Any salary converted to bonus next season would be spread out between the remaining 4 years of the contract.
Any salary converted to bonus next season would be spread out between the remaining 4 years of the contract.
So this is coopers contract
Year Age Base Salary Prorated Bonus Guaranteed Salary Cap Number Cap % Dead Money & Cap Savings
2020 26 $10,000,000 $2,000,000 $10,000,000
$12,000,000 5.5%. $40,000,000. ($28,000,000)
2021 27 $20,000,000. $2,000,000 $20,000,000
$22,000,000 10.2%. $28,000,000. ($6,000,000)
2022 28 $20,000,000 $2,000,000 $0
$22,000,000 9.7%. $6,000,000. $16,000,000
2023 29 $20,000,000 $2,000,000 $0
$22,000,000 9.1%. $4,000,000. $18,000,000
2024 30 $20,000,000 $2,000,000. $0
$22,000,000 8.6% $2,000,000. $20,000,000
Total $90,000,000 $10,000,000 $30,000,000 $100,000,000
If coopers bonus is converted it raises his remaining years cap numbers. So you would save $15m next year but be adding an additional $5m for the remaining years (if I did the conversion correctly). My point is that just by restructuring his base number doesn't make the cap number disappear. (I didn't fix percentages or dead and cap saving)
Year Age Base Salary Prorated Bonus Guaranteed Salary Cap Number Cap % Dead Money & Cap Savings
2020 26 $10,000,000 $2,000,000 $10,000,000
$12,000,000 5.5%. $40,000,000. ($28,000,000)
2021 27 $2,000,000. $5,000,000 $7,000,000
$7,000,000 10.2%. $28,000,000. ($6,000,000)
2022 28 $20,000,000 $7,000,000 $5,000,000
$27,000,000 9.7%. $6,000,000. $16,000,000
2023 29 $20,000,000 $7,000,000 $5,000,000
$27,000,000 9.1%. $4,000,000. $18,000,000
2024 30 $20,000,000 $7,000,000. $5,000,000
$27,000,000 8.6% $2,000,000. $20,000,000
Total $90,000,000 $10,000,000 $30,000,000 $100,000,000