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Trade Radar · open rumor · Wednesday, October 21 · 3 h ago

Western Notes: Maluach, Blazers, Lakers, McDaniels, Wallace

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Second-year center Khaman Maluach earned the starting nod in the middle from head coach Jordan Ott in the Suns’ regular season opener on Wednesday, as Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic tweets. With Phoenix’s No. 1 center, Mark Williams, expected to miss a significant portion of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery, Maluach battled Oso […]

Confidence
45%
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Who it involves
Mark Williams
Mark Williams
Suns · C · 11.7 pts · 8.0 reb · 1.0 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $11.73M · next season $12.67M
Khaman Maluach
Khaman Maluach
Suns · C · 3.0 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.1 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $6.32M · next season $6.62M
Los Angeles Lakers
$201.3M · in the tax · 16 contracts · cap sheet
Phoenix Suns
$213.8M · above the first apron · 18 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

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Mark Williams → Lakers
Send out at least $5.74M
The Lakers are in the tax, so to take on $11.73M they need to send out $5.74M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Khaman Maluach → Lakers
Send out at least $3.03M
The Lakers are in the tax, so to take on $6.32M they need to send out $3.03M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

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