to all of them.
现在是做长期计划的时候。正如上文所提到的,珀尔特尔即将进入自由市场,并且很有可能续约。德里克-怀特也有资格获得一份续约合同,对于马刺来说最好的情况可能是用一份类似于默里的合同续约怀特,下赛季他随着他的潜力进一步兑换,他将承担起更大的责任。剩下的一个问题就是德罗赞的去留,他今可以年选择跳出合同,重新签约一份多年价格低一点的合同,这对于马刺来说非常具有吸引力,他们在年轻化的道路上需要这样一位老将的引领。即使他今年和这些老将一起为马刺出战,德罗赞,阿尔德里奇,盖伊,米尔斯的工资所占份额将会是巨大的,这就意味着,马刺到下个赛季之前都不会有理想的薪资空间,除非他们放弃他们其中一些人的球员选项。
The Spurs could easily have at least one max salary slot during the 2021 free agency, but it would require them to not make trades that add too much long term salary and to essentially go all in on their youth movement by letting all their veterans go after next season. Whether they will be willing to do that remains to be seen.
马刺在2021年的自由市场上至少有一个给出顶薪合同的机会,但是这要求他们不做一些增加未来薪资负担的交易,等到下个赛季老将的合同到期,他们将全身心的投入到年轻化的运动当中去。马刺会不会续约这些老将让我们拭目以待。