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Originally posted by: LRB
Aren't the raptors below the luxary tax threshold? If so why would they wave Rose?
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Interesting question.
Right now they have 7 players under contract for next season, with $44 million committed. It'll be 8 players and $47.3 million or so if Aaron Williams exercises his player option of $3.3 million (my bet is that he doesn't). That means that they have to fill 6 slots on their roster. Now, they're not likely to pay any of those people big money, but they've got to pay them something. How much will determine whether they are in luxury tax territory or not. Still, they're not likely to be exposed to dollar-for-dollar taxation on Rose's contract, so perhaps calling him a likely Waivee (TM) is premature.