OKC extends Ibaka Options

[Balta1701-B]

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.

[2nd_city_saint78...]

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.

[Balta1701-B]

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.

[ZoomSlowik]

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.