s/rockets - Hypothetical Nikola Jokic Trade to HOU

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Hypothetical Nikola Jokic Trade to HOU

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Rockets

+1 player ($51.4m),

Cap Impact + $32.1M

Nikola Jokić

C, 6' 11", 6.37 LEBRON
Post Scorer

$51.4M

4yrs

+3 Wins

-32.24 MPG

+6.58 Off.

-2.36 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$29.1M

-$24.4M

-$13.6M

($200.0M)

($202.6M)

This team will be a 2nd apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$19,218,774

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$51,415,938

Allowable Incoming Cap

$19,218,774

Cap Difference

+ $32,197,164

Standard Contracts

13 Salary Matching

Incoming < $19.2M x 1 + $0

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $32,197,164

Roster Compliance

Houston would have 13 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 Tari Eason since he has a team option next year which is worth $5.6M.

Hard Cap

This trade would result in the Rockets crossing the tax apron of ($178.1M) while hardcapped at the 1st apron. Therefore this trade is not possible. Remove $24.4M of incoming value to remain below the hard cap.

Hard Cap Reasons

Used their bi-annual exception to sign Aaron Holiday.

Financial

Rockets are unable to complete this trade. Incoming player salary ($51.4M) is matched using multiple outgoing players. Since they are now an over second apron team after this trade, they are not able to aggregate players in a trade. This means for example, that they cannot send out two players to acquire one with a similar salary to both.

Financial

Rockets are unable to complete this trade. Since they are now an over second apron team after this trade, they are only able to take back 100% of the salary they are sending out, plus $0.

Rockets can only take back $19.2M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $32.1M from the Rockets incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Rockets.

Nuggets

+3 players ($15.5m) +5 picks,

Cap Impact - $32.1M

Reed Sheppard

PG, 6' 2", -1.23 LEBRON
Secondary Ball Handler

$10.0M

4yrs

Alperen Sengun

C, 6' 11", 1.93 LEBRON
Poison Pill | Shot Creator

$5.4M

6yrs

Tari Eason

PF, 6' 8", 1.45 LEBRON
Contract Over | Stationary Shooter

$3.6M

2yrs

2025 - Round 1

OKC or PHX swap rights

2027 - Round 1

via PHX

2027 - Round 1

BKN SWAP RIGHTS

2029 - Round 1

DAL and / or PHX swap rights

2031 - Round 1

Other team gets right to swap

-3 Wins

+32.24 MPG

-6.58 Off.

+2.36 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$20.4M

$26.5M

$37.3M

($150.3M)

($151.5M)

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

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$51,415,938

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$41,836,402

Allowable Incoming Cap

$64,519,923

TPE's Used

(Traded Player Ex.)

$3,695,160

Cap Difference

- $9,579,536

Standard Contracts

17 Salary Matching

Incoming < $51.4M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $22,683,521

Poison Pill

Alperen Sengun is on a rookie contract and signed an extension that is to begin the following season. Therefore, he has what is known as a "poison pill" contract. He can no longer be traded for a player making equal money. Instead, his current salary is averaged along with the salaries he is to receive in his extension, and that average becomes his incoming salary for trade purposes. His outgoing value for the Rockets will be $5.4M while his incoming value for the receiving team will be $31.7M.

Must Waive Players

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

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:

Rockets acquire

Nikola Jokic

Nuggets acquire

Alperen Sengun
Reed Sheppard
Tari Eason
2025 OKC or PHX first round pick (current PHX pick at 10)
2027 PHX unprotected first
2027 BKN/HOU swap best first
2029 2 best of HOU/DAL/PHX first
2031 Own/HOU swap best first

Hypothetical Nikola Jokic Trade to HOU

Rockets

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$29.1M

-$24.4M

-$13.6M

Outgoing Cap

$19,218,774

Incoming Cap

$51,415,938

Allowable Incoming Cap

$19,218,774

Cap Difference

+ $32,197,164

Standard Contracts

13

Salary Matching

Incoming < $19.2M x 1 + $0

Nuggets

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$20.4M

$26.5M

$37.3M

Outgoing Cap

$51,415,938

Incoming Cap

$41,836,402

Allowable Incoming Cap

$64,519,923

TPE's Used

$3,695,160

Cap Difference

- $9,579,536

Standard Contracts

17

Salary Matching

Incoming < $51.4M x 1.25 + $250K

Trade details:

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