Why Milwaukee walked away from a Porter Jr. deal
Milwaukee passed on sending Kevin Porter Jr. to Denver before the roster cutdown deadline because absorbing Zeke Nnaji meant a $7.47 million player option, choosing instead to carry a $5.39 million cap hit with close to $50 million in projected room.
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Milwaukee teve a chance de mandar Kevin Porter Jr. para Denver antes do prazo de corte do elenco e escolheu não fazer, segundo Jake Fischer, do The Stein Line. O pacote na mesa: duas escolhas futuras de segunda rodada, uma troca de escolhas de segunda rodada e Zeke Nnaji.
O ponto de trava era o dinheiro. Aceitar Nnaji significaria absorver sua opção de jogador de US$ 7,47 milhões para 2027/28 além dos US$ 7,47 milhões que ele ganha nesta temporada. Os Bucks preferiram dispensar Porter na segunda-feira e carregar seu impacto de US$ 5,39 milhões no teto salarial.
Fischer enquadra a decisão numa tendência mais ampla de dirigentes acumulando flexibilidade, o que ele chama de "consequência não intencional" do sistema de apron, obrigando as equipes a pesar cada dólar.
Ele submeteu a oferta de Denver a cinco especialistas em teto salarial de equipes rivais. Todos disseram que teriam aceitado, apontando que Milwaukee tem apenas quatro escolhas de segunda rodada e nenhuma entre 2028 e 2032.
Ainda assim, a resistência é compreensível: um verão caro se aproxima, com Tyler Herro chegando à agência livre irrestrita, Jaime Jaquez Jr. restrito e Ryan Rollins provavelmente recusando uma opção de US$ 4 milhões. Fischer classifica Rollins como um "agente livre inesperadamente interessante" para 2027.
Milwaukee projeta ter perto de US$ 50 milhões de espaço quando a agência livre abrir e deve ficar longe da taxa de luxo, e é por isso que Fischer pergunta se os US$ 7,47 milhões poderiam ser gastos melhor do que em Nnaji mais ativos de draft.
A mesma coluna também relata conversas com Los Angeles sobre uma possível troca de Jericho Sims por Dalton Knecht, que foi dispensado antes de se juntar a Nova York na sexta-feira. Essa morreu porque Milwaukee queria duas escolhas de segunda rodada e Los Angeles ofereceu uma.
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