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<v Speaker 1>Giese, the Sultan of salary, our very own sports financial

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<v Speaker 1>guru when athletes get paid, Our go tougas Mike Jannetti

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<v Speaker 1>from spot track dot Com.

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Janetti are go through sports financial expert, the best

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<v Speaker 2>in the business. You can find his work over at

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<v Speaker 2>spot track dot com and check out the spot Track

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<v Speaker 2>podcast a weekly Mike and I drop an episode together

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<v Speaker 2>every single week. And what a week it has been.

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<v Speaker 2>What a whirlwind in the NBA. We'll start with the

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<v Speaker 2>tires Haliburton injury and how exactly that changes the complexion

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<v Speaker 2>of the Eastern Conference and I think more importantly for Indiana,

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<v Speaker 2>does it change anything they might do in the off

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<v Speaker 2>season to stay competitive.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think that's the big one right now, and

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<v Speaker 3>it may have shifted some gears slightly with Indiana specifically. Look,

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<v Speaker 3>this is both Oka See and Indiana pretty long in

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<v Speaker 3>for the next eighteen to twenty four months here, So

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<v Speaker 3>no drastic changes unless warranted. And will they replace Haliburton,

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<v Speaker 3>Probably on some sort of minimum or exception type contract

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<v Speaker 3>with an older player that can maybe handle a simple

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<v Speaker 3>point guard role. But no, don't I don't expect sweeping

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<v Speaker 3>changes with you of those two finalists in terms of

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<v Speaker 3>the rest of the East, when you zoom out a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit, I think what we already knew is definitely

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<v Speaker 3>locked in the stone now, which is Yiannis is going nowhere.

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<v Speaker 3>I think Milwaukee now spells enough blood to the point

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<v Speaker 3>where they can sit down with Giannis and say we're

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<v Speaker 3>comfortable spending a little bit of cash to make this

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<v Speaker 3>thing a little better for twenty twenty five, and then

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<v Speaker 3>we can discuss this maybe this time next year. But

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<v Speaker 3>to me, that's the big line of the sand moment

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<v Speaker 3>with Haliburton going down, that this East is just two

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<v Speaker 3>up for grabs to really do something drastic anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're one hundred percent right. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 2>was going to ask you about exactly that, because it

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<v Speaker 2>does feel like the next big Domino would be honest

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of off season moves. But why in the

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<v Speaker 2>world would have mill Milwaukee move off of a player

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<v Speaker 2>that might be good enough? I say single handedly. Obviously

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<v Speaker 2>you can't do it by yourself, but if he is

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<v Speaker 2>significantly the best player on the team by a good margin,

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<v Speaker 2>I still think you can get by in the Eastern

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<v Speaker 2>Conference if he plays like an MVP.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and if if the goal is to make some

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<v Speaker 3>sort of all playoff run for you know, selfish financial reasons.

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<v Speaker 3>If that's what that front office is looking around saying

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<v Speaker 3>he can get that done by himself. He's proved for

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<v Speaker 3>over the past couple of seasons that he and some

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<v Speaker 3>complimentary players can get that done. So I think they can.

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<v Speaker 3>They can, you know, achieve their minimum goal with the

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<v Speaker 3>roster they have right now, and they will certainly look

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<v Speaker 3>to improve it here and there over the next couple

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<v Speaker 3>of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of moves going down in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw one late last night, early in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I rolled over at four thirty in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning and for some reason check Twitter. I should

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<v Speaker 2>probably get my head checked for that. And I saw

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<v Speaker 2>that Anthony Simons got traded to the Celtics, and I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>rather than firing off a four thirty am tweet, let's

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<v Speaker 2>go back to bed, deal with this in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>But what is Boston saying with their deal with Portland

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<v Speaker 2>moving off of a winning player that helped them win

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<v Speaker 2>a championship and Drew Holliday and bringing in a younger,

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<v Speaker 2>slightly cheaper piece.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so maybe to attach this conversation as the one.

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<v Speaker 3>We just had the mindset in Boston's not going to

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<v Speaker 3>change because of the Halliburton injury or because the Bucks

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<v Speaker 3>are defeated a little bit here. This is not so

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<v Speaker 3>much about what's going to be on the court for

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<v Speaker 3>the next couple of seasons. I think the holiday situation

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<v Speaker 3>was going to happen no matter what, for financial reasons

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<v Speaker 3>and because he's an aged out player that they think

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<v Speaker 3>can probably replace minutes fies with what they've already drafted

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<v Speaker 3>and developed. And I would imagine that we see Perzingis

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<v Speaker 3>be one of the next big chips to move. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's the same conversation. They've certainly played big roles in

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<v Speaker 3>winning that title and making this a successful franchise and iteration,

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<v Speaker 3>but this is going to be an organization that's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be extremely fluid, and they're going to be good

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<v Speaker 3>at what they do, and theyre going to have some

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<v Speaker 3>hits and some misses. But thanks for what you've done,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to move on to younger and cheaper because

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<v Speaker 3>that second apron is a monster when you get up

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<v Speaker 3>there for a few seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>Well are they going to be able to get away

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<v Speaker 2>from that? Though? Because they're still eighteen million dollars north

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<v Speaker 2>of the second apron. I know they're looking at potentially

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<v Speaker 2>trading Kristaps Porzingis. But in the NBA, where you have

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<v Speaker 2>to make salaries match, are they going to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to get away from that second apron? Is that possible?

