The OP is wrong. Bosh's salary doesn't count against the cap. You asked which team is WORSE OFF and I already gave you many names. Teams that have worse managment and no hope for the future because their managment is and will remain dreadful as long they have GMs and owners like that. I don't see any misdirection?
The OP salary data is wrong. Miami was granted a hardship exception to receive salary cap relief for Bosh's contract.
I don't think Spotrac's site has been updated yet to reflect the Bosh reprieve; however the general point of the OP still stands. Even if you use their numbers, the Heat's financial position is simply terrible. See below. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder $144,583,363 2 Golden State Warriors $142,697,722 3 Toronto Raptors $140,852,993 4 Washington Wizards $134,029,370 5 Houston Rockets $134,380,761 6 Miami Heat $131,165,356 All summer Riley touted that they did want to not lose Justise Winslow who will be a RFA in 2019. Signing him to an extension is simply not practical at the moment because of their current potential tax bill. The Heat do have a little about $10 million in expiring salaries that they can look forward to next year, but Dragic has a player option ($19 million) in 2019. Is it realistic that Dragic will walk away from that money? And if does, the Heat get nothing for him (other than salary savings) and lose their PG. A quick check of their roster: they have 3 centers (Olynyk, Adebayo who needs playing time to develop, plus the headache that is Hassan Whiteside), 5 SG (now that Wade is onboard) + Richardson and Winslow to share time among, Briante Weber as your primary backup PG, James Johnson and Haslem as your PFs...That ticking sound that you hear is the time bomb (or as @BigDog63 called it earlier in the thread, a suicide vest). I'd be aggressive on the trade market too. _______ 2018-19 Miami Heat Salary Cap Totals The Heat are currently over the league salary cap. This means Cap Holds & Exceptions are NOT included in their Total Cap Allocations, and renouncing these figures will not afford them any cap space. The team may only sign outside players using any available exceptions or at league minimum salaries. CAP TOTAL Active Roster Cap $131,165,356 Dead Money $1,544,951 Cap Holds $5,929,464 Total Cap Allocations $132,710,307 2018 NBA Salary Cap Max $101,869,000 Cap Max Space $-30,841,307 Practical Cap Space $-30,841,307
It is up-to-date, and was updated last year. Spotrac nearly instantly updates its contracts the moment a trade/signing (whatever) becomes confirmed news. My tweet above is from 2017. I highly recommend that site. Bima does, too. I'm not here to defend Miami, but rather just to provide cap figure accuracy.
Folks, Dion Weighters. Good luck moving that contract. What was once Waiters Island, is now Weighters Continent.
At this point it doesn't really make any sense for Miami to stay in luxury territory, i expect them to move some salary going forward, but i don't think they'll dump Waiters with assets, and i 'm not sure what's the value of Olynyk, for me pretty low if not negative...regardless, maybe Ellington should be more easy to move, and would like to know how they feel about Winslow at this point, he's not exactly looking great so far, his defense is good but his offense is pretty meh, and his shooting actually got worse.
I would gladly take Wayne Ellington for Marquis Chriss, Nene, and a protected 1st. If they want to handcuff James Johnson with Ellington then we can throw in Brandon Knight too.
Yep i mean, i like Ellington, but there's no way i move a 1st rounder for a 15/20 minutes bench shooter. If that's what it takes to get him i'd rather move a 2nd for Korver, even if his defense is obviously worse.