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All posts by Alan Draper| Name | 2014-15 |
|---|---|
| Al Horford | $12,000,000 |
| Paul Millsap | $9,500,000 |
| Jeff Teague | $8,000,000 |
| Kyle Korver | $6,253,521 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | $4,150,000 |
| Mike Scott | $3,333,333 |
| Shelvin Mack | $2,433,333 |
| DeMarre Carroll | $2,442,455 |
| Elton Brand | $2,000,000 |
| Kent Bazemore | $2,000,000 |
| Dennis Schroder | $1690,680 |
| John Jenkins | $1,312,920 |
| Pero Antic | $1,250,000 |
| Mike Muscala | $816,482 |
| John Salmons (waived) | $408,241 |
| Austin Daye | $75,062 |
| Austin Daye (expired 10-day) | $53,838 |
| Austin Daye (expired 10-day) | $53,838 |
| Eddie Jarell | $29,843 |
| Total | $57,803,546 |
Quick: $5.3 million in cap space and hard-capped.
Exceptions
- Room: $2,732,000
Roster Count: 15 guaranteed
Depth Chart*:
PG: Jeff Teague, Dennis Schröder, Shelvin Mack
SG: Kyle Korver, John Jenkins, Thabo Sefolosha (injured)
SF: DeMarre Carroll, Kent Bazemore
PF: Paul Millsap, Austin Day, Mike Scott (injured)
C: Al Horford, Pero Antic, Elton Brand, Mike Muscala
*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.
Head Coach: Mike Budenholzer, hired May 2013 (three-year contract)
Basketball Executives:
- Danny Ferry — President of Basketball Operations and General Manager
- T. Scott Wilkinson — Executive Vice President and Assistant General Manager
- Wes Wilcox — Assistant General Manager
- Dominique Wilkins — Vice President of Basketball
- Rick Sund — Senior Advisor, Basketball Operations
- Mike McNeive — Director of Basketball Operations
Pick Swaps
- 2015 — Right to swap first-rounders with the Brooklyn Nets (Joe Johnson).
- 2015 — Owed second-rounder from Toronto Raptors (Lou Williams)
- 2017 — Owed first-round pick (lottery protected through 2020, otherwise converts to 2020 and 2021 second-rounders) from Minnesota Timberwolves (Adreian Payne). Pick won’t be conveyed until two years after Minnesota’s obligation to Phoenix Suns is satisfied.
- 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Brooklyn Nets (Joe Johnson).
- 2017 — Owed top-40 protected second-rounder, unprotected in 2018 from Miami HEAT (James Ennis).
Acquisitions
- 6/26/14 — Selected Adreian Payne (15th) and Walter Tavares (43rd) in the 2014 NBA Draft.
- 6/26/14 — Traded a Brooklyn 2015 second-round pick to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to Lamar Patterson (2014-48th).
- 6/30/14 — Gave qualifying offers to Mike Scott and Shelvin Mack but not Gustavo Ayon.
- 6/30/14 — Traded Lou Williams and the rights to Lucas Nogueira to the Toronto Raptors for John Salmons and a 2015 second-rounder.
- 7/15/14 — Traded the rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Thabo Sefolosha (three-year, $12 million contract), the rights to Georgios Printezis and $550k.
- 7/23/14 — Signed Adreian Payne to an $8.9 million rookie-scale contract.
- 8/22/14 — Signed Shelvin Mack to a three-year, $7.3 million contract.
- 8/25/14 — Signed Mike Scott to a three-year, $10 million contract (third season non-guaranteed).
- 9/10/14 — Signed Kent Bazemore to a two-year, $4 million contract.
- 9/10/14 — Signed Elton Brand to a one-year, $2 million contract.
- 9/29/14 — Invited Dexter Pittman to camp on a one-year, $981k minimum contract.
- 9/29/14 — Invited Jarell Eddie
to camp on a one-year, $507k minimum contract. - 10/30/14 — Picked up Dennis Schroder’s third-year option.
- 2/10/15 — Traded Adreian Payne to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a protected first-rounder.
- 3/5/15 — Signed Jarell Eddie to a $29.8k, 10-day contract.
- 3/15/15 — Signed Austin Day to a $62.6k, 10-day contract.
- 3/25/15 — Signed Austin Day to a $62.6k, 10-day contract.
- 4/14/15 — Signed Austin Day to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1.3 million minimum contract.
Waived Players: John Salmons, Dexter Pittman, Jarell Eddie (waived, also expired 10-day)
Free Agents
- Early Bird: Gustavo Ayon (playing for Real Madrid)
Unsigned Draft Picks
- First-rounders: None
- Second-rounders: Walter Tavares (2014-43rd), Lamar Patterson (2014-48th), Sergey Gladyr (2009-49th), Giorgos Printezis (2007-58th), Alain Digbeu (1997-49th), Augusto Binelli (1986-40th)
Cash Paid ($3.3 million max): $0
Cash Received ($3.3 million max): $550k from Oklahoma City Thunder (Thabo Sefolosha)
Amnesty: Available. The only eligible player is Al Horford.
Cap Holds
Gustavo Ayon — 1,950,000 (Early Bird rights)
For notes on some of the rules and an explanation of cap holds, please refer to the following Salary Notes.
Salary and team data changes quite often. If you notice a discrepancy,
please notify
Basketball Insiders Senior Writer Eric Pincus.
(Updated on 4/24/15)
