Hypothetically, the Spurs can exceed the salary cap to sign Gay, which benefits them for maneuvering in free agency, pending they choose to make moves. Hoops Hype evaluated the different Bird Rights labels. At a projected $97.7 million in committed salaries to a $109 million salary cap, there is room to re-sign Gay with the available room or his Birds Rights, since he will finish a second season in San Antonio this allows the organization to exceed when the salary cap when re-signing him.
That's if he commands a final, lucrative multi-year deal, that guarantees money for the next two-to-three years, instead of the single-year pacts.īuying out Pau Gasol helped San Antonio's cap situation for 2019-20, as they dropped part of the 38-year-old's guaranteed money from $6.7 million to $5.1 million. Gay is a complementary piece at this point of his career, but he might not be paid like it in July.
