On January 5, Beijing time, according to US media reports, Utah Jazz traded guard Miye Oni and a 2028 second-round pick to the Thunder, which helped them free up a lineup space while saving $2.4 million in luxury taxes. After the deal was completed, according to salary experts, the Thunder's salary situation today is the envy of many teams that have to pay luxury taxes.
Currently, the Thunder are $23 million away from the NBA's poor line (the minimum wage line) and $34 million from the wage cap.
It is worth mentioning that according to the league regulations, if the team's total salary does not reach the poor line, then the team will be fined at the end of the season, and how much is left to be fined, and the money is divided equally by all the players in the team.
More importantly, in the team, the top salary players do not participate in the penny, and the salary of the high-paid players in the team plus the amount of the penny cannot exceed the maximum salary.
Therefore, compared to the tight salary space of many teams, the Thunder's abundant salary space allows the team to make a lot of choices in the free market, and there are still $34 million from the salary cap for the Thunder to pay for contracts that other teams do not want, and can also be used as a third party to help other teams complete the transaction.
For such a situation, fans also quipped: "The Nets, Warriors and other teams are going to cry."
Nowadays, the Thunder not only have a large number of draft picks, even the salary space is very abundant, at present, the Thunder 13 wins and 23 losses, ranking third from the bottom of the West, so what big moves will the Thunder next? Let's wait and see!