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Financials(Before Moves)

Cut Candidates: Stanley Umude, Evan Fournier, Troy Brown Jr, & Chimezie Metu

Total Salary: $59.6M

Cap Space: $81.4M

Trade Candidates: None

TE’s: $10.5M

FA’s: Malachi Flynn, Simone Fontecchio, James Wiseman

Targets: Solid Veteran Pieces

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Trades

None

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NBA Draft

1. Select SF Zaccharie Rissacher With #2 Pick: Projected Salary - $11.3M

2. Select SF Alex Karaban With #53 Pick: Projected Salary - $1.3M

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Free Agency

1. Sign PF Tobias Harris To A Three Year Contract Worth $96M(31-32-33)

2. Sign PG D’Angelo Russell To A Three Year Contract Worth $81M(26-27-28)

3. Resign PF Simone Fontecchio To A Three Year Contract Worth $27M(8-9-10)

4. Sign C Thomas Bryant To A Three Year Contract Worth $15M(4-5-6)

5. Sign SG Wesley Matthews & PF Thaddeus Young To One Year Contracts Worth The Minimum

6. Extend PG Cade Cunningham To A Five Year Contract Worth The Rookie Max

7. Extend SG Quentin Grimes To A Four Year Contract Worth $50M(11-12-13-14)

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Financials(After Moves)

Total Salary: $146M

Luxury Tax: $26M Under

First Apron: $33M Under

Second Apron: $44M Under

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Ideal Starting Lineup:

Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, & Jalen Duren

Backup Five:

D’Angelo Russell, Quentin Grimes, Zaccharie Rissacher, Simone Fontecchio, & Isaiah Stewart

Rest of Bench:

Marcus Sasser, Wesley Matthews, Alex Karaban, Thaddeus Young, & Thomas Bryant

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2024 Season Goals

1. Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, & Jalen Duren take the next steps in their game.

2. Zaccharie Rissacher makes First All NBA Rookie Team, Ausar Thompson gets All Defensive Team recognition, & Quentin Grimes finishes Top 5 in 6MOTY voting.

3. With the help of D’Angelo Russell & Tobias Harris, Detroit wins enough games to qualify for the play-in tournament.

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