If they re-sign or extend Mason Plumlee to his current salary range, their luxury tax payment could exceed their payroll by around $50 million. They currently are projected to have a $190 million tax payment which is just $14 million less than their payroll. This will significantly increase their tax rates and give them a record-breaking payroll and tax combination should they maximize their spending. The Clippers are set to enter the repeater tax after being taxpayers for three straight seasons. This makes 2023-24 the last opportunity for the Clippers to make some kind of unbalanced consolidation trade. For example, they wouldn’t be allowed to trade two players earning $10 million for one player earning $20 million or less. After 2023-24, they won’t be able to increase their payroll in trades and won’t be able to aggregate multiple players to match 100 percent of salaries. They can still increase their payroll in 2023-24 in trades by taking back up to 110 percent of outgoing salaries. They could tweak the roster with trades although there are more limitations to them. They already have 14 players rostered for next year featuring 11 rotation players and their first-round pick. State of the roster and luxury tax projectionĪs punitive as these new restrictions are, the Clippers have a deep enough roster to remain competitive over the next few seasons. These restrictions may not faze the Clippers in the upcoming season, but they could impact their direction a couple of years from now. They also wouldn’t be able to sign players who were bought out mid-season and have their draft pick seven years out frozen and potentially dropped to the bottom of the first round.
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The Clippers would only be able to increase their payroll by re-signing their own free agents, signing draft picks, and minimum players. The second tax apron, which will be $17.5 million over the luxury tax line and in the fourth tax level, will prevent teams over it from increasing payroll via trade or the mid-level exception. The team is entering the offseason with a $204 million payroll which would put them $25 million over the projected second tax apron. The newest CBA is a response to the Clips’ spending and will add new rules and restrictions for big spenders like them going forward. The current luxury tax system was designed to prevent teams from spending this much but is proven useless against teams like the Clippers. Their deep pockets and seemingly unlimited budget haven’t accomplished their ultimate goal but it has managed to irritate the rest of the league. They spent a total of $332 million on this year’s roster which is more than double the average team payroll of $150 million. Their roster fielded two maximum salaried players and 9 players earning at least $9 million. They had the league’s highest payroll in 2022-23 with the second-highest luxury tax payment. The Clippers have had no issues spending whatever it takes to build the strongest roster possible.
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