Blazer's Edge · Feb 11, 2020
Re-sign Whiteside
Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty ImagesTrail Blazers center Hassan Whiteside will be a free agent this summer. General manager Neil Olshey should re-sign him, if possible.
No cap space with or without Whiteside
The argument for re-signing Whiteside centers around the salary cap. Specifically, the Blazers will most likely not have cap space to sign free agents this summer regardless of whether or not Whiteside stays in Portland. Here’s the faux flowchart explaining that:
The salary cap and luxury tax line for the 2021-21 season will be about $115 million and $139 million, respectively.
The Blazers have more than $92 million for next season already locked up in guaranteed contracts.