s/pistons - Hypothetical Nikola Jokic Trade to DET

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Hypothetical Nikola Jokic Trade to DET

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Nuggets

+4 players ($41.7m) +4 picks,

Cap Impact - $5.1M

Tobias Harris

PF, 6' 8", 0.24 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$25.3M

2yrs

Ausar Thompson

SF, 6' 7", 1.23 LEBRON
Contract Over | Roll + Cut Big

$8.3M

3yrs

Jaden Ivey

SG, 6' 4", -0.88 LEBRON
Contract Over | Primary Ball Handler

$7.9M

2yrs

Jalen Duren

C, 6' 10", 1.84 LEBRON
Contract Over | Roll + Cut Big

$4.5M

2yrs

2026 - Round 1

2028 - Round 1

2030 - Round 1

2031 - Round 1

Other team gets right to swap

-2 Wins

+73.38 MPG

-6.39 Off.

+2.45 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$6.6M

-$482K

$10.3M

($177.4M)

($178.6M)

This team will be a 1st apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$51,415,938

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$41,719,094

Allowable Incoming Cap

$51,415,938

TPE's Used

(Traded Player Ex.)

$4,536,840

Cap Difference

- $9,696,844

Standard Contracts

18 Salary Matching

Incoming < $51.4M x 1 + $0

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $9,696,844

Must Waive Players

Denver would have 18 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 3 players.

Pistons

+1 player ($51.4m),

Cap Impact + $5.1M

Nikola Jokić

C, 6' 11", 6.37 LEBRON
Post Scorer

$51.4M

4yrs

+2 Wins

-73.38 MPG

+6.39 Off.

-2.45 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$23.8M

$30.1M

$40.9M

($146.9M)

($147.9M)

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

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$46,255,934

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$51,415,938

Allowable Incoming Cap

$58,069,918

Cap Difference

+ $5,160,004

Standard Contracts

12 Salary Matching

Incoming < $46.2M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $6,653,980

Roster Compliance

Detroit would have 12 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

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.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Ausar Thompson since he has a team option next year which is worth $8.7M.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Jaden Ivey since he has a team option next year which is worth $10.1M.

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Jalen Duren since he has a team option next year which is worth $6.4M.

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.

Trade details:

Pistons acquire

Nikola Jokic

Nuggets acquire

Tobias Harris
Ausar Thompson
Jaden Ivey
Jalen Duren
2026, 2028, 2030, 2032 DET unprotected firsts
2031 Own/DET swap best first

Hypothetical Nikola Jokic Trade to DET

Nuggets

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$6.6M

-$482K

$10.3M

Outgoing Cap

$51,415,938

Incoming Cap

$41,719,094

Allowable Incoming Cap

$51,415,938

TPE's Used

$4,536,840

Cap Difference

- $9,696,844

Standard Contracts

18

Salary Matching

Incoming < $51.4M x 1 + $0

Pistons

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$23.8M

$30.1M

$40.9M

Outgoing Cap

$46,255,934

Incoming Cap

$51,415,938

Allowable Incoming Cap

$58,069,918

Cap Difference

+ $5,160,004

Standard Contracts

12

Salary Matching

Incoming < $46.2M x 1.25 + $250K

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