Trade Radar · open rumor · Thursday, September 10 · 1 d ago
And-Ones: Rookie Deals, Breakout Candidates, Tiers, Gallinari
via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗
In an interesting article for The Athletic, William Guillory, James L. Edwards III and Jared Weiss draft three 10-player teams using only players on their rookie scale contracts. The Spurs (Victor Wembanyama, No. 1; Dylan Harper, No. 3; Stephon Castle, No. 11), Wizards (AJ Dybantsa; No. 4; Alex Sarr, No. 18; Kyshawn George, No. 29) […]
Confidence
44%
| Reporter starting tier | 45 | unattributed report |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −1 | 1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
Victor Wembanyama
Spurs · F-C · 25.0 pts · 11.5 reb · 3.1 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $16.87M · next season $43.50M
Stephon Castle
Spurs · G · 16.7 pts · 5.3 reb · 7.4 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $10.02M · next season $12.67M
Kyshawn George
Wizards · F · 14.8 pts · 5.1 reb · 4.5 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $3.11M · next season $5.44M
San Antonio Spurs
$198.3M · over the cap · 15 contracts · cap sheet
Washington Wizards
$189.0M · over the cap · 13 contracts · cap sheet
What would have to happen
Build it in the Trade Machine →Victor Wembanyama → Wizards
Send out at least $9.37M
The Wizards are over the cap, so to take on $16.87M they need to send out $9.37M or more under the outgoing + $7.5M rule.
Dylan Harper → Wizards
Send out at least $6.37M
The Wizards are over the cap, so to take on $12.99M they need to send out $6.37M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Stephon Castle → Wizards
Send out at least $4.88M
The Wizards are over the cap, so to take on $10.02M they need to send out $4.88M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
AJ Dybantsa → Spurs
Send out at least $7.25M
The Spurs are over the cap, so to take on $14.75M they need to send out $7.25M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Alex Sarr → Spurs
Send out at least $6.06M
The Spurs are over the cap, so to take on $12.37M they need to send out $6.06M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
Kyshawn George → Spurs
Send out at least $1.43M
The Spurs are over the cap, so to take on $3.11M they need to send out $1.43M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.
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