Quoting: RobbStark03
Weber has 1 year left at $6M salary, then a year at $3M then 3 years at $1M... He is worth more than the 1st and 2nd you are talking about. He is still a force now, and going forward adds leadership and $4M and $6M fake money to reach the cap floor for certain teams... What cheap team owner wouldn't give a 1st + 2nd + ? for $27M dollars in real money savings over 5 years?
Ya that's wild, looking at the financials of each players deal starting when they are 37yrs old (since that is what Giordano will be during his final 2yrs);
Giordano
2020-21 season: CAP HIT = 6,750,000, real $ = 6,750,000
2021-22 season: CAP HIT = 6,750,000, real $ = 6,750,000
Total $ left owed = 13,500,000
Weber
2022-23 season: CAP HIT = 7,857,143, real $ = 3,000,000
2023-24 season: CAP HIT = 7,857,143, real $ = 1,000,000
2024-25 season: CAP HIT = 7,857,143, real $ = 1,000,000
2025-26 season: CAP HIT = 7,857,143, real $ = 1,000,000
Total $ left owed = 6,000,000
So from 37 years onward for both players, Giordano is owed 13,5mil$ and Weber is owed 6mil$. Although I understand there is quite a significant difference with cap hit, Weber like
@aedoran and
@RobbStark03 said, will be a valued asset for a few cap floor teams not willing to spend ACTUAL money to reach the salary cap floor.