Cap affect of paying as you go vs pushing out and having dead space

[RashanGary]

Your misunderstanding is that you think we guaranteed a signing bonus so we could take the hits later. The only reason we guaranteed money at all is because players refuse to sign without it. We were fucked regardless of how we structured guarantees once he had a career ender.

[sharpe1027]

Your misunderstanding is that you think we guaranteed a signing bonus so we could take the hits later. The only reason we guaranteed money at all is because players refuse to sign without it. We were fucked regardless of how we structured guarantees once he had a career ender.

You need to do some research about restructuring contracts and come back when you understand the basics

Now I'm being a dick.

[ThunderDan]

Your misunderstanding is that you think we guaranteed a signing bonus so we could take the hits later. The only reason we guaranteed money at all is because players refuse to sign without it. We were fucked regardless of how we structured guarantees once he had a career ender.

No you aren’t.

You can guarantee $20M of a contract and have no signing bonus.

So here are the contracts.

4 year, $20M guarantee
Cap hits 8, 9, 11, 12. If cut after year 2 cap hit is 3M, after year 3 cap hit is 0

4 year, $20M signing bonus guarantee.
Cap hits 3+5, 4+5, 6+5, 7+12 or 8, 9, 11, 12 same as above.
If cut after 2 years cap hit is $10M, after year 4 cap hit is $5M