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Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: Stanley Umude, Evan Fournier, Troy Brown Jr, & Chimezie Metu
Total Salary: $59.6M
Cap Space: $81.4M
Trade Candidates: None
TE’s: $10.5M
FA’s: Malachi Flynn, Simone Fontecchio, James Wiseman
Targets: Solid Veteran Pieces
Trades
None
NBA Draft
Select SF Zaccharie Rissacher With #2 Pick: Projected Salary - $11.3M
Select SF Alex Karaban With #53 Pick: Projected Salary - $1.3M
Free Agency
Sign PF Tobias Harris To A Three Year Contract Worth $96M(31-32-33)
Sign PG D’Angelo Russell To A Three Year Contract Worth $81M(26-27-28)
Resign PF Simone Fontecchio To A Three Year Contract Worth $27M(8-9-10)
Sign C Thomas Bryant To A Three Year Contract Worth $15M(4-5-6)
Sign SG Wesley Matthews & PF Thaddeus Young To One Year Contracts Worth The Minimum
Extend PG Cade Cunningham To A Five Year Contract Worth The Rookie Max
Extend SG Quentin Grimes To A Four Year Contract Worth $50M(11-12-13-14)
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $146M
Luxury Tax: $26M Under
First Apron: $33M Under
Second Apron: $44M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, & Jalen Duren
Backup Five:
D’Angelo Russell, Quentin Grimes, Zaccharie Rissacher, Simone Fontecchio, & Isaiah Stewart
Rest of Bench:
Marcus Sasser, Wesley Matthews, Alex Karaban, Thaddeus Young, & Thomas Bryant
2024 Season Goals
Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, & Jalen Duren take the next steps in their game.
Zaccharie Rissacher makes First All NBA Rookie Team, Ausar Thompson gets All Defensive Team recognition, & Quentin Grimes finishes Top 5 in 6MOTY voting.
With the help of D’Angelo Russell & Tobias Harris, Detroit wins enough games to qualify for the play-in tournament.