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Trailblazers to be without Nurkic and Aminu?



They will be if the Trailblazer goal is to stay below the luxury tax threshold while putting the best team possible on the floor.

The projected salary cap for the league is $101,000,000 with the luxury tax threshold at 123 million dollars.

According to HoopsHype the Blazer payroll for 18/19 is 111.4 million dollars and that is using Nurkic and Napier salaries to their cap hold amounts.

If we trade Aminu for a late first round or early second round draft pick, let Nurkic and Napier walk, keep Wade Baldwin, sign Hezonja from the Magic, and with a first round pick and a couple of low cost bench players to fill out the roster we would have:

Lillard, McCollum, Turner, Harkless, Leonard, Collins, Swanigan, Layman, Papagiannis, Baldwin, Hezonja, Darft Pick, Draft Pick, FA, FA.

This team I believe could play at a .500 level and the team would stay out of the luxury tax.