OKC extends Ibaka Options

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OKC extends Ibaka.

Presti didn't provide details of the contract, citing team policy, but a league source confirmed to ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that the deal is for four additional years and $48 million.

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It'll be interesting to see what they do. Assuming he gets around the 12mill that Ibaka got that'll put them at about 55mill for 4 players, 64 if they keep Perkins. Zooms been talking about the cap being at 60 mill so ya a fortune is right should they choose to do so.

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It'll be interesting to see what they do. Assuming he gets around the 12mill that Ibaka got that'll put them at about 55mill for 4 players, 64 if they keep Perkins. Zooms been talking about the cap being at 60 mill so ya a fortune is right should they choose to do so.

The cap doesn't really matter, the Tax level does for them. If they're at $64 with Perkins, let's say a low bid on Harden might be what, $12 million? That puts them over the tax level for 6 players for the foreseeable future. Fill out the roster and they're guaranteed to be $10 million or more over the tax. In the second year, that would cost them a Tax payment of $35 million.

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The cap doesn't really matter, the Tax level does for them. If they're at $64 with Perkins, let's say a low bid on Harden might be what, $12 million? That puts them over the tax level for 6 players for the foreseeable future. Fill out the roster and they're guaranteed to be $10 million or more over the tax. In the second year, that would cost them a Tax payment of $35 million.

I would have to imagine Perkins will get amnesty'd soon, possibly after this season. They just can't afford to be paying a defense-only guy $8 or $9 mil, especially when he looked lost for much of the playoffs. That'd hurt them against the Lakers, but I don't really think they have a choice.

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I would have to imagine Perkins will get amnesty'd soon, possibly after this season. They just can't afford to be paying a defense-only guy $8 or $9 mil, especially when he looked lost for much of the playoffs. That'd hurt them against the Lakers, but I don't really think they have a choice.

If they can't challenge the Lakers, then there's no point to staying over the cap by that much. Cutting Perkins might not even give them enough money to get under the tax level if they also keep Hardin. There's no reason to keep Hardin if they can't challenge Howard.