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Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: Darius Bazley, Kenneth Lofton Jr, & PJ Tucker(Via Trade)
Total Salary: $80.5M
Cap Space: $59.5M
Trade Candidates: Jordan Clarkson
TE’s: $6.4M & $3M
FA’s: Kira Lewis Jr & Talen Horton-Tucker
Targets: Young SG & Veteran Backup C
Trades
8th Pick to the Thunder for #12 & 2025 UTA 1st Back
Acquire Bones Hyland, PJ Tucker, & Nikola Vucevic for Jordan Clarkson in a Three Team Trade with the Clippers & Bulls
NBA Draft
Select SG Stephon Castle With #12 Pick: Projected Salary - $5M
Select PF PJ Hall With #29 Pick: Projected Salary - $2.5M
Select SG Terrance Shannon Jr With #32 Pick: Projected Salary - $2M
Free Agency
Resign PG Kris Dunn to a Three Year Contract Worth $27M(8-9-10)
Sign SF Joe Ingles to a One Year Contract Worth $6.5M
Extend SF Lauri Markkanen to a Five Year Contract Worth The Max
Extend PG Bones Hyland to a Two Year Contract Worth $10M(5-5)
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $141M
Luxury Tax: $31M Under
First Apron: $38M Under
Second Apron: $49M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Keyonte George, Colin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Taylor Hendricks, & Walker Kessler
Backup Five:
Kris Dunn, Stephon Castle, Brice Sensabaugh, John Collins, & Nikola Vucevic
Rest of Bench:
Bones Hyland, Terrance Shannon Jr, Joe Ingles, PJ Hall, & Omer Yurtseven
2024 Season Goals
Lauri Markkanen becomes an All Star again and average 25 & 9 on 41% shooting from deep.
Stephon Castle earns the full time starting SG spot during the season and makes Second All NBA Rookie Team.
Utah stays competitive the whole year and sneaks into the playoffs as a 9th seed, winning two games in a row in the play-in tournament.