The only player that the Warriors could viably move for space is Damian Jones, who will have a $2.3 million salary next season. The apron is effectively a hard cap, which comes into play in the under three circumstances, including a sign-and-trade, which you can read about here.ĭue to that hard cap, the Warriors are effectively required to leave their final roster spot open due to the limited space they have under the apron. This is due to the fact that the Warriors sign-and-traded for Russell and cannot, for any reason, exceed the $138.928 million apron this season. With 14 players under contract, GSW would be $215K below the apron. Even with Shaun Livingston off the roster, GSW is restricted to signing only both second-round picks and one minimum contract. Pulling the Quinn Cook $1.9M QO was a necessity because of the $138.9M tax apron. ESPN’s front office insider and cap expert Bobby Marks projects the team to have $215,000 in space under the apron if the team signs one minimum player (and both Smailagic and Paschall). Yet, as explained here, even with the team rescinding its offer to Quinn Cook, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent, and letting Jordan Bell sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Warriors can only afford to fill one of their final two roster spots. This is, of course, a ssuming second-round picks Alen Smailagic and Eric Paschall sign semi- or fully-guaranteed deals starting with a rookie minimum salary (which seems like a certainty) as opposed to two-way or G-League deals, and the team waive-and-stretches Shaun Livingston (almost a cap necessity at this point, see below) by the new July 10 guarantee date in his contract which he recently agreed to. After the 2019 NBA Draft, Kevin Durant’s departure, the sign-and-trade acquisition of D’Angelo Russell, trade of Andre Iguodala and a host of signings that should become official July 6, the Warriors have two roster spots available and one two-way contract available.

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