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What if? LeMelo Ball Joined the Celtics?

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Celtics

+1 player ($35.1m) +1 pick,

Cap Impact - $25.2M

LaMelo Ball

PG, 6' 7", 1.39 LEBRON
Primary Ball Handler

$35.1M

5yrs

2026 - Round 1

-7 Wins

-70.04 MPG

+2.40 Off.

-4.04 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$2.6M

$9.9M

$20.7M

($168.1M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$60,351,249

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$35,147,000

Allowable Incoming Cap

$75,689,061

Cap Difference

- $25,204,249

Standard Contracts

11 Salary Matching

Incoming < $60.3M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $40,542,061

Roster Compliance

Boston would have 11 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Al Horford since his contract is ending.

Recently Signed

Torrey Craig cannot be traded at all this season. Since he could be a free agent this upcoming summer, he can not be traded after the trade deadline of his final season under contract.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Torrey Craig since his contract is ending.

Pistons

+2 players ($20.1m),

Cap Impact + $20.8M

Derrick White

SG, 6' 4", 2.01 LEBRON
Primary Ball Handler

$20.0M

5yrs

Torrey Craig

SF, 6' 7", 0.29 LEBRON
Recently Signed | Movement Shooter

$779.8K

1yr

MINIMUM

+5 Wins

+45.97 MPG

+1.41 Off.

+0.89 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$8.1M

$14.4M

$25.2M

($162.6M)

($163.6M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$0

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$20,071,429

Allowable Incoming Cap

$250,000

MSE's Used

(Min. Salary Ex.)

$779,820

Cap Difference

+ $20,071,429

Standard Contracts

17 Salary Matching

Incoming < $0 x 2.0 + $250K

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $19,821,429

Stepien

Consecutive draft years 2025 & 2026 would be missing a 1st round pick. The pick for 2025 may be traded away on draft day after the team officially makes their selection.

Must Waive Players

Detroit would have 17 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 2 players.

Financial

Pistons are unable to complete this trade. Since they are not an over apron team, and they are sending out less then $7,500,000 in salary, they are only able to take back 200% of the salary they are sending out, plus $250,000.

Pistons can only take back $250K in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $19.8M from the Pistons incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Pistons.

Jazz

+1 player ($0)

Cap Impact + $9.5M

Al Horford

C, 6' 9", 0.47 LEBRON
Contract Over | Stationary Shooter

$9.5M

1yr

+2 Wins

+26.48 MPG

-0.73 Off.

+1.20 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$7.7M

$14.4M

$25.2M

($163.0M)

($163.6M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$0

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$0

Allowable Incoming Cap

$250,000

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$9,500,000

Cap Difference

+ $0

Standard Contracts

15 Salary Matching

Incoming < $0 x 2.0 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $250,000

Hornets

+1 player ($30.0m) +1 pick,

Cap Impact - $5.1M

Jrue Holiday

PG, 6' 4", 0.26 LEBRON
Primary Ball Handler

$30.0M

4yrs

2025 - Round 2

BOS holds rights to swap

+ 0 Wins

-2.41 MPG

-3.08 Off.

+1.95 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$9.1M

$16.4M

$27.2M

($161.6M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$35,147,000

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$30,000,000

Allowable Incoming Cap

$44,183,750

Cap Difference

- $5,147,000

Standard Contracts

15 Salary Matching

Incoming < $35.1M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $14,183,750

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

So I traded Holiday for Ball then dropped off White and Craig to the Pistons and Al Harford to the Jazz to help with money.