The non tax payer MLE this year is $12.89 million.

If they don’t at least offer that to Jonas then they are nuts because I don’t see how we upgrade. There’s few really elite C in the NBA now and the ones that have them aren’t giving them up. Jonas isn’t in that category but he’s in the one right below it. Whether he would take that is another thing but it’s only a $2.1 million pay cut from his salary last year. I’m all for finding an athletic rim protector but I just don’t see how you find a starter for that spot. Claxton is going to get a massive offer to stay in Brooklyn and Hartenstein is going to be fielding many offers on the open market. I also wonder what the market for Naji will be. I figure somewhere in the $7-12 million annually. I’d love him back for around $8 million a year if we could possibly afford it. Unfortunately I think the Lakers see JV as the perfect way to get pussy Toni back to playing the 4 like he wants.