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<v Speaker 3>Let me put it this way, because no, they're not

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<v Speaker 3>going to get under all things considered for twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 3>five to twenty six unless something drastic changes. But just

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<v Speaker 3>in doing what they did, they feed up forty million

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<v Speaker 3>dollars of cash because of what the tax bill has

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<v Speaker 3>been reduced to. So because they're at this gigantic percentage

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of text here, the actual TA tax bill

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<v Speaker 3>that comes due at the end of the season is

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<v Speaker 3>significantly higher than most teams have to deal with. So

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<v Speaker 3>that's what this little move from a cash perspective on

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<v Speaker 3>the court has done to their overall tax situation. They'll

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<v Speaker 3>do it again with Porzingia in a couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Very interesting, also a less high profile deal, but a deal. Nonetheless.

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<v Speaker 2>The Pelicans and the Wizards made a trade where CJ.

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<v Speaker 2>McCollum is now with Washington, bless his heart, and Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>Poole is with the New Orleans Pelicans and Keith Smith,

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<v Speaker 2>who works with you at spot track dot Com, had

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<v Speaker 2>a terrific breakdown on Twitter. New Orleans saves about six

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars this season. Jordan Poole is the obvious replacement

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<v Speaker 2>for McCollum, plus you get that extra year under contract.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is the one that really blew me away.

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<v Speaker 2>Washington can create one hundred million dollars in cab space

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<v Speaker 2>next summer. That's some of the most cap space I've

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<v Speaker 2>heard of in the years. What exactly are they hunting

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<v Speaker 2>trying to make sure that they're in the market for

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<v Speaker 2>I guess whoever they want. But that's putting yourself in

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<v Speaker 2>quite the position if you're Washington.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of like this for Washington, and I kind of

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<v Speaker 3>sneak you like Washington at least down down, way down down,

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<v Speaker 3>where you have to look hard to see what you're

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<v Speaker 3>looking at. I think they're going to have a great

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<v Speaker 3>draft here, maybe even luck into a player that turns

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<v Speaker 3>out to be better than some of the players ahead

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<v Speaker 3>of them. And I think they kind of are taking

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<v Speaker 3>are setting themselves up for if we do everything right

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<v Speaker 3>over the next couple of weeks here and now, we

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<v Speaker 3>position ourselves to be you know, the Brooklyn Nets of

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<v Speaker 3>this year. Next year, there's a chance they can really

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<v Speaker 3>turn this thing around finally after years and years of

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<v Speaker 3>kind of being the joke of the league. So I'm

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<v Speaker 3>in on this. They turned two expiring contracts, excuse me

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<v Speaker 3>to turn two two year contracts into two expiring contracts,

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<v Speaker 3>which for your forty million next year, they can get

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<v Speaker 3>to the hundred million mark with a couple of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>holdouts and things like that. I like this. I think

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<v Speaker 3>they are believing in themselves. They see what they see

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<v Speaker 3>with some of these rookies, and if they have one

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<v Speaker 3>market draft year, look for them to be uberly aggressive

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<v Speaker 3>this time next summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Unbelievable. I kind of like Washington was the quote, and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I needed tone out. I need to get

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<v Speaker 2>my head checked, all right. One more thing. Pallavan Caro's

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<v Speaker 2>extension window is open. I believe as of today he's

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<v Speaker 2>entering his fourth year of his rookie contract, and players

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<v Speaker 2>in this situation can negotiate a contract extension worth about

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and forty seven million dollars. I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>window is open. Is there any and it hasn't been

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<v Speaker 2>signed yet? Otherwise we would be talking about that. But

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<v Speaker 2>is there any reason that Magic fans should be nervous

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<v Speaker 2>about this in any way?

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<v Speaker 3>No, no way. I mean they've already put their foot

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<v Speaker 3>down that they know exactly what they are and what

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<v Speaker 3>they want to be for the next four to five

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<v Speaker 3>seasons minimum, and that started with the Desmond Dane trade.

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<v Speaker 3>So you don't cure around now with these with these

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<v Speaker 3>rookie extensions, the window I think officially opens July first

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<v Speaker 3>for technical purposes and then runs in October for that

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<v Speaker 3>rookie extension. But there's gonna there's gonna be no conversation here.

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<v Speaker 3>I know there's been some inconsistency and some injuries, but

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<v Speaker 3>this is the cornerstone piece that you're looking to build around,

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<v Speaker 3>and you're gonna lock him into all the all the

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<v Speaker 3>language you need to get him to that. You know

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<v Speaker 3>that that veteran extension at thirty percent if he gets

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<v Speaker 3>super max potential. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Just needed you to say it because I always come

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<v Speaker 2>across like a homer when I say it. Mike Cinneti

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<v Speaker 2>sports financial analyst, the best in the game. Find his

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<v Speaker 2>work over at spot track dot com. Thanks so much, Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up next tea time right around the corner. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got raise A's tickets to give away. I'll figure

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<v Speaker 2>out a way to do that in that next segment

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<v Speaker 2>as well. But as your ac ready for the summer heat,

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<v Speaker 2>don't sweat it. All the pros