We know that Paul Millsap will be playing next year with the Denver Nuggets on a 3-year deal worth $90 million in which the third year is a team option. For this to happen, it can only occur by the Nuggets signing Paul Millsap with salary cap space. A sign and trade is not possible under this pretense, which means the Atlanta Hawks will only have the possibility to gain cap space from Paul Millsap leaving. Removing the $30,108,050 cap hold for Paul Millsap doesn’t actually give the team cap space because of all the cap holds for their other free agents.
NBA Free Agency 2017: An idea to salvage Paul Millsap for the Atlanta Hawks